Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 5th April 2021
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 5th April 2021 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Demand for air travel rises over attacks on vehicles
Fare surges by 50% Following the increasing rate of insecurity across the country, most Nigerians and foreigners alike have resorted to travelling by air in the last couple of weeks. Findings by New Telegraph revealed that the choice to go by air has, however, been complicated due to inadequate aircraft to meet the
My greatest challenge on the Bench, by Justice Williams
Justice Olusola Williams (Rtd) served as a judge in the Lagos State Judiciary for 18 years. In this interview with JOHN CHIKEZIE, the retired jurist speaks on her greatest challenge on the Bench, delay in criminal trials and sundry issues What is your take on claims that judges and magistrates have not been implementing
Government’s failure to tame unemployment
Two years ago, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, projected that by 2020, the country’s unemployment rate could get to 33.5 per cent from 23 per cent that the figure stood at the time. True to his prediction, the latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics has put the
Rage over governors’ breach of Executive Order 10
‘Fiscal autonomy for legislature and judiciary’ ll deepen democracy’ AKEEM NAFIU writes that more than 10 months after the issuance of an Executive Order by President Muhammadu Buhari, fiscal autonomy for state legislatures and judiciaries has remained a mirage as state governors continue to observe Section 121(3) of the Constitution in breach Some
Aghanenu: FG has rendered local content policy ineffective
The President, Association of Chandlers and Ship Suppliers of Nigeria (ACSSN), Mr Osai Aghanenu, in this interview with BAYO AKOMOLAFE, speaks on Federal Government’s jettisoning of local content policy and other critical issues in maritime, as well as oil and gas sectors What is currently the state of insecurity on Nigerian waters? Water insecurity
United Capital: Creative diversification spurs bottom-line
Despite the effect of macroeconomic headwinds that has significantly impacted the operating landscape of financial institutions, United Capital Plc is leveraging its business diversification model to sustain shareholders’ value. CHRIS UGWU writes Investment banking industry is one sector that is not insulated from the macroeconomic headwinds that have weakened consumer purchasing powers and
Nigeria, others push mobile money transactions to $495bn
Nigeria and other West African countries recorded a 43 per cent increase in the value of mobile money transactions in 2020, thereby propelling the continental value to $495 billion. According to a GSMA report, the sub-region recorded the largest growth in mobile money in the year. The 2021 State of the Mobile Industry report
Export: Vandals complicate Nigeria’s N376bn sesame business
Bayo Akomolafe Exporters of sesame seed are finding it tough at the seaports as thieves and vandals would not let their consignments go free without pilferage. Findings revealed that the country, which has capacity to produce about 500,000 tonnes of the seed valued at N376 billion ($800 million) in the
Afe Babalola University goes international
“The journey of a thousand miles”, as the saying goes “starts with a step”. It is with this understanding that the Founder & Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has announced that with effect the 2021/2022 Academic Session, the university will be awarding scholarships to two students in each
Buhari, Nigeria’s healthcare and COVID remedies (1)
As Nigeria remains largely an onlooker in the search for remedies to combat the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID- 19, the reality of the nation’s healthcare system is brought starkly home by President Muhammadu Buhari jetting out on March 30, 2021, for a nearly three-week medical trip to London. It’d be
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