Tony Elumelu Presents Transcorp Group’s Strong 2021 Performance and ESG Blueprint to Shareholders. Shareholders of Nigeria’s leading listed diversified conglomerate, Transnational Corporation Plc (“Transcorp”), met today for the Group’s 16th Annual General Meeting, held at the Group’s hospitality flagship, Transcorp Hilton Abuja. The Group saw significant growth across all metrics. Group Gross Earnings increased to N111.2 billon in 2021, from ... Read More »

The schools were shut over alleged gang-sex but some pupils of the Lekki branch at the World School Games in Dubai in March. The “immoral act” generated social media outrage and sparked conversations around parenting. Following the incident, the school authorities suspended a female student indefinitely, stating that she was “a major actor” in an “immoral act”. But her mother ... Read More »

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has joined his ancestors. He was 83. Palace officials said he died on Friday night at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. His remains were received at Idi-Igba in Oyo town in the early hours of Saturday, Newsthumb learnt. Read More »

…..“This was what we were giving by Osinbajo today,” a delegate said while showing the money packaged in an envelope. Some presidential delegates of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the Sout-West on Friday went home with N250,000 each after attending a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Ibadan, Oyo State. “This was what we were giving by Osinbajo ... Read More »

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed all members of the State Executive Council and political appointees who are delegates to the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship and Presidential primaries election and those seeking elective offices to resign. The directive was contained in a circular with no 012, made available to our correspondent was signed by ... Read More »

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has been listed as one of the best places to work in Nigeria by the professional networking social media platform, LinkedIn. LinkedIn, a social platform that is primarily used for professional networking and career development, conducted research and considered data across several pillars and various industries for the year 2021. ... Read More »

….TSO belief in the capacity of Tinubu to positively transform Nigeria as President. Barely 24hours after the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) announced the costs of its nomination and expression of interest forms, a group issued a N100 million cheque for a frontline presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to purchase his form. The group, Tinubu Support ... Read More »

Leading financial institution, Union Bank of Nigeria has received the highly acclaimed award for the Best Trade Finance Platform Initiative, at the recently concluded Middle East & Africa Banking Innovation Awards 2022. The Middle East & Africa Banking Innovation Awards, organised by The Digital Banker, is a prestigious award program designed to recognise the world’s best-in-class commercial banks – across ... Read More »

The Lagos State Police Command has invited all parties involved in the alleged sexual abuse of a 10-year-old primary six pupil of Chrisland Schools located in the Victoria Garden City area of the state. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, told The our correspondence on Tuesday that all parties involved in the matter have been directed to report ... Read More »

After Mrs kumbaya (name changed to protect her identity) lost her husband at work in 2005, she was accused of killing him. The accusation did not come from her husband’s brothers but his sister, who had earlier lost her own husband. It took the combined hard work of the brothers to get their sister off the back of her fellow ... Read More »