The Ogun State House of Assembly on Thursday accused the immediate-past Governor of the State, Ibikunle Amosun, of “short-changing” local governments in the distribution of federal allocation during his administration. The Assembly, in its report of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, said it had found that Amosun’s government paid only N12m to the local governments and ... Read More »

Junior Achievement Nigeria’s (JAN) annual flagship event, National Company of the Year Competition (NCOY) will be taking place Thursday, 3rd October 2019. With the theme “Activating Disruptors”, this annual event brings the JA Company Program winners of our Regional Competitions together to compete for the National Company of the Year Award sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria Limited. The winners ... Read More »

The captain of the Nigeria Dream Team to the 2008 Olympic, which won silver medal, died last Wednesday after collapsing at his apartment gym in Austin, Texas. The 31-year-old scored 79 goals in 11 professional seasons in Turkey. He was playing for the Austin Bold of the USL and the team said Thursday that he died Wednesday night. Police said ... Read More »

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila said on Thursday that Nigeria remain the only country in the world where electricity consumers are made to pay bills through estimated billing, a situation he described as shameful. The Speaker said the process of estimated billing being used by electricity distribution companies in the country was the biggest fraud ever ... Read More »

economic advisory council economic advisory advisory council nigeria soludo I Was Told To Reject President Buhari’s Appointment – Soludo A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Soludo, has revealed that he was warned against accepting President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment into the Economic Advisory Council (EAC). Speaking on Tuesday at an annual programme organised by the ... Read More »

MD/CEO, Heritage Bank, Mr Ifie Sekibo , has stressed the need for the federal government to work towards creating a credible and strong identity management towards expanding access to credit in the country. Sekibo noting that while the Bank Verification Number (BVN) has been able to create a form of identification in the country, it has not been able to ... Read More »

On Sunday 29 September 2019 Classic Africa merit Awards (CAMA) has recognized Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele, Leader and Founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Ejigbo Lagos as the most accurate prophet of the year. The award for his outstanding prophecies which had over time came to pass was presented to him at the 9th edition of CAMA that was held ... Read More »

Yinka Sanni, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, assured Nigerians that Stanbic IBTC Bank remains strong, stable and sustainable in its operations. Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC posted a profit of N36 billion for the half-year which ended June 30, 2019 and rewarded shareholders with an interim dividend of N10.2 billion at 100 kobo per share. “We remain committed to operating ... Read More »

With a view to enhance financial inclusion across the country, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its drive to get up to 500,000 operators on board its agent banking platform. This was disclosed at the opening ceremony of the 12th Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) by FirstBank’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, ... Read More »

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has threatened to jail the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, over his refusal to release pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. In a “notice of disobedience to order of court” issued by the court on Thursday and addressed to the DSS DG, the Federal High Court directed the ... Read More »