The Advertisers Association of Nigeria ADVAN rejects the implementation of the new Advertising Industry Standard of Practice as it makes an unconstitutional attempt to infringe on the rights of private entities to determine their contractual terms. ADVAN is very supportive of the plan to create a Standard of Practice for the advertising industry, a key objective of ADVAN is to ... Read More »

Aggrieved family members of a civil servant, Abiodun Adenuga, have called on the Lagos State Police Command to track down the gunmen who shot him at the Sindende Guest House in the Agege area of the state. Around 1.30am, no fewer than four masked men were said to have invaded the facility, as they robbed staff and lodgers, including Abiodun. ... Read More »

MTN Nigeria has compensated its subscribers with airtime and data due to the outage its consumers witnessed last Saturday. The Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, shared the information with subscribers on Sunday. Toriola, via a video message posted on the company’s YouTube channel with its link sent to all subscribers of the network, apologised for the error. In ... Read More »

…Says NNPC Will Remain Transparent, Accountable to Nigerians   In yet another recognition of his efforts since becoming the GMD/CEO of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari has been honoured with the “The Sun Man of The Year Award”, the biggest recognition by The Sun Publishing Comapany Ltd, publishers of The Sun Newspaper titles.   Kyari received the award in a ... Read More »

Fidelity Bank empower Entrepreneurs to play big in the Non-Oil Export Market For developing countries such as Nigeria to accelerate economic growth, there needs to be greater private sector participation in their export sectors. This was made known by Isaiah Ndukwe, Divisional Head, Export and Agriculture, Fidelity Bank PLC, at the just concluded 11th edition of the Fidelity Bank Export ... Read More »

As a follow-up to its efforts in sustaining the current smooth supply and distribution of petroleum products nationwide within the festive period and beyond, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has engaged critical stakeholders so as to find lasting solutions to the road network challenges and other lingering issues. It would be recalled that following NNPC’s intervention over the weekend, ... Read More »

Abdul Imoyo, Corporate and Communications, Access Bank PLC, received Newsthumb Achiever’s Award as most Outstanding Friendly Bank of the year 2021. Read More »

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has written a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), threatening to sue the AGF if he fails to recover $62bn from international oil companies as ordered by the Supreme Court. Falana said this in a letter on Sunday titled, ‘Request for Compliance with Judgment of the Supreme Court of ... Read More »

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation calls on Petroleum Tanker Drivers to, in the interest and welfare of the Nigerian people call off its planned strike action. The strike is about the condition of roads in various parts of Nigeria which are used for the distribution of goods and services including petroleum products. However, even though it is not the responsibility ... Read More »

Sanwo-Olu and Tinubu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Friday night The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, returned to Nigeria on Friday after about three-month medical trip to the United Kingdom, where he underwent a knee surgery. The former Lagos State governor arrived in Lagos barely 24 hours after the incumbent ... Read More »