The first batch of three hundred and ten youth entrepreneurs have benefited from loans under the CBN-NYSC-Heritage Bank Youth Entrepreneurship Development Programme, YEDP. The funds were disbursed to the beneficiaries, comprising serving and ex-corps members, at a ceremony, which took…
Peasant farmers in the North Eastern part of the country are now counting their losses following the invasion of Quela birds that destroyed farm produce as the harvest season begin. New Telegraph gathered that locusts, grasshoppers and quela birds from…
ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company by market value, has quit Nigeria’s downstream oil sector, divesting its 60 percent stake in Mobil Oil Nigeria (MON). In a statement circulated on Thursday, the company, which has a market value of $460 billion…
Telecoms firm, MTN, accused of illegally repatriating $13.8 billion from Nigeria, said on Friday it failed to comply with the law requiring issuance of Certificates of Capital Importation (CCIs) within 24 hours of conversion because it was a mere “administrative…
The Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON, has called on capital market participants and investors to exploit the NSE market data for smart investment decisions. He made this call at the inaugural NSE Market Data Workshop,…
Google says a rising anxiety on the National Youth Service Corps scheme is popular on Google search this week. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager for Anglophone West Africa made the announcement in Lagos on Thursday. He…
The United Nations Population Fund has unveiled the 2016 report on the State of the World Population for 2016. The Executive Director, UNFPA, Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, on Thursday said the purpose of the report is to enlighten the public on…
The commissioner of police in Osun State, Mr Olafimihan Adeoye, on Tuesday reiterated that the ban on police checkpoints on the roads still subsists and warned that any policeman that flout the order would be severely dealt with. The police boss…
The Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON, has called on capital market participants and investors to exploit the NSE market data for smart investment decisions. He made this call at the inaugural NSE Market Data Workshop,…
African governments have been urged to ratify and implement the Paris Agreement on climate change to help manage effects of climate change. Speaking at the sixth conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA V1) at the UN Complex…
