archiveNovember 2, 2021

  Heritage Bank Plc has launched a robust innovative and advanced digital banking experience, “Octiplus”. Octiplus as a bank-agnostic, all-in-one digital banking application, which grants users access to a bouquet of financial, lifestyle and social networking features with the added convenience of converging card based payments within one application irrespective...

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari makes a national statement on the second day of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow on November 2, 2021. World leaders meeting at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will issue a multibillion-dollar pledge to end deforestation by 2030 but that date is too distant...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday directed the indefinite suspension of the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, Mr. Gbolahan Oki. His suspension comes about 24 hours after a high-rise building collapsed in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor, in a statement signed by...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enugu Zonal Command has secured the conviction of a former manager with Sterling Bank and Account Relationship Officer of OHHA Microfinance Bank. Mr Oliver Anidiobi before Justice C.O Ajah of the Enugu State High Court, Enugu on a 32-count charge bordering on...

  An Enugu based group, Potters Wheel Foundation has urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Agency (NAFDAC) to waive some requirements for new entrepreneurs in the country. Mr Godson Onuzulike, the President of the foundation stated this on Tuesday during the training of 310 youths...

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) has tasked the Federal Government to investigate and unravel those behind the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili, a justice of the Supreme Court. Mr Solomon Awomolo, speaking on behalf of the  SANs after a closed meeting with the Attorney-General...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has arrived in Akwa, the capital of Anambra State and immediately went into consultation with the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Echeng E. Echeng. He is currently meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd has urged the public not to engage in panic buying of petroleum products, as the company has sufficient stock of the products. Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC in a statement on Tuesday said that the stock of the...

No fewer than 15 dead bodies and nine injured persons have been dug out of the rubbles of the collapsed 21-storey building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi Lagos. The Southwest Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to host a stakeholders’ engagement forum as part of activities lined up for the implementation of the Fifth Generation (5G) Technology Deployment Plan in the country. The forum will afford industry stakeholders, the opportunity to discuss the draft Information Memorandum (IM) for...