Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN), said on Friday that it would provide potable water to the six geo-political zones in the country as part of its support and Corporate Social Responsibility to Nigerians. Mrs Ogochukwu Ekezie-Ekaidem, Head, Strategic Corporate Communications and Marketing, UBN, made the disclosure at a Virtual Media briefing organised for Financial Correspondents Read More…
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2020 revised budget: Buhari challenges MDAs on capital project delivery
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Ministries, Departments and Agencies to intensify capital project delivery efforts and fully cooperate with the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning to achieve the laudable objectives of the revised 2020 Budget. The president gave the challenge while signing the revised 2020 appropriation bill into law at the Presidential Villa, Read More…
Move cargo through barges to decongest ports – SIFAX urges
Capt. Ibraheem Olugbade, Executive Director, SIFAX Off Dock, has urged stakeholders in the maritime sector to adopt cargo movement through barge to off dock to decongest Lagos ports. Olugbade gave the advice in a statement signed by Mr Muyiwa Akande, Corporate Affairs Manager, SIFAX Group, in Lagos on Friday. According to Olugbade, the challenges of Read More…
Buhari signs N10.8trn revised 2020 budget, directs release of 50% of capital expenditure
PICTURE ABOVE CREDIT: Phillip Obin President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the revised N10.8 trillion 2020 budget, and directed the release of at least 50 per cent of the approved 2020 revised capital expenditure to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on May 13, approved a revised budget of Read More…
NFF formally ends Nigerian football season, sets new season’s tentative kick-off date
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday announced measures it was taking to put an end to the aborted 2019/2020 Nigerian football season, and also kickstart preparations for the 2020/2021 season. Ademola Olajire, the NFF Director of Communications, said in a statement that the measures were the result of resolutions passed at an online meeting Read More…
FC Barcelona or Napoli await Bayern Munich if no upset against Chelsea
Bayern Munich will face either FC Barcelona or Napoli in the quarter-finals of the 2019/2020 UEFA Champions League. But that will be if they can defend their three-goal lead against Chelsea in their last 16 second leg game. The UEFA Champions League will resume in August after being halted in March due to the COVID-19 Read More…
UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals draw
Following is the draw for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals, which was held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. Four quarter-finalists were confirmed before the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the season, while the remaining four last 16 second leg matches will be played at the respective clubs’ home stadiums. Quarter-Finals draw (Matches Read More…
Europa League quarter-finals and semi-finals draw
Following is the draw for the 2019/2020 Europa League quarter-finals and semi-finals, which was held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. Second leg matches of the last 16 ties will be played at the clubs’ respective home stadiums. However, two ties where the first leg did not take place —- Inter Milan vs Read More…
Nigeria records 499 new COVID-19 cases, caseload rises to 30,748
Nigeria has recorded 499 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s coronavirus case load to 30,748. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure on its official twitter handle late on Thursday. The NCDC said that as at the July 9, some 499 new confirmed cases and five deaths were recorded in the country, noting Read More…
Buhari signs revised 2020 budget Friday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday sign into law the revised 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in June. The Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this on his Twitter handle in Abuja on Thursday. The two chambers of the National Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives, had on Read More…











