Consortium Disburses $6m Grant to North-East Farmers

By Adedapo Adesanya Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered illicit substances bound for Europe, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said the illicit substances intercepted included various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of milo beverage. He noted that the operation was carried out by operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) at courier houses in Lagos, he said some of the items seized included tramadol 225mg concealed

By Bliss Okperan The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in Lagos State, Mr Oluyinka Olumide, has debunked claims that the ongoing demolition of illegal buildings in the metropolis was targeted at the South-Easterners by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration. It was alleged that the state government was pulling down structures belonging to residents of the state from the Igbo extraction because of their protest votes in the 2023 governorship election. Speaking as a guest on Wednesday on Channels Television’s flagship breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Olumide disclosed that, “Those buildings causing uproar are buildings rushed during the COVID period

By Adedapo Adesanya The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Senate to reject the planned N15 billion for the construction of the vice president’s residence new building contained in the FCT 2023 supplementary budget. The call was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio. In the letter, dated December 2 and signed by SERAP’s deputy director, Mr Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation urged Mr Akpabio to use his leadership position “to promptly reject the plan by the Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike to spend N15 billion for the construction of a

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Nigerian Army has claimed responsibility for the killing of some villagers of Tudun Biri in Kaduna in an air strike. Reports earlier went viral that operatives of the Nigerian Air Force bombed the villagers during a Maulud celebration but authorities of the air force debunked the reports, saying its men were never involved in such. However, the Nigerian Army has said it was involved in the bombing, which it said was a mistake because it was going after some terrorists in the area. The Kaduna State government, in a statement issued on Monday by its Overseeing

By Sodeinde Temidayo David Zoho Corporation, an Indian multinational technology company that makes web-based business tools, has launched a new program called Canvas to bring to consumers, a level of simplicity to the customer relationship management (CRM) user experience. Canvas is a one of a kind no-code design studio that empowers users to redesign the user interface of the CRM and create a personalized instance that meets their specific requirements and preferences. This will increase the adoption rate of CRM by various users having hard times on the CRM operations. Canvas enables businesses to create their own CRM interfaces that

By Dipo Olowookere It was another positive week for unlisted securities investors in Nigeria as they smiled home with N18.29 billion last week on the floor of the NASD over-the-counter (OTC) Securities Exchange. This was buoyed by the 1.98 per cent week-on-week growth recorded by the alternative bourse in the country during the five-day trading week, which had five stocks closing on the gainers’ chart, with none on the opposite table. Data harvested by Business Post indicated that FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria appreciated by 10.44 per cent to settle at N69.00 per unit. UBN Property Gain 7.14 per cent to trade

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Last weekend, Fidelity Bank Plc hosted in commemoration of Valentine’s season event tagged The Euphoria, with its customers in attendance. The Euphoria event also had music stars like Johnny Drille, Chike and Fave in attendance and they did not fail to dazzle the audience with sweet melodies. There was no doubt that The Euphoria lived up to its billing as a major A-class event in Nigeria’s entertainment schedule in 2022 as there were interesting games to keep the audience asking for more. The well-attended event, which precisely took place on Saturday, February 19, 2022, saw a host

By Adedapo Adesanya One of Africa’s leading independent exploration and production company, Asharami Energy Limited, is giving professionals an opportunity to build a career at the firm as it commences its recruitment exercise. The current program, among other requirements, features opportunities for individuals with Second Class Upper in their first degrees in Engineering and Geo-sciences. According to Ms Olajumoke Ajayi, Managing Director, Asharami Energy, the Sahara Graduate Upstream Trainee Program has been designed to give brilliant professionals a solid foundation for a promising career in the upstream sector. She said the programme will give successful candidates exposure to challenging real-life

By Dipo Olowookere Leading research minds in South Africa are frantically placing finishing touches on to their research papers in anticipation of the 2nd Economic Research Advisory Network (ERAN) conference that will be held in Bloemfontein, Free State Province from 8 – 10 March 2017. The Annual Conference which is in its second instalment, will be hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) in partnership with the Free State Department of Economic Development, Small Businesses, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DESTEA). The conference, steered under the theme of ‘Driving South Africa’s Industrial Development Agenda’ aims to bring-together a

By Modupe Gbadeyanka In order to curb infractions at the market and stop situations where investors lose their money unnecessarily or even lose confidence in the capital market, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has said it would go very tough on any stockbroker who engages in manipulative trading and marking the close. In a circular to brokers yesterday, which was obtained by Business Post, the NSE said any dealing member or firm caught in such acts would be severely punished with fines or revocation of operating licence where necessary. Marking the close involves attempting to influence the closing price of

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Leader in cloud-connected medical devices and out-of-hospital software-as-a-service (SaaS) business solutions, ResMed, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Propeller Health, a digital therapeutics company providing connected health solutions for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Named a 2017 Most Innovative Company by Fast Company, Propeller helps people and their doctors better manage their COPD and asthma. Propeller’s digital medicine platform consists of small sensors that easily attach to consumers’ inhalers and pair with a mobile app to automatically track medication use and provide personal feedback and insights. Its clinically validated solutions have