The new premium hair extension brand, Lush Hair, has partnered with Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation by absorbing few graduates of hairdressing and cosmetology from its skills acquisition programme.

The Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal has dismissed the petition by the African Action Congress, AAC,  governorship candidate in the 2019 general election, Biokpomabo Awara, against Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Governor Nyesom Wike and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

There’s excruciating pain across the country as Nigeria’s electricity supply continues to relapse to as low as 3,000 megawatts. This is against the 40,000 megawatts the country requires to function optimally.

Otoko community in Obowo local government area of Imo State was thrown into a deep confusion after a police officer, allegedly shot dead a 25-year-old boy Ikenna Ukachi. 

THIS week makes it the sixth since President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated for his second term of four years in office. It is fast approaching the sixth month since the disputed election that returned him to office held. President Buhari and his deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, have been the face of the administration and operated a two-man government since their inauguration on May 29, 2019. The other known faces of this government have been the President’s spokespersons, Garba Shehu and Femi Adesina.

ABUJA—House of Representatives, yesterday, refused request to formally assume the functions of the Edo State House of Assembly.

THE Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018, definitely was a milestone for those affected and probably for all the citizens. At least, the over 25 million persons that are living with disabilities in Nigeria are happy over the passage and signing of a law aimed at reintegrating them fully back into the society.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) change in Customs duty exchange will exacerbate the challenges faced by investors and the citizens in the economy.

Nigeria’s mobile application market was recently bolstered with the introduction of a payment and messaging app called Hollaport.

YENAGOA—AHEAD of the governorship primaries of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, a socio-political group, Make Bayelsa Great, MBG, yesterday, rallied support for the aspiration of the former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission,  NDDC, Timi Alaibe, to run for the party’s ticket

He describes himself as a performance-oriented professional with success in Consulting, developing and influencing leaders to become more client-success oriented and goal focused. He tells Hi-Tech that his Ventra consults uses globally accepted consultative approaches to get businesses understand that competition is not negative but positive to their businesses because it helps decode growth challenges.

Lagos—A 27-year-old suspected serial fraudster, Ramon Oshodi, who specialised in hacking into peoples’ bank accounts through their phones, Automated Teller Machine, ATM, cards and their Facebook accounts, has been arrested by operatives of Mushin Division of the Police.

LAGOS—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the final forfeiture of the property at Port-Harcourt, Rivers State linked to the former Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Diezani Allison-Madueke, to the Federal Government.

DESPITE Nigeria’s effort to curb the menace of pirates attacks on vessels particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria has continue to lead other countries of the world that are bedevilled by the negative impact of pirates.

ABUJA—Hearing continued before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday as a witness, Salisu Maijigiri, maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari lost in his home state, Katsina.