The Ag. Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC in Rivers State, Hon Sokonte Davies has called on the Government of Governor Nyesom Wike to reopen markets in the State. Dr Davies said while receiving a delegation of market women in the State who paid him a visit at the Party Secretariat that the APC is acutely aware of the suffering ... Read More »

Econbank Nigeria has restated its commitment to the Agricultural sector and is supporting over 70,000 farmers with special loans to increase their capacity and yields during this planting season.  This is one of the bank’s initiatives to promote entrepreneurship in the sector and is in support of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers programmes for the 2020 wet season ... Read More »

First Bank Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile has been upgraded with new and improved features to promote safe and convenient Mobile Banking experience for customers.  The Bank’s award-winning and dynamic mobile banking application has been redesigned with improved security and self-service features to ease the navigation capability and proficiency of ... Read More »

…. Appoints Chike-Obi Chairman, as Ebi Retires. Fidelity Bank Plc has announced that two of its Board members: Mr. Ernest Ebi (MFR) who has been serving as Chairman, Board of Directors and Mr. Seni Adetu who has been serving as an Independent Non-Executive Director, having successfully completed their tenure in accordance with the Bank’s internal governance policy, will be stepping ... Read More »

Cecilia Akintomide, Member, Ondo State Covid-19 Response Fund (left), Adebayo O. Adeyinka, Regional Bank Head, South-West 1, Fidelity Bank Plc, presenting the Personal Protect Equipment (PPE) donated by the bank to Ondo State government to Kayode Falowo, Chairman, Ondo State Covid-19 Response Fund (right) …. in Lagos Tuesday. L-R: Mr. Adebayo O. Adeyinka, Regional Bank Head, South-West 1, Fidelity Bank Plc presenting Personal ... Read More »

Poet and social activist, Valentine Okolo, speaks in this interview to Godwin Iheancho about his thought provoking poetry book, ‘I Will Be Silent’. Excerpt…  Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? I got it from the title of a poem I wrote called “I Will Be Silent.” This was a poem I wrote concerning the genocide ... Read More »

BY Jite Usman The evolution of cameras has made the public court one of the most reliable sources of undiluted justice for the common man, and has also provided unimpeachable opportunities for proper analysis of controversial events. Festus Keyamo, SAN, the Honourable Minister of State for Labour, has been a leading beneficiary of justice from public courts for over two ... Read More »

…Foreign nationals listed among victims Every bit of him cuts the image of a taciturn, harmless and easy-going individual. But Ndubisi Anthony is extremely dangerous. He poses as a shoe dealer on Ogbunabali Road, Port Harcourt City, but behind the visible business of buying and selling shoes, the 52-year-old indigene of Ngo-Okpala in Imo State has other secret criminal ventures, ... Read More »

There was a miild drama on Sunday at the Oluyole, Ibadan residence of the former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, when the state deputy governor Rauf Olaniyan was denied access to the eighth day fidau prayers holding in the compound. The family had announced the fidau prayer as a private programme, urging the public to watch through virtual channels ... Read More »

Ipara Remo (ICDA) in a bid to deliver good humanitarian services to its communities, and make Ipara dwellers felt the impact of development, the Ipara Community Development Association, (ICDA), has renovated the Primary Health Centre, Ipara in Remo North LG of Ogun State, and equipped it with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Birthing Overalls, Solar System/Baterries, Hand Sanitisers, Noseguards, Handgloves and ... Read More »