archiveSeptember 2023

Fidelity Bank Plc has announced the completion of the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Union Bank Plc UK. In a statement to the investing community through the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Wednesday, the bank noted that the acquisition is aimed at strengthening the bank’s strategic initiatives...

Defence Headquarters says troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria, have in the last two weeks, eliminated a total of 151 terrorists and apprehended 456 others in different operations across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, stated this while giving update of military operations across the country...

      The Nigeria Police Force has announced that it will carry out diligent investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba , popularly known as Mohbad. This followed the emergence of a document, wherein the late singer reported a case of alleged threat...

  provides local funding for stock purchase Polaris Bank, in its show of commitment towards empowerment of  Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), has announced a strategic partnership with Export and Sell (EAS), a renowned expert in export solutions, to train and subsequently fund over 1,000 successful SMEs on export opportunities...

  The Federal Government has moved the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) back to the Ministry of Interior, its original location when the Commission was established. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was said to have ordered the relocation from the Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy to the Interior so...

Nigeria has again been thrown into power outage after the national grid system, operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), from Osogbo in Osun State, collapsed on Thursday morning. The Thursday morning collapse came barely six hours after the grid collapsed midnight and minimally restored. The General Manager, Public...

  The World Food Programme (WFP) has pledged to support President Tinubu’s Zero Hunger Programme under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Country Director of WFP, David Stevesson, made the pledge when he led a team of the United Nations, UN agency to visit the Minister of...

Polaris Bank held the first draw in her ongoing Polaris 'Save & Win' promo where 50 persons emerged winners. The development is in line with the Bank's commitment to rewarding its loyal customers across the nation. The Bank, said winners emerged through a draw exercise which was witnessed by relevant...

  A US court has adjourned ruling on a subpoena application for Bola Tinubu’s records from Chicago State University (CSU) after the institution denied knowledge of a certificate the Nigerian president submitted to the country’s electoral commission INEC to run for office. According to POLITICS NIGERIA’s report, CSU lawyer Michael...

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has increased fees for returning students by 300 per cent. Before the emergency meeting, returning students in the Faculties of Technology and Science paid N28,100 per session, while those of the Faculty of Pharmacy paid N31,100 per session. A statement by the institution’s...