Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $7bn support for African countries
By Jimoh Babatunde Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Thursday, announced that the foundation would spend more than $7 billion over the next four years to support African countries and institutions working to develop and implement innovative approaches to confront hunger, disease, gender inequality, and poverty. He made the plead in […]
Plateau young entrepreneurs get support to grow businesses
By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – To secure the economic future of young Nigerians and also make them employers of labour, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has built the capacity of some young entrepreneurs from Plateau State who recently completed their secondary school education. The organization also inaugurated the Technical Advisory Group, TAG which […]
Thousands dump APC for PDP in Mainiyo Area of Sokoto
Sokoto State PDP Governorship Candidate, Mallam Saidu Umar FCNA has welcomed into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2,343 Supporters of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who recently defected in Mainiyo Area of Sokoto North local government of the State. Umar received the new PDP Members at an event to inaugurate the Ubandoma/Sagir Mainiyo Old Market […]
Firearms: Court stops police, AGF from prosecuting ex-NISA boss, Jolapamo
By Innocent Anaba A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, has restrained the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Mr. Abubakar Malami, from arraigning a 76-year-old, ex-president of Nigerian Shipowners Association, NISA, Isaac Jolapamo, over alleged illegal possession of firearms. Trial judge, Justice A. Lewis -Allagoa’s order was sequel […]
Firm tells judge to recuse self over alleged meeting with Bawa
An oil firm, Nadabo Energy Limited, has asked a judge of an Ikeja High Court, Justice Christopher Balogun, to rescue himself from further presiding over a suit with case number ID/118C/2012, for allegedly meeting with Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Peters and his firm, NADABO Energy Limited, is being […]
Multigate gets SWIFT license to
improve treasury mgt for businesses
By Cynthia Alo Multigate, a licensed financial services platform, has announced its qualification as a SWIFT Lite2 for business application provider. In a statement made available to Vanguard, the firm said that the certification validates its business application and provides connectivity for its customers to thousands of financial institutions globally. Co-Founder and CEO of Multigate, […]
