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As the dust from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) plan to redesign the local currency settles into the reality of managing the already concluded subject, implementation has risen to the top of the priority list. Furthermore, the aggregate of opposing viewpoints on the matter appears to suggest that the change was preferable to the…
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced the formation of its new Global Advisory Board (GAB), comprised of top professionals in public policy, government, finance, economics, and corporate governance. The new Global Advisory Board includes Ibukun Awosika, the first female chairman of First Bank of Nigeria. She is joined by Max Bacus…
Ogun has begun paying N202 billion compensation for properties demolished by Amosun. The Ogun State government will begin paying compensation to owners of properties demolished by Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s administration in order to expand some road projects across the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun has already approved that compensation payments begin to alleviate the sufferings of…
Microsoft opens US, Canada job opportunities for fresh graduates from Nigeria and other African countries. Nairametrics Microsoft has posted job opportunities for recent graduates from Nigerian universities and other African countries. Specifically, the company is looking for software engineers from across Africa to join its teams in the United States and Canada. Read also: Nigeria…
Nigerian athletics champion, Tobi Amusan has signed a management deal with a sport management firm, Plug Sports to manage her partnership and sponsorship contracts. The reigning African, Commonwealth, and World Champion in the 100m hurdles, Oluwatobiloba “Tobi” Amusan, has signed a management contract with Plug Sports, a leading Nigerian-based sport management company owned by The…
Readying Power Transformers to Energize Nigeria written by Iain Packham. I am delighted that the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) were successful. The transformers will contribute notably to resolving transmission/distribution interface issues in the power sector. Mr. President and the Federal Government of Nigeria remain committed to improving access to reliable electricity access to Nigerians. Also,…
The Ogun State cargo airport will be ready for flight operations before the end of this year, 2022. With the runway almost completed, the airport will be ready to receive its first plane before December. This was revealed to the media by the state Commissioner for Information, Abdulwahab Odusile while taking a group of selected…
Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State, inaugurated the state’s first fiber optic cable production plant on Thursday, saying the facility will help his administration’s digital economy infrastructure expand. Speaking at the opening of the Coleman Wire and Cable fibre optic firm, which is located along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, he expressed his excitement that the…
The federal government, yesterday, presented the scorecard of President Muhammadu Buhari, citing 100 core achievements of his administration in 2021. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who listed the achievements, said they were despite dwindling revenues, COVID-19 pandemic, and insecurity in several parts of the country induced by insurgency and banditry. Mohammed, who…
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday evening, December 29, 2021, signed into law the 2022 appropriation budget, passed by the state house of Assembly. In a statement by the chief press secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, the State House of Assembly had earlier in the day passed the exact figure of N350,735,149,739.57 contained…
