Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday met with the leadership of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to discuss measures being taken towards alleviating hardship faced by Ijegun residents over the activities of cluster oil depots in the area. The meeting, held at the Lagos House in Marina, was aimed at bringing lasting relief to residents living around ... Read More »

Senator Dino Melaye has rejected his appointment as the Director-General of the Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan had, on Friday, told journalists that Melaye has been appointed the DG of Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council. But Melaye, via his Twitter handle @dino-melaye; and his Facebook wall declared his rejection of the offer. He wrote: “Let me ... Read More »

The Nigerian government says it would demand compensation from South African government over the killing of its citizens in the xenophobia attacks. The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in Akure, the Ondo State capital. She spoke at the ‘1st Diaspora Lecture’ held at the Federal University of Technology Akure on Thursday evening. Our reporter said  ... Read More »

…calls for peace, reconciliation The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the judiciary for upholding the rule of law over the Edo House of Assembly issue, noting that the state government received the ruling with humility and respect for the judicial arm of government. In a statement, the governor said, “We received the verdict of the Federal High ... Read More »

No fewer than 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Ogun East Senatorial District, loyal to the Buruji Kashamu faction, on Friday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) The defectors, who said that they took the decision in a show of solidarity with Gov. Dapo Abiodun, were received by Mr Tunji Egbetokun, the Senior Special Adviser ... Read More »

Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation and ICRC President, Peter Maurer Calls for a new Private Sector Led approach to humanitarian development in Africa Collaboration between humanitarian and the private sector is critical for impact-driven intervention At the just concluded Forum organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), key speakers Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony ... Read More »

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of the Standard Bank Group, launches an integrated marketing campaign on its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) application, with the dedicated code, *909#. The *909# USSD string affords customers the opportunity to access wallet and banking services such as (inter and intra bank transfers, airtime purchase, check balance, account opening and loans) while offering purchase ... Read More »

The Agege Local Government in Lagos State has given 100 artisans and traders N100, 000 each in its periodic empowerment scheme. Mr Ganiyu Egunjobi, the Executive Chairman of the council, presented the sums totalling N10 million to the beneficiaries drawn across the seven wards in the local government area. The ceremony was held on Sunday as part of activities to ... Read More »

  Many developing countries, cash has been the most prevalent mode of payment in Nigeria until 2012 when the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced the cashless policy with the aim of promoting the use of electronic payment channels instead of cash. Since then, banking services in Nigeria have shifted from physical and tangible distribution to technology-enabled, such as internet, ... Read More »

Like it ignored the divine warning to offer Senator Bukola Saraki the ticket during the last presidential primary, and failed, the opposition political party, PDP, is yet on the road to what looks like another loss, as a new prophecy given by the same prophet, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele, to PDP had been shunned. In his annual prophecy book, Warning ... Read More »