The journey of eight weeks across four different cities of the MTN Schools’ Athletics Championships tagged MTN Champs came to an exciting and colourful ending at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, as over 800 athletes competed at the Grand Final. The event attracted dignitaries from MTN, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) and organisers – Making ... Read More »

The UK has announced it would raise the minimum salary threshold for a skilled worker visa and prevent overseas health and social care staff from bringing family dependents to Britain. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office trumpeted the proposals as “the biggest clampdown on legal migration ever”. But critics said it would damage the state-run National Health Service (NHS), which faces ... Read More »

Middle East and Africa Editor of The Banker, a publication of Financial Times Group, London; Joy Macknight; Group Managing Director/CEO, Oliver Alawuba; and Ceremony Host, Krishnan Guru, with the Bank of the Year Africa 2023, along with Bank of the Year Awards won by UBA’s subsidiaries in Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, at ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday evening in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, witnessed the signing of an accelerated performance agreement aimed at expediting the implementation of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) to improve electricity supply in Nigeria. The agreement, consummated on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit, was signed by Mr. Kenny Anuwe, the Managing ... Read More »

Zenith Bank Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute to promote efforts and activities that support the formation, training, and updating of human capital in finance and investment for the overall development of the Nigerian financial services sector. The MoU, was signed by the Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. ... Read More »

In furtherance of my sacred duties and obligations as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is my honour to be here today to present my administration’s 2024 Budget Proposal to this Joint Session of the 10th National Assembly. This moment is especially profound and significant to me because it is my first annual budgetary presentation to the National ... Read More »

A former Defence Minister, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, has said ex-Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is an expert who excelled in corruption. He said the ex-minister rattled his trust in the ability of women to avoid soiling their hands in acts of malfeasance. Mrs. Alison-Madueke has been having series of run-ins with the law since 2015 after leaving office as ... Read More »

….Investors inject N110bn in UBA, FBNH, Zenith, Access, other stocks in two days Presidency on Tuesday expressed support for the banking sector consolidation initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria, saying it would help the country to grow the economy to a new height. This came barely five days after the CBN said it would ask banks to raise new ... Read More »

In a year marked by unparalleled achievements and industry acknowledgment, Junior Chamber International (JCI) Lagos Coral proudly commemorates its outstanding contributions to community development and nurturing young leaders in the organisation. Under the leadership of JCIN Amb. Idaraesit Michael who is the President this year and the remarkable Board of the organisation has fervently achieved the mandate, significant positive change ... Read More »

L-R: Group Managing Director/CEO, Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu; French Minister for Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, Mr. Olivier Becht; Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR, and French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Government for the establishment of a subsidiary in France, ... Read More »