Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

1. The Senate has commended the efforts of the Nigerian armed forces in the battle against insurgency  in the North-east and encouraged them to sustain the effort in the struggle to rid the nation of the terror group, Boko Haram. 2. Physicians and scientists have come up with prevention guidelines that could help reduce the increasing cases of cancer all over the world. 3. Nigeria’s U-20 men’s national team, the Flying Eagles set to play against Congo at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in Dakar in the ongoing African Youth Championship today. 4. Heritage Bank Limited and Lagos State Government have stated that they are committed to economic growth and will continue to partner to enhance development in the country. 5. Stallion NMN has inaugurated an ultramodern Nissan showroom and service centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. 6. In an effort to enhance teaching and learning, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, has donated 87 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) books to Bayero University Kano (BUK). 7. Stanbic IBTC Bank Limited has recently disclosed that it financed the acquisition of Tata buses by Southdrift Investment Limited for operation under the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme of the Lagos State Government. 8. Food Concepts Plc, a market leader in the West African food industry with a basket of top brands including Chicken Republic, Butterfield Bakery and Free Range Farms, has announced its partnership in its Baked Good Division, with Pioneer Foods, a South African FMCG company. 9. PayPal has revealed that Nigeria has already grown to become its second largest market in Africa after South Africa, less than one year after it was launched in Nigeria. 10. MasterCard has announced an agreement with eTranzact International Plc, a Pan-African mobile banking and payment services company, to make international remittance services available to millions of consumers in Nigeria.  

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This article was first published on 11th March 2015

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