In a bid to reduce unemployment, the Central Bank of Nigeria has developed the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES), in partnership with Nigerian polytechnics and universities to harness the potential of graduate entrepreneurs (gradpreneurs) in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Central Bank of Nigeria in a circular, titled ‘Guidelines …
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba, has declared that his antecedents among his people as a problem solver and human resources developer, positioned him as the best candidate to deliver on the job if voted into office. …
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Federal Government’s Independent Investigation Panel (IPP) on the activities of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has ordered the conduct of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test to ascertain the biological mother of a disputed six-year-old boy, Elijah Tanko. Chairman of the …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a probe into alleged bribery and abuse of office involving a top official of Total E&P Nigeria Limited. Following EFCC’s close up, the firm has retired the top Executive. Based on the same bribery allegation an Executive Director was replaced by …
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Payday, a Pan-African Fintech startup, founded by Nigerian entrepreneur, Favour Ori has become the first Rwandan company to join the prestigious Techstars Toronto Accelerator program. Techstars is an operational investment company that assists founders and early-stage entrepreneurs scale their vision into a thriving business, beginning with the Demo Day at …
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Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Tuesday said he sees no situation where the Taliban, who regained power in Afghanistan in August, would be allowed access to Afghan central bank reserves, which are largely held in the United States. The Taliban have called for the United States to lift …
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The administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has commenced the training of 400 women in software Information Technology (IT) Infusion Programme and 200 young men in high powered, life altering and wealth creating tech courses, at the newly established Enugu State Tech Hub Centres in the state. The …
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A car procession is currently going on at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos in memory of the #EndSARS protests of last year. This is despite a ban on protests in Lagos and the heavy presence of armed police personnel at the tollgate. The activists who turned up at the tollgate …
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More glitches in the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), used in effecting salary payments for Federal Government workers were revealed after the vice-chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, said that he is being paid the wages of a graduate assistant as against his …
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Lagos State Government has read the riot act to members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, following incessant violent clashes at Mile-2 end of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, in which at least five persons reportedly lost their lives in latest clash, …
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