“Tuesday’s refusal of entry to 28 South Africans is a convenient start-off point. Until the South African government offers a conscientious explanation on last weekend’s whimsical deportation of those Nigerians, all Nigerian international airports should remain unreceptive to South Africans. It is simple: evidence of non-infection with HIV/AIDS is all the airport authorities need to…
“Tuesday’s refusal of entry to 28 South Africans is a convenient start-off point. Until the South African government offers a conscientious explanation on last weekend’s whimsical deportation of those Nigerians, all Nigerian international airports should remain unreceptive to South Africans. It is simple: evidence of non-infection with HIV/AIDS is all the airport authorities need to…
“Tuesday’s refusal of entry to 28 South Africans is a convenient start-off point. Until the South African government offers a conscientious explanation on last weekend’s whimsical deportation of those Nigerians, all Nigerian international airports should remain unreceptive to South Africans. It is simple: evidence of non-infection with HIV/AIDS is all the airport authorities need to…
Former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori has pleaded guilty to 10 counts bordering on money laundering in his London trial. THEWILL had exclusively reported earlier today that Ibori would plead guilty. The prosecution had tried to block Ibori’s plea move arguing that it wanted to go ahead with the trial…
The pilot scheme of the cashless policy currently being experimented in Lagos is facing some challenges. The e-payment policy is aimed at reducing cost of cash management by banks, and consequently, reducing lending rates. The direct implication is that it will lead to financial inclusion. For Nigeria to achieve its vision of 20:2020, all…
From the current three million applications download on the Nokia Store in Nigeria monthly, the company is aiming to soon hit a million mark per week. According to the company, over one million applications are downloaded on Nokia stores per day globally. Olumide Balogun, service manager, Nokia West Africa said at a press…
This year's global oil demand would be lower than previously expected, in line with downward revisions of global economic growth forecasts, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said in a market report on Thursday. Demand is expected to grow by 1.07 per cent, instead of last month's prediction of 1.21 per cent.…
10 investors show interest in 3 nationalised banks The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) set up to help de –risk banks rescued from the brink of collapse by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has recovered over N400 billion owed the banks. The corporation had come under criticism for failure to recover the…
Ugonna Madueke, step son of Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has responded to what he called an unfair attack on his person and his family following the publication of photographs of himself and his family online, saying the act is not only malicious but a misrepresentation of facts to embarrass his family and score cheap political points.…
Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, but still imports refined petrol. The country produces about 2 million barrels of crude oil daily which is exported to be refined abroad even though the country has 4 refineries with installed capacity of 445,000 bpd. Despite this, the country imports 250,000bpd of petroleum products into the country for…
