INEC REC tells political parties to educate their members to right things
Cross River Residents Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Emmanuel Hart has urged chairmen of political parties in the state to educate their members to do the right things during elections. Hart gave the advice at a meeting on the forthcoming Northern Senatorial District by-election in the state with the heads of political parties under the auspices […]
No repeat of past mistakes in 2020 marginal oilfield bids – DPR
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says there will not be a repeat of past mistakes made in previous exercises in the ongoing bid rounds for 57 marginal oilfields in the country.
Unilever launches feeding program in Lagos, set to feed 300 daily
In a bid to cushion the effect of the pandemic on most vulnerable people, Nigeria’s leading seasoning brand, Knorr Nigeria has moved to feed 54,000 people across different communities in Lagos. Keeping to the brand’s promise of making a little big difference, the brand has been providing nutritious meals for not less than 1000 people a day, which stresses the brand’s belief that nutritious food should be within everyone’s reach.
Coronavirus threatens Nigeria’s food security — PWC
PricewaterouseCooper, PwC, world’s leading accounting and management firm, has indicated that Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is putting pressure on food prices, posing a major threat to Nigeria’s food security.
Coca-Cola marks World Environment Day with community service
By Chioma Obinna To mark this year’s World Environment Day, employees of Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited recently embarked on community service to remove plastic /PET bottles on a weekly basis from their homes and neighbourhoods, depositing same to a designated collection centre created at the company’s official car parking lot, from where program partners, RecyclePoint, […]
BWI sensitises Lagosians on dangers of COVID-19
By Chioma Obinna Following the announcement by the Lagos State government that Alimosho is one of the Local government areas with the highest burden of coronavirus in Nigeria, Beulah World Initiative (BWI), a Non-Governmental Organisation with a focus on the emancipation of the underprivileged in the society, weekend stepped up its outreach programme on the […]
N’Assembly leadership halts planned hike in electricity tariffs
The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariffs from July 1st, 2020 and succeeded in convincing the Distribution Companies(DISCOs) to defer the plan till the first quarter of 2021.
Media Women Forum begins awareness of mental wellbeing
Media Women Forum has begun a campaign to create awareness of mental wellbeing. The group organized a Webinar on Saturday 27, 2020 to draw public attention to the need for people especially women to protect their mental wellbeing. The group noted that there is an unpleasant development, whereby women in their early 40s are dying of heart attack, stroke, and depression.
Ease of Doing Business: FG merges CAC, tax ID registrations
Business owners who register their businesses with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) will no longer need to approach the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for a tax identification number as the federal government has merged the process with business registration.
NASD grows total assets to N660.81m in 2019
NASD Plc, the securities exchange platform for unlisted securities, has grown its total assets by seven percent to N660.82 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 from N617.87 million in the corresponding period in 2018.
Cheque transactions fall 56% to N178bn in May
The value of cheque transactions fell sharply year-on-year (YoY) by 55.7 percent to N178 billion in May 2020 from N401.8 billion in the corresponding period of 2019.
