BY Ikemefuna Obi-Maduabuchi The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has directed the resumption of normal social activities in line with existing laid down procedures. The Registrar of the institution, Mrs Modupe Fawale, announced this in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday. According to her, the management issued the directive after engaging…
By Afolabi idowu MTN Nigeria plans to invest N640 billion US$1.5 billion) over the next three years to expand broadband access across the continent’s most populous country, in line with the federal government’s 2020-2025 National Broadband Plan and in support of MTN Group’s strategy, Ambition 2025: Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progres. “Nigeria is one…
it also issued a warning to consumers about Binance Markets and the wider Binance group. Binance said in a statement Binance Markets, which it acquired in 2020, was not yet using its regulatory permissions, and that the FCA’s move would not affect services offered on its website – Binance.com. “We take a collaborative approach in…
US President Joe Biden has endorsed a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure “without hesitation”, walking back from a threat to veto the plan if Congress failed to also pass a larger package to expand the country’s social safety net. Biden said on Saturday that he did not mean to suggest in earlier remarks that he…
Agency Report Germany forward Thomas Mueller insists his knee injury will not stop him from facing England in Tuesday’s blockbuster Euro 2020 last 16 clash at Wembley. “If it was a problem, I wouldn’t have trained today,” Mueller said on Saturday at Germany’s Euro 2020 base camp in Bavaria. “The capsular injury does not hold…
Agency Report The Nigerian men’s 4x100m relay team will not compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after missing their last chance to qualify on Sunday. It’s the third consecutive time the country will fail to qualify for the event. Nigerian quartet Enoch Adegoke, Jerry Jakpa, Godson Brume and Usheoritse Itsekiri was left disappointed after…
Sunday Aborisade The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition has, for the third time, summoned the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr Danladi Umar. The development followed the failure of the CCT judge to address the panel on the two occasions he was invited and the subsequent withdrawal of the petitioner…
Adeyinka Adedipe First Bank Basketball Club will lead seven other teams to the first Dr D.K Olukoya Girls Basketball Competition, which holds from June 28 to July 4 at the sports hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Other teams confirmed for the tournament are hosts -MFM of Lagos, Delta Force of Asaba, IG Queens…
Dayo Ojerinde The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed a former Accountant-General and Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Finance, David Sunmoni, and 12 others as members of the new governing council for the Lagos State University. Sunmoni according to a statement Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Tokunbo Wahab,…
