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British International Investment (BII), a UK’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) has announced a 60 million dollars trade finance facility for Access Bank and five of its other Pan-African subsidiaries. The bank’ s Spokesman, Mr Abdul Imoyo, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Imoyo said BII, also an impact investor partnership with Access Bank, would strengthen import and export capabilities amongst local businesses and plug the foreign currency supply gap. He explained that the programme supports Access Bank’s strategy to enable continental trade and deepen BII’s commitment to bolstering financing environments in fragile economies. “BII estimates the loan…

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Tuesday urged President Bola Tinubu and the Inspector General of Police (IG) to call the Kogi Commissioner of police (CP) to order over his attitude towards its governorship candidate. The Chairman, SDP Campaign Council, Kogi East, Mr Hassan Yakubu, made the call during a press conference in Lokoja. Yakubu said recent remarks by the CP, Onuoha Bethrand, were incriminating against the party and its governorship candidate, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka. He said the situation became more worrisome when the CP claimed that SDP’s rally of Sept. 29 was without police permission, and that Ajaka had…

By Halimah Olamide A committee set up by Plateau’s Gov. Caleb Mutfwang has said that many illegal recruitment exercises were carried under the administration of former Governor Simon Lalong. Lalong is the current Minister of Labour and Employment in Nigeria. The committee, while submitting its report on Tuesday, declared in Jos that fake employment letters were issued in the state’s civil service, under the watch of Lalong. The 15-member committee was constituted on July 26 to review the last recruitment exercise conducted by the preceding administration. “Some fake employment letters were issued to some employees,” chairman of the committee, Dr…

Reps to Investigate Alleged Malpractice by Oil Company The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged malpractices by Sterling Oil Exploration Company in its operations in Akwa Ibom. The resolution was sequel to the reception of a petition by Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative signed by Mr Elozie Umegwa The petition which was laid on the floor of the house by Rep. David Umar (PDP-Kaduna) alleged that the company was engaged in contract splitting, breach of local content law, contract racketeering among others. “The petition is by Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative and it…

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has expressed appreciation at Tuesday’s sentencing of a human trafficker, Felicia Osaigbovo to 12 years imprisonment. A Benin High Court sentenced 62-year-old Felicia to 12 years at the Correctional Centre and a fine of N24 million for her involvement in human trafficking. NAPTIP arraigned the convict on July 1, 2021 on a 24- count charge of assisting persons engaged in trafficking, contrary to the law. She was also charged with organising foreign travels for 12 persons to practice prostitution in Belgium, contrary to the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement…

Mr Simon Lalong, Minister of Labour and Employment, says he has set up a committee to probe alleged complaints by staff against the management of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). Lalong disclosed this during a familiarisation visit to the fund on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister was accompanied the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, and other top directors in the ministry. Lalong said the visit was to look at some of the complaints filed by staff against the management and to also address them holistically. According to him, there are a lot of complaints…

President Bola Tinubu has sought for the Senate’s confirmation of three nominees for appointment as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio and read at plenary on Tuesday. Tinubu in the letter said: “In compliance with the provisions of section 147, sub section 2 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria1999 as amended. “I am pleased to forward to the Senate three nominees for confirmation of Senate. “Dr Jamila Biu Ibrahim, Balarabe Abass Lawal, and Ayodele Olawale for confirmation as Ministers of the…

Halimah Olamide The Lagos state Traffic Management Agency on Tuesday linked the killing of two persons to traffic regulations violation. LASTMA, while breaking silence over the death of a pregnant woman, injuring her two children and killing of the driver of a commercial tricycle at the Ago Palace, Okota area of Lagos Tuesday morning, said its official apprehended a driver who drove against traffic. The agency, through its official X handle, said, “Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) disclosed that a driver apprehended for driving in a direction prohibited by Law (One-way) today killed a tricyle operator,…

By Halimah Olamide The Lagos Command of the Nigerian Police Force, Tuesday said singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly called Naira Marley is now in its net to provide his side in the ongoing investigations into the death of his former signee, Oladimeji Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad. Command spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this via his X handle, wrote, “Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley has been taken into custody for interrogation and other investigation activities…” Mohbad died on September 12 this year in circumstances that have raised suspicion that he was bullied until his death. The singer himself had taken…

By Halimah Olamide Hungarian-born Biochemist, Katalin Kariko, who is sharing the Nobel Prize in medicine for her work with mRNA vaccines, has recounted how she was previously demoted by the University of Pennsylvania for her research in that area. She disclosed this in an interview with the Nobel Prize Organization on Monday ‘Ten Years Ago in October, I was kicked out and forced to retire’ She said. Karikó alongside Drew Weissman of the US won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on mRNA vaccines, which has been used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the journey has been…