A self-proclaimed 53-year-old pastor who reportedly impregnated 20 members of congregation claims the Holy Spirit ordered him to have sex with them. Officers of the Enugu Police state command has arrested a 53-year-old pastor for impregnating twenty members of his congregation. The pastor, identified as Timothy Ngwu, is the General Overseer of Vineyard Ministry of the Holy Trinity in Enugu. ... Read More »

In its commitment to make the growth of the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) its primary focus, SunTrust Bank gave out N23.96 billion as loans and advances to the sector in 2019. This information was contained in the bank’s annual report, made available to our reporter over the weekend. The chairman, Olanrewaju Shittu, while addressing the shareholders at the ... Read More »

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has returned the order restricting the operations of churches and mosques in the state. He asked the worship centres not to hold services for more than two hours, adding that no gathering must exceed 50 per cent of the maximum capacity of the Venue. Sanwo-Olu also banned carnivals and street parties in the state. ... Read More »

By Aniekan Ezekiel From the publisher of BusinessDay, Frank Aigbogun’s welcome address at the recently held BusinessDay’s Banks and other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards came the following words: ‘The year 2020 has been a most interesting year. The economy and communities have been managed by disruptions imposed by COVID-19. Yet financial services have shown uncommon responsiveness and compassion towards customers and ... Read More »

• Bank also gets Best Company Awards Zenith Bank’s Group Managing Director/CEO, Ebenezer Onyeagwu has emerged CEO of the Year. The honour was given to the bank chief at the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility (SERAS) Awards at the weekend in Lagos. According to the judges, Onyeagwu was selected for several reasons key among these practices were a robust Environmental and Social ... Read More »

Md/CEO, Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo; Winner of Ynspyre Account’s N1m online giveaway competition, Damilola Adeyemi and Musician and Ynspyre Account’s Ambassaor, Daniel Oyebanjo (D’banj), during the N1million cheque presentation to the winner of an online giveaway competition to celebrate the bank’s Ynspyre Account ambassador, inspired by Heritage Bank yesterday at the bank’s head office. L-R: MD/CEO, Heritage Bank Plc, ... Read More »

In compliance with the federal government directives, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Kano State on Monday directed its members to sell fuel at N162. 44 per litre, beginning from Tuesday. The Kano State Chairman of IPMAN, Bashir Dan-Malam, gave the directive while fielding questions from newsmen in Kano metropolis on Monday. The commodity was being sold ... Read More »

What did (the various territories that were later to be amalgamated into) Nigeria look like in 1894? How about a hundred years later in 1994? And what could Nigeria look like in the year 2094? History provides elaborate answers to the first two questions. Answers – accurate or near-accurate answers, that is – to the third, however, will rely entirely ... Read More »

  Johnson onifade Abeokuta.   Controversy and mixed grills is said to be trailing the whereabouts of the allegedly stolen ogun Assembly mace.  While they assembly authority claims to suspected armed men broke Iinto the assembly complex in oke mosa Abeokuta and carted away the house mace which is the legislators symbol authority and also broke into the office of ... Read More »

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday told 36 governors that the Federal Government was looking into reopening the nation’s borders ‘as soon as possible’. He charged them to work more with traditional rulers and community members to improve local intelligence gathering that will aid the work of security agencies. Buhari on his official twitter handle @MBuhari said, “In my meeting with ... Read More »