Zank Plc has again emerged as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2020 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine. Climbing a whopping 29 spots from 415 in 2019 to 386 in the 2020 global ranking of banks, Zenith Bank retained its position as the number one Tier-1 bank in Nigeria with ... Read More »

….Coronavirus deaths in Nigeria have risen to 603 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Wednesday night via its Twitter handle. Nigeria on Wednesday night, recorded 790 new cases of COVID-19 with the total number of discharged patients as 10,152. In the past weeks, the number of infections and deaths in the country have increased. Although ... Read More »

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an order of interim forfeiture of 46 property, including houses and parcels of land, suspected to belong to a former chairperson of the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mrs. Ngozi Juliet Olejeme. Justice Taiwo Taiwo granted the order in a ruling on a motion ex parte argued on ... Read More »

… Malami: govt not shielding soldiers in ‘kidnap kingpin’s’ saga A Federal High Court in Abuja heard on Wednesday how soldiers engaged a welder to aid the escape of suspected Taraba State kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu (aka Wadume). The police said a team of policemen had gone to the state to arrest Wadume but was ambushed by a group of ... Read More »

  Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“ETI”), the parent of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African bank with banking operations in 33 countries, concluded its 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Extraordinary General Meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, today. For the first time in the history of ETI and in line with preventive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, attendance at the General ... Read More »

…Plans To Reopen Schools The Nigerian Government has announced the partial lifting of the ban on interstate movement. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made the announcement on Monday during a press briefing. Mustapha said the government had extended the Phase Two of the eased lockdown by four ... Read More »

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, who filed a case against Governor Godwin Obaseki over alleged certificate forgery, have explained why they withdrew the suit. The case, suit No FHC/ABJ/CS /553/20 Edobor Williams and others VS APC & Obaseki, was withdrawn from the Federal High Court, Abuja, by the plaintiffs who are APC members. They said they ... Read More »

Chief Judge of Kogi State, Nasir Ajanah, has died at the Abuja COVID-19 isolation centre. A source, who confirmed the death, said Ajanah was moved from Lokoja into the isolation centre some days ago where he died. He was born in 1956 to the family of MJ Fari Ajanah in Okene Local Government Area. He studied law at the Ahmadu ... Read More »

Ajimobi burial The remains of former Oyo Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi have been laid to rest. He was buried at his Oluyole residence while hundred of associates, friends and supporters were waiting the body at the Senator Ishiaq Abiola Ajimobi Centra Mosque, Oke Ado. A close source to the family confirmed he had been interred The burial, which was only ... Read More »

The immediate past National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Saturday said he has accepted the decision of the National Executive Committee in good faith. This is the first time the former APC Chairman will be reacting to the crisis that eventually led to dissolution of the NWC of the party. He said he ... Read More »