…Africa’s largest entrepreneurial intervention leads way on Covid-19 economic recovery …TEF targets over 3,000 SMEs …Dedicated focus in 2021 on female entrepreneurs The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs, opened applications on its TEFConnect…
…LG poll, 1,000 housing units for workers in pipeline The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has promised to work harder to ensure a safe, secure and prosperous Ekiti State in 2021 where all residents will feel better impact…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government and cement manufacturers had agreed on a discount for the government’s Social Housing Scheme, being implemented under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). “They have agreed to give cement for this project…
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has provided an ICT centre to address the overcrowded Jigawa National Identify Card Management Centre (NIMC) in Abuja. The overcrowding which followed a directive by…
…FG makes NIN compulsory for SIM cards replacement By Ogaga Ariemu, Abuja Federal Government has lifted its suspension on Subscriber Identification Module(SIM) cards replacement for telecommunications subscribers. Also Federal Government ordered that National Identity Number(NIN) be made compulsory for telecoms…
The Ebonyi Police Command has described as “fake, baseless and mischievous” an online video in circulation alleging that Fulani herdsmen in the state were being attacked and forced to leave the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr…
By Laraba Raphael The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said yesterday that Nigerians are tired of the Buhari Led- administration when under its watch, more than 30 million businesses have collapsed, while over 60 million Nigerians have lost their means of…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Federal Government has suspended workers mentioned in extortion at enrolment centres of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Nigerian NewsDirect learnt that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, ordered the immediate suspension…
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) sees plenty of downside risks for oil markets in the first half of 2021, Mohammad Barkindo, its Secretary-General said on Sunday. Barkindo’s remark is coming a day before meeting allies, led by…
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has vowed to get rid of robbers and cultists with the adoption of community policing strategies in the state. Odumosu made this promise in a statement signed on Saturday by the…
