archiveDecember 2018

Access Bank, in partnership with twenty-seven leading banks across the world, has developed new Principles for Responsible Banking, an initiative launched on 26 November, 2018 at a joint event in Paris – the UN Environment Finance Initiative’s biennial Global Roundtable and the 4th Climate Finance Day – under the patronage...

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), says no leader in Nigeria can annul elections in the country as was the case in 1993. Falana disclosed this at  the inauguration of the League of Anambra Professionals Legal Defence Initiative, held in Lagos according to a statement on Monday. The lawyer...

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja pleaded with Nigerians to understand his intentions, give him more time and continue to pray for him. The president made the plea in the State House while answering questions from journalists during a parade commemorating his 76th birthday anniversary. He said he would continue...

  Statistician-General of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr. Yemi Kale, has reacted to comment by the presidency that his agency’s high unemployment statistics was wrong. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme on Sunday said...

The lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the Senate, Senator Shehu Sani, has given reasons the 2019 general election will not be free and fair. Sani pointed out that a government that cannot obey the rule of law cannot boast of organising a free and fair election. The President Muhammadu Buhari...

It is not more in the realm of conjecture as Diamond Bank Plc confirmed its decision to merge with Access Bank Plc, in a bid to become the biggest retail bank in Africa. “The Board of Diamond Bank Plc (“Diamond Bank”) announces that following a strategic review leading to a...

  The insurance industry recorded 22 per cent increase in gross premium income, year-on-year, to N315 billion in the third quarter (Q3’18) from N258 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2017 (Q3’17). Commissioner for Insurance, Alhaji Mohammed Kari, disclosed this while delivering the keynote address at a workshop for...

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of civil society organisations in Nigeria working on electoral issues, has expressed concerns over the refusal of Assent by President, Muhammadu Buhari to the Electoral Amendment Bill. The group in a statement signed by its chairperson, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi warned: “This is capable...

The President of Christ Apostolic Mission Church, Worldwide, CAMC W/Wide, Pastor S.A. Ajayi, has charged Nigerians to pray fervently for the country over the 2019 General Elections as the signs are ominous fearful. Pastor Ajayi, who stated in his speech to mark the 66th Annual Convention Thanksgiving Service of the...

  The Nigerian Army has called for the closure of the Amnesty International offices in Nigeria, alleging there is credible evidence the organisation was working hard to destabilise the country. The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman said in a statement on Monday that the organisation’s attempt to destabilise the nation...