Latest News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 24th February 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Wednesday 24th February 2021 .
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PDP: Secondus, NWC meet Elumelu, harp on virile opposition
By Dirisu Yakubu In what appears to an end to the frosty relationship between the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its House of Representatives caucus, national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, Tuesday, met with Minority House Leader, Ndudi Elumelu and handed over the affairs of the party in the green chamber toRead More
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CYBERSECURITY: Beware, new hacking method, Agent Tesla comes through email attachment
By Juliet Umeh A research firm, Sophos, has joined in the call for African mobile money, and internet users generally, to guard their data jealously as fintech growth appears to be astronomical in the continent. According to Sophos, as data explosion sets to happen in Africa considering the growth in mobile money and other financialRead More
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Ehingbeti 2021: 9mobile pledges support for Lagos Smart City initiative
By Prince Osuagwu The Chief Executive Officer of 9mobile, Alan Sinfield, has said his company will support the ‘Smart City’ initiative of the Lagos State Government. Sinfield at a panel session, Digital Transformation Solutions for Smart Cities at the Lagos State Economic Summit – Ehingbeti 2021, noted the significance of the Smart City Masterplan ofRead More
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Why we must not ignore history
By Sunny Ikhioya RECENTLY, some people brought up the Asaba massacre saga as a reminder of the outstanding issues of the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970) and someone said we should forget it. For those involved in perpetrating or upturning of the status quo, it is very easy to forget. However, those who lost dear onesRead More
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FG concessions 12 highways to investors
*Expects N1.34 trn investments, 250, 000 jobs to be created *Obtains nod from ICRC to proceed with project By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor In its bid to ensure regular maintenance of road networks across the country, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing plans to concession no fewer than 12 federal highways to privateRead More
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Defying court order, Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals
Malaysia sent more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals back to their strife-torn homeland on Tuesday despite a court order to halt the deportation, a move rights groups said could endanger the deportees’ lives. The 1,086 Myanmar citizens were sent back on three navy ships sent by Myanmar’s military, which seized power in a Feb. 1 coup,Read More
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Nigeria’s dream of renewable energy revolution (2)
IN a sense, and as in the case of petrol, countries that do not have as much sunshine as Africa are already ‘selling sunshine’ to Nigeria through photovoltaic solar panels and other renewable energy equipment. In February 2018, the Nigeria Customs Service arbitrarily imposed a five per cent duty and five per cent VAT onRead More
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Oando’s shareholder wins court case against SEC
A shareholder of Oando Plc, Engr. Patrick Ajudua, has won a case challenging the directive of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC suspending Oando’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the ground of breach of his right to freedom of association as guaranteed under Section 40 of the Nigerian Constitution and Articles 9, 10 & 11Read More
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For Telecoms, a place in the sun for alarmists
By Okoh Aihe THERE was suppressed excitement across the land last week. The country’s economy dealt a massive blow into depression by COVID-19 suddenly witnessed a renaissance, a stirring out of that dazed stupor into someplace under the sun, making some of us learn how to smile again. The news was so sudden that someRead More
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Zenith Bank’s PBT rises 5% to N255.9bn
Zenith Bank Plc has announced an impressive result for the year ended December 31, 2020, with Profit Before Tax (PBT) rising by five per cent to N255.9 billion from N243.3 billion in the corresponding period of 2019. This is in spite of a challenging macro-economic environment exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic. The increase aroseRead More
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