Our attention has been drawn to a video circulating online about a man singing at one of our branches. Contrary to media reports claiming that the man was wrongfully debited by the bank, the video is actually a picketing exercise organized by the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Employees over a dispute they have with ... Read More »

The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria on Monday described as offensive and provocative, an Easter advert by Sterling Bank Plc comparing the resurrection of Christ with the rising of Agege Bread. APCON also said the advert copy was not submitted for approval before it was made public. In a statement on Monday signed by its Registrar and Chief Executive, Olalekan ... Read More »

NOTHING strengthens deceit more than silence. And on an occasion like this, one often wonders why some people twist events and history in order to legitimise a mission. While ruminating over why this should be, it is not impossible to embark on introspection by thinking out so many possibilities that politics is replete with. This line of thought is informed ... Read More »

Ahead of the Easter holidays, Ecobank Nigeria has reassured that customers will be able to shop seamlessly and carry out all their transactions via the Ecobank Digital platforms, which include the Ecobank Mobile app, USSD *326#, Ecobank Online, Ecobank OmniPlus, Ecobank Omnilite, EcobankPay, Ecobank RapidTransfer, ATMs, and PoS terminals. Also available to customers is an extensive distribution network of over ... Read More »

Controversy has trailed a statement credited to one Olugbenga Olaoye, a co-convener of ‘Osinbajo Think Tank’ making reference to President Muhammadu Buhari’s health history. The statement elicited a flurry of reactions on social media. But Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, urged members of the public to ‘ignore’ statements from the ‘Osinbajo Think Tank’ group. Olugbenga Olaoye, a co-covener of Osinbajo Think ... Read More »

…Private sector activity growth slows in March, but remains solid. Business conditions in Nigeria’s private sector continued to improve solidly at the end of the quarter, but the rate of growth slowed from February. Softer uplifts in output, new orders, stocks of purchases and employment were drivers of the latest moderation. Nonetheless, growth remained elevated by historical standards and firms ... Read More »

…Why we oppose IPPIS …NITDA did a hatchet job THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, berated the National Information Technology and Development Agency, NITDA, over what it described as ‘deliberate misinformation and disinformation of the public on the integrity test conducted on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, by the agency. The Lagos Zonal Coordinator of the ... Read More »

Nigerian Gospel singer, Nathaniel Bassey, has condemned the circumstances surrounding the death of his colleague, Osinachi who died Friday last week in the hospital after suffering domestic violence from her husband, according to a family source. Osinachi’s sister, who is the first daughter of the family and was identified as Ms Favor Made, told Vanguard on Sunday that Osinachi died ... Read More »

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has declared, Monday, his interest to run for the office of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Newsthumb had quoted sources to have hinted that the Vice President would declare to run for the highest office in the land but the source didn’t give details when, but merely stated.” after due consultation”. However, via ... Read More »

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