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Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:51:10 +0000UNIABUJA student wins gender-based violence video competition
By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja A student of the University of Abuja, Miss Aimalohi Ojeamiren, has emerged the overall winner of this year’s short video competition on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). The event, organised by the European Unio...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:23:39 +0000Lagos police inspect, secure COVID-19 vaccine
By Precious Igbonwelundu Lagos Police Commissioner (CP) Hakeem Odumosu has directed deployment of more cops to secure the COVID-19 vaccines cold store in the state. Odumosu gave the order after paying an unscheduled visit to the store located in Ikej...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:18:51 +0000After raising $179m, Nigeria’s $1billion valued Flutterwave eyes New York listing
Nigeria-founded payments company Flutterwave has raised $170 million from investors to expand its customer base, pushing its valuation up to more than $1 billion. Founded in 2016 by Nigerians and headquartered in San Francisco, the company specialise...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:14:32 +0000PHOTOS: NLC protests proposed minimum wage reclassification in Benue
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:05:23 +0000NLC takes protest against minimum wage to Ogun Assembly
By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta The Secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Ogun State chapter, on Abiola Way, Abeokuta, the State capital surged with organised workers trooping in their numbers on Wednesday morning preparatory to storming the H...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:57:54 +0000Kwara receives COVID-19 vaccine
By Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin Kwara state government has taken delivery of its own share of the COVID-19 Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines from the Federal Government. The consignment arrived the Ilorin International Airport around 8.30p.m on Tuesday. It was r...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:49:51 +0000PHOTOS: Kaduna NLC protests proposed removal of minimum wage from exclusive list
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:39:22 +0000Suspected Fulani warlord Wakili still at large, says Fani-Kayode
By Samuel Oamen Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has claimed the septuagenarian arrested by operatives of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) last Sunday is not the “wanted Wakili”. In a series of tweets, Fani-Kayode said the arrested ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:36:56 +0000PHOTOS: NLC protests moves to reclassify minimum wage in Abuja
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:00:18 +0000Benin to understudy CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme
By Juliana Agbo, Abuja Following the successes recorded by the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) over the years, the Republic of Benin has indicated interest in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) to boost i...