Ossom Raphael The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim, said the agency has resolved to adopt additional approaches, including data analytics, risk-based assessment, outcome-focused regulation, collaborative, coordinated and proactive enforcement strategies to rid the country of substandard products. Salim also said the agency would strengthen its supervisory role over it’s stakeholders... Read More
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, has said virtual assets and cryptocurrencies are risky for implementation in Nigeria. Prof. Owasanoye made this known in his presentation to the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions during its hearing on... Read More
7-Star airline management, fast growing company in the airline’s industry has shared with major stakeholders of their plans to start a premium airline as well as bringing into the market four Embraer jets to cater for the high demands of customers in their books. 7Star is a brainchild of Engr. ISSAC BALAMI and has five... Read More
———- Ecobank Nigeria announces the pricing of its Senior Unsecured $300 million bond The fixed-rate, US dollar-denominated bond, with a tenor of 5 years, carries a coupon rate of 7.125% and will be listed on the London Stock Exchange Ecobank Nigeria (“ENG” or “the Bank”) (www.Ecobank.com/ng), a wholly owned subsidiary of leading pan-African banking giant,... Read More
NDLEA nabs businessman, one other with over 3kg cocaine at Lagos, Abuja airports The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, continues to put the heat on drug traffickers with the latest arrest of a businessman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and another man at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, with over... Read More
Federal Government Lauds Citizens, Extends NIN-SIM Linkage Deadline by 8 Weeks The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by 8 weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021. This message was conveyed by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali... Read More
——————— UK genomics expertise and capacity to be offered worldwide to find new variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 The “New Variant Assessment Platform” will help countries to identify changes in the virus, while providing an early warning of new mutations that could endanger the UK New commitment to improve Global Health Security comes as... Read More
________ The Joint Action Plan was developed following an EIB delegation meeting with the African Development Bank in February 2020 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, January 20, 2021/ — The African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) today signed a joint partnership action plan highlighting their strengthened cooperation and mutual development priorities and... Read More
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was in the news for all the wrong reasons in the year 2020. The agency that was established 20 years ago to bring development to the nine oil-bearing communities of the Niger Delta became an embarrassment to the Nigerian government. In 2019, President Buhari had ordered a forensic audit... Read More
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