FIRSTBANK HOSTS FINTECH SUMMIT 4.0, PROMOTES THE GROWTH AND REINVENTION OF BANKING TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that the 2020 edition of its annual FinTech Summit is scheduled to hold on Thursday, 6 August 2020 by 12.00 noon. The event will be virtually held via Zoom Meetings. The 2020 edition of the summit, which is the fourth in its series is themed; “How Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence will Disrupt FinTech in Nigeria” and will be discussed by experts, key and leading players, policy influencers and regulatory officials in the Nigerian financial, banking and technological…

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ShopRite: We are not leaving Nigeria

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ShopRite Nigeria has officially stated that the retail store is not closing shop in Nigeria as speculated by some media reports. The Country Director for Chastex Consult, Ini Archibong said: “Shoprite is not leaving Nigeria. “We have only just opened to Nigerian investors which we have also been talking to just before now. We are not leaving, who leaves over a $30billion investment and close shop? It doesn’t sound right. “We only just given this opportunity to Nigeria investors to come in and also help drive our expansion plan in…

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Ibori, Uduaghan, Kalu linked to NDDC projects

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Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has linked two former governors of Delta State, Messrs James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, to the various contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. Others on the lists submitted to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on July 23 by Akpabio are the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, among others. The letter, which was also copied to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation/Minister of Justice, was addressed to…

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Police stops man from jumping into Lagos lagoon over N.5m debt

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Abiodun Adeyinka, a businessman, has been prevented from committing suicide, by men of the Lagos State Police Command. He had attempted jumping into the lagoon on Third Mainland Bridge during the Eid-el-Kabir festival on Friday. It was gathered that Abiodun had approached a microfinance bank for N390,000 to boost his business but could not repay the loan and the accrued interest, because the venture turned out to be unsuccessful. Troubled by his inability to repay the loan, the 45-year-old left his place of residence in the Ikotun area of the state…

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COVID-19: Tests in 61 laboratories free – NCDC

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‌ In a message posted on its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said COVID-19 tests conducted in facilities within its molecular laboratory network were free. The clarification came at a time some parents of pupils in private secondary schools in Ogun State protested the request of N25,000 COVID-19 test fee by the government. They were said to have protested at the MTR Specialist Hospital, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the designated place for the pupils in Abeokuta to get tested. The NCDC listed 61 laboratories nationwide as…

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Schools resumption: Parents decry N25,000 Ogun COVID-19 test fee

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Aggrieved parents of students in private secondary schools in Ogun State on Sunday, protested against the N25,000 COVID-19 test fee for each of their children. The government had said no boarding school student would be admitted into schools without a certificate of COVID-19 test which must be negative. The parents on Sunday thronged MTR 250-bed specialist hospital, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the designated place for the test in Abeokuta, the state capital. It was gathered that attempts by the parents to get their children tested for free failed as they were asked…

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Seven women making Sallah hair found dead in Niger beauty salon

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Seven females were reportedly found dead in a salon in the Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident occurred on Thursday night when the victims; two married women and five ladies went to the salon in the evening to make their hair in preparation for Sallah. The cause of the incident couldn’t be ascertained, but a source in the community said the victims might have been killed by generator fumes. It was gathered that due to the downpour of that evening and the  perceived eagerness by the women to…

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Schools resumption: Ogun makes COVID-19, malaria tests pre-condition for boarding students

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Ahead of their resumption on Monday, Ogun State Government has said it will conduct COVID-19 and malaria  tests for boarding students. The government said the test commenced from Friday July 31 and would end on Monday, August 3 before the students would resume. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, stated this in a statement on Friday. Soyombo said the arrangement was part of the  efforts by the state government to ensure a safe learning academic atmosphere for both students and teachers of all  public…

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Covid-19: Lagos churches, mosques reopen Friday, bars, clubs stay closed –Sanwo-Olu

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State, has said that worship centres in the state will be allowed to reopen from Friday, August 7. He said Muslim worshippers are allowed to begin their services from Friday while Christian worshippers could begin their Sunday services on August 9, noting that the permission applies to Churches that have their main worship days on Saturdays. He, however, warned that the religious centres would only be allowed to operate at 50 per cent of their capacity, noting that the safety protocols released by the government…

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Human trafficking worse in US than Nigeria – NAPTIP

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The rate of human trafficking in the United States is higher than that of Nigeria. This was made known by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP. The 2020 trafficking in persons report had placed Nigeria on a tier two watch list meaning that Nigeria failed to meet the minimum standards of compliance as regards human trafficking. NAPTIP, however, rejected the report, insisting that Nigeria had a better track record than the US. The Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, said it was curious that countries from…

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