Manchester City will be affected by the nerves of going for a fourth consecutive Premier League title on Sunday, said Pep Guardiola despite his side’s experience. City moved to the top of the table, two points ahead of Arsenal, thanks to Erling Haaland’s second-half double to beat their bogey side Tottenham on Tuesday. It is the first […]
The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has said many manufacturers in the country spend more money to secure their assets than what they pay as taxes to the government coffers. Ajayi-Kadir stated this, yesterday, while speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. According to him, the cost of […]
Ship owners have called on the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola to address encroachment on the function of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA by other government agencies. The ship owners made this call yesterday at a stakeholders’ engagement with the ministry in Lagos. Meanwhile the Minister assured the ship owners […]
The World Bank yesterday said Nigeria recorded 133 private sector investment commitments in three projects in 2023. The World Bank disclosed this in its Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) 2023 annual report. The report stated: “In 2023, Sub-Saharan Africa, SSA saw investments in 66 projects totaling $3.5 billion. “This marked a 24 percent decrease from the […]
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country have been advised to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to grow their businesses. Founder AI Nigeria, Ehia Erhabor, made this submission in his presentation titled “Using AI for business innovation” delivered at the Ecobank MySME Growth Series webinar. He emphasied that AI is a gamechanger particularly for small […]
The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that most of the projects constructed and Commissioned by his predecessor, Chief Nyesom Wike, were not fully paid for. Fubara, regretted that the state is indebted to many contractors, adding that the firms the former administration could not pay are hunting his government for their payment. The […]
BENIN CITY—THE Commissioner for Communication and Orientation in Edo State, Chris Nehikhare, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC of relying on propaganda to stoke the people against the palace of the Oba of Benin as a strategy to win the September 21 governorship election. Nehikhare stated this during a press briefing, where he displayed […]
The Coordinator of Tinubu Media Support Group (TSMG), Jesustega Onakpesa has assured Nigerians that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration will bring down Nigeria’s soaring inflation causing hardship to the citizens Onakpesa while briefing journalists in Abuja, however, blamed the rising inflation, especially food price hikes, on greed on the part of business owners. He said: […]
The Lagos State Police Command apprehended the popular musician Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, on Tuesday. Portable was arrested for failing to settle a debt he incurred when purchasing a G-Wagon from a car dealer in the state. According to the report, Portable only paid N13 million out of the N27 million for the vehicle […]
The Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON) has appealed to the Federal Government to lift the restriction on imported vehicles through land borders for the benefit of all Nigerians. The chairman of the group in Sokoto State, Alhaji Manaur Zagi, stated this on Tuesday during a workshop organized by the Nigerian Customs Service, Sokoto/Zamfara […]
