archiveDecember 2021

The refreshing journey to stardom has begun in Nigeria as over four thousand talented singers, young up-and-coming musical talents trooped en-masse to Colossus Hotel, Ikeja-Lagos, to audition for the Nigerian Idol Season 7 music reality show. The Nigerian Idol season 7 is proudly headlined and sponsored by Bigi, Naija’s favourite...

  promises to end out-of-school children roaming the streets   The Executive Chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran has clinched the ‘Exemplary Performance of the Year 2021’ Award at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Pen Night, which took place over the weekend in...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja early today to participate at the World Liquified Petroleum Gas Association forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he will be delivering the keynote address. World leaders, top government ministers from several countries and Chief Executives of major multinational corporations in the Liquified...

    Ecobank Nigeria has emerged the winner of “Consumer Finance product of the year” award at the Middle East & Africa (MEA) Retail Banking Innovation Awards organized by Digital Bankers. The MEA Awards according to the Managing Director, Nirav Patel exists to recognise and celebrate the world’s outstanding Financial...

  The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 2.63 per cent to close last week at 42,167.91 and N22.003 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Insurance index which appreciated by 2.97 per cent, while the NGX ASeM, NGX Growth and NGX...

  Nigeria's leading digitally driven financial institution, Wema Bank has announced the signing of Davido as Brand Ambassador for its digital bank, ALAT By Wema. The bank formalised the partnership at a ceremony on Friday, December 3 when the musician signed the dotted lines. A few weeks ago, the multiple...

Emirates at the weekend touched down in both Abuja and Lagos, marking the restart of daily services to Nigeria from Dubai. It received a spectacular water canon welcome at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. Both flights from Dubai, EK 785 to Abuja and EK 783 to Lagos, were welcomed to Nnamdi...

A dormitory mate of the late 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, Sylvester Oromoni, has confirmed that he was tortured to death by his seniors. In a series of WhatsApp messages to one Tamara, the dormitory mate said six and not five seniors attacked Oromoni. The border, whose...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called on policymakers and capital market stakeholders to leverage technology to expand access to financial services and deepen financial inclusion. The Director-General of SEC, Mr Lamido Yuguda, said this at the 2021 Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria(CAMCAN) workshop held in Lagos at...

 Trading on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) ended the week on a downward trend, dropping further by 0.19 per cent on Friday.Speficially, the NGX All-Share Index lost 80.07 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 42,167l.91 from 42,247.98 achieved on Thursday. Also, the market capitalisation lost N41 billion or 0.19...