The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said that the union is willing to end its seven-month old strike. Osodeke, however, said this could only be achieved if concrete agreements were reached with the Federal Government. Osodeke gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday at a National Town Hall Meeting on Tertiary Education tagged: ‘ ... Read More »

A 24-year-old female skit maker, Annastasia Olamma, has said her family is against her decision to donate one of her kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu, daughter of a former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. Olamma had on Tuesday made the offer after Sonia announced that she needed a kidney donor because she had been diagnosed with rare kidney ... Read More »

until recently when he made headlines as a terrorists’ negotiator, Mr. Tukur Mamu lived a quiet and humble lifestyle as the publisher of Desert Herald, a publication based in Kaduna. The Department of State Services (DSS) said Mamu has a link with terrorists organisation and that culminated into his arrest in Egypt. He was repatriated to Nigeria. The DSS told ... Read More »

Prominent northern leader and international rights activist, Alhaji Musa Saidu has expressed worries with the unrest in the east, promising to mediate to end killings by unknown gunmen in Igbo land. Speaking few days after the attack of Senator Ifeanyi Uba in Anambra state ,Alhaji Saidu recalled that he played major roles in bringing about cessation of hostilities in the ... Read More »

Mr. Farouk Gumel, Chairman, Board of Directors, Union Bank of Nigeria delivered the keynote address that formed part of the theme for the 15th Annual Banking and Finance Conference​ year’s conference tagged Repositioning the Financial Services Industry for an Evolving Global Context.​ The two-day event, hosted by the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), began on September 13, 2022, ... Read More »

Who should corporate responsibility and sustainability lessons be taken from? Some companies are still unclear about the concept but latching onto the sustainability mantra anyway, because it has become a marketing buzzword for business? Or a company through whose creed and deeds, over the many decades it has been around, people can see corporate responsibility and sustainability lived (first) and ... Read More »

Heritage Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Akinola George-Taylor as its acting Managing Director Following the receipt of the approval of the Board of Directors of Heritage Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Bank is poised for its next phase of transformation.The new Ag. Managing Director will be overseeing all Heritage’s banking operations across Nigeria. George-Taylor will ... Read More »

NOVA Merchant Bank has been appointed Chairperson, Women’s Empowerment Commission of the Women in Finance Nigeria. Okoya’s appointment was announced along with four other new executives at a recent signing of the International Partnership/Affiliation with the Women Working for Change. The Women Working for Change is an organ of the African CEO Forum, the largest international forum of the African ... Read More »

To provide training on accessing foreign markets to participants Towards developing the capacity of entrepreneurs in the fashion industry and diversifying Nigeria’s foreign exchange earning capacity, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has announced its sponsorship of the Anambra Fashion Expo 2022. According to a statement on the organiser’s website https://anambrafashionexpo.com/ , the event is scheduled to hold at the ... Read More »

….APC governors, northerner and southern leaders deserve commendation — Ajulo BARRING further adjustments the Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will be ready next week, ahead of the September 28 kick off date of the presidential campaigns, a top party leader told our correspondence. “The team is almost ready. We are taking our time to accommodate ... Read More »