The President of the National Association of Students in Europe (NANSE), bashiru Saidu Muhammad has commended Zamfara state governor, Bello Mohammed for settling outstanding bursary, including tuition fees, accommodation and other fees for its students studying in Europe. The president also appealed to all Nigerian governors to always ensure that their students in Europe were not subjected undue hardship through delayed payment of their tuition and other fees. “I am particularly happy that Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has cleared the tuition and other fees for the Zamfara state students who are studying in Europe. “This is worthy of commendation and…
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Former Nigerian minister and Ambassador to Spain, Mr Demola Seriki is dead aged 63. The children in a terse statement said their father passed away on Thursday, December 15 while surrounded by his family. “It is with heavy hearts and profound gratitude to Almighty Allah that we announce the loss of our much loved and admired patriarch, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend,” the statement reads. Details later…
Visa Inc (V.N) plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years in Africa to capitalize on the emerging economy’s rapid growth in digital payments, the company said at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Wednesday. U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting dozens of African leaders for the three-day event, which started on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. “Visa has been investing in Africa for several decades to grow a truly local business,” Chief Executive Officer Alfred Kelly Jr said in a statement. The investments in Africa shine a new light on a major growth opportunity on the continent where cash is likely…
At Nigerian snack company ReelFruit’s Lagos warehouse a woman places handfuls of dried mangoes in bags and workers hammer open coconuts to scrape out the flesh. The company is expanding production and exports after a $3 million investment. ReelFruit is part of a burgeoning group of female-founded Nigerian startups attracting investor cash as women stake more claim to the funding and as some financiers look to support female-led companies and redress a gender gap. Africa’s female-founded companies got just 3% of the $1.7 billion invested in the continent’s startups in the past decade, according to emerging market intelligence firm Briter…
The head of major crypto exchange Binance said on Wednesday deposits were returning, a day after it saw heavy outflows of cryptocurrencies and halted some stablecoin withdrawals. On Tuesday, blockchain data firm Nansen said Binance saw withdrawals of $1.9 billion in 24 hours, the largest such outflow since June. Users had pulled out $3.7 billion in crypto over the seven days to Tuesday, it later added. Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, also temporarily halted withdrawals of the major USDC stablecoin, citing a so-called “token swap”. “Things seem to have stabilised,” CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted. “Yesterday was not the highest withdrawals we…
Lawyers for the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX will square off in court on Wednesday to fight a demand for internal records from an insolvent affiliate based in the Bahamas as the two wrestle over scraps of the once high-flying business. In Wednesday’s emergency hearing, liquidators of FTX’s Bahamian business will ask U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey to give them access to the U.S. unit’s Slack, Google and Amazon Web Services accounts and data. Lawyers for FTX asked Dorsey to deny the request. They argued that Bahamian regulators had worked with FTX’s founder, the recently arrested Sam Bankman-Fried, to undermine the…
The world union of professional soccer players FIFPRO said it was “shocked and sickened” by the risk of Iranian player Amir Nasr-Azadani being sentenced to death in connection with protests which have shaken the country for three months. Nasr-Azadani was arrested in the city of Isfahan two days after allegedly taking part in an “armed riot” in which three security agents were killed on September 16, Isfahan’s judiciary chief Abdullah Jafari said, quoted Sunday by Iran’s ISNA news agency. Jafari said the 26-year-old had been accused of “rebellion, membership in illegal gangs, collusion to undermine security and therefore assisting in moharabeh” —…
By Fadlillah Abdallah Traders in Sabon Gari Main Market, Zaria in Kaduna state have rejected revenue collection by revenue officers without the issuance of receipts evidencing payment. The traders accused the officers of collecting taxes without any proof of payment. The traders were issued a Point of Sales (POS) slip which bears the name of one Ibrahim Hassan instead of the company’s account. A trader, Sharif Abdulrasheed said the officials had pegged the annual revenue for each shop at N20,000. Another trader, who simply identified himself as Okey said they were not sure of the identities of the officials. A…
Pope Francis has urged people to celebrate Christmas more modestly and donate the savings to Ukraine. The head of the Catholic Church said during a general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday that people could cut back on festive spending this year and celebrate with more humble gifts. “Let us send what we save to the people of Ukraine who need it, who are suffering so much, who are hungry and cold,” the 85-year-old urged. The Argentinian prays weekly for the people in the Eastern European country who are suffering under Russia’s war. Francis called for a “concrete gesture” to…
Forty female candidates on the platform of various political parties converged on Ilorin, Kwara state capital, promising to take the mantle of leadership in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. They spoke on their readiness to take the barton of leadership in political offices at two-day Mentoring and Couching Workshop for Women candidates in Kwara/Kogi organised by the Women Radio and Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), supported by UN Women and the Government of Canada supported by UN Women and the Government of Canada. In her remark at the event, the Action Alliance Deputy Governorship candidate in Kwara State,Mrs.…