In a bid to boost local production of smart cards to meet the growing needs of banks and other institutions in the private and public sectors of the economy, electronic Payplus Limited commissioned its Ultra modern card personalisation plant in Lagos.

The Federal Government has released 45,000 tonnes of assorted grains, from the National Strategic Food Reserve (NSFR); to the general public, to cushion the effect of high prices of food commodities in the Country. The grains are paddy rice, gari, millet, maize and sorghum.

Fishermen in Ibeno, Southern Akwa Ibom, said they have reported the discharge of liquid suspected to be crude oil at the Qua Iboe oil fields in the Atlantic Ocean. Chief Inyang Ekong, the Secretary of the Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria in Akwa Ibom disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom.

Nigeria’s women team, Falconets sailed into the quarter-final of the FIFA Women Under-20 World Cup after playing a 1-1 draw with Mexico in their last group C game in Bochum, Germany.

Shareholders of FCMB Plc have unanimously endorsed the proposal by its Board of Directors to increase the share capital of the bank by 575 million shares.