The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given two weeks’ extension to candidates genuinely unable to complete their registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The deadline for registration was May 29, 2021. A statement by JAMB’s head of information and protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, noted that such candidates have between May 31 and June 15 to ... Read More »

…62 SWEETA Holders Receive N150, 000 Each ​Fidelity Bank remains committed to putting smiles on its customers’ faces by enriching their lives through its ongoing savings loyalty program. To mark this year’s Children’s Day, the bank doled out N150, 000 to 62 Sweet Account (SWEETA) holders across the country, a whopping total of N9.3 million.​ As part of its efforts ... Read More »

The Federal Government says it has begun gathering evidence on government officials linked to the alleged looting of $69bn (N28.3tn) stashed in various bank accounts in Texas, the United States. The loot reportedly accrued from illegal oil deals involving some officials of the government-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Central Bank of Nigeria during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Our ... Read More »

When great men celebrate, even the stars bow in solemn hallow. As Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji (DVAA), the erudite banker-turned politician celebrates his 50th birthday on Saturday May 29, 2021, the periscope is focused on a man who has given his all to create peace, tranquility and progress for his people in Kogi State and Nigeria as a whole. It ... Read More »

Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, new Chief of Army Staff appointed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Thursday. Six days after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS)Ibrahim Attahiru in a  plane crash, Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya has been named his successor. Yahaya’s appointment yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari  ... Read More »

Trade is crucial to bridging economic gaps and boosting infrastructural development. Countries with international solid trade portfolios tend to grow faster, innovate more and provide higher incomes and economic opportunities for their citizens. Beyond integration into the global economy through trade and global value chains that help drive economic growth, open trade also benefits low-income households by giving consumers the ... Read More »

… Train 1st batch of Ynspyre Project Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria most innovative banking service provider has joined forces with Silverbird Group to empower and deepen its supports to young entrepreneurs in the Nigeria creative and entertainment industry. This, the bank said, is in line with its culture as timeless wealth partners, which would impact positively on the nation’s socio-economic ... Read More »

The Udom-led administration has clearly broken the jink of urban reconstruction in Akwa Ibom and in this case, in Oron where he has reconstructed the road networks in terms of size, shape and quality. Oron now wears a new look with assurances of better days ahead. At the commissioning ceremony of one of the roads today, the people poured out ... Read More »

..Recover AK 47 Rifle with a cache of live ammunition Imo State Police on Tuesday said they have gunned down two suspected hoodlums who allegedly masterminded the attacks on the Command Headquarters and Correctional Centre, Owerri on April 5, 2021. Disclosing this on Tuesday in Owerri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Bala Elkana said that the suspects, Uchenna ... Read More »

In an unusual show of solidarity and sportmanship, stakeholders and leaders that matter in Ifako Ijaiye gathered to embrace, support, endorse and present *Prince Usman Akanbi Hamzat* as the All Progressive Congress Chairmanship candidate in the forthcoming 2021 Local Government Election. The gathering which was in a canival-like mood with several leaders and thousands of supporters spoke in one voice ... Read More »