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By Ayomide Oriade It has been nine years of e-commerce service in Nigeria and Africa in general, with Jumia being the foremost player in the industry. In his congratulatory message to Jumia in commemoration of her 9th anniversary, Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, commended …

ABEOKUTA – Lecturers of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun state under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has accused the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun of not approve the payment of the institution’s outstanding March and April salaries. The workers who lamented the inability of Dapo Abiodun …

LAGOS – The Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) has barred its registered directors from hiring or working with actresses Iyabo Ojo and Nkechi Blessing. TAMPAN executives at a recent press briefing instructed that its members to desist from working with the actresses over claims that …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State government has reiterated it’s commitment to continually ensure that all widows in the state are empowered through various empowerment programmes such as provision of micro credit scheme, as well as vocational training and mobile skill. The Hon. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Government has taken a step further to secure lives and property of its people by equipping leaders of Communities Development Associations, Trade Associations and Artisans on required knowledge and techniques to manage security threats in their various areas. The Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperatives, …

ABUJA – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said in addition to the creation of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations in 2017, Nigeria must continue engaging knowledgeable crack teams and subject matter experts in a bid to avoid the serious economic consequences that arise from badly negotiated or poorly …

LAGOS – The Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank PLC, Herbert Wigwe has been recognised as the African Banker of the Year at the 2021 edition of the African Banker Awards. WigweAccording to a release jointly e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online – www.startrendinternational.com by Abdul Imoyo …

ABEOKUTA – The Olu of Lisa in Ifo local government area of Ogun State, His Royal Highness, Oba Najeemdeen Oladele Odugbemi has donated medical equipment worth millions of naira to the community’s health centre. The monarch made the donation at the weekend through his pet project, Oladele Odugbemi Foundation (OOF) …

ABUJA – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that Nigeria is set to utilize its legal provisions that empower the Federal Government to collect taxes on profits made in the country by global technology and digital firms not based in the country, but with significant economic presence here. According …

PORT-HARCOURT – Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State, has declared that the current sufferings visited on Nigerians will make them to chase the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government out of power in 2023. Wike made the assertion during the inauguration of Pabod Breweries By-Pass Road and Oginigba …