archive2023

  Poultry farmers in Southwest on Thursday begged the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to save their business from total collapse. They lamented the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy has brought untold hardship on them and their investments across the nation, particularly in the Southwest. Speaking...

  Jeffrey Guterman, a retired American mental health counsellor, has filed a request to the Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) asking it to release its file on Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu. The information Guterman is asking the FBI to release is related to Tinubu’s $460,000 forfeiture on a drug trafficking...

The third annual Africa.com Definitive List of Women Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) was revealed on April 19. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc and Miriam Chidiebele Olusanya, Managing Director, Guaranty Trust Bank made the top 10 list. Both companies are listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). The list...

A WhatsApp Platform, Katsina City News, has raised donations totaling N5.1 million to assist the needy during the Ramadan fasting period. Danjuma Muhammad-Katsina, Founder of the platform, confirmed this development to  newsmen. Muhammad-Katsina, who spoke on Wednesday in Katsina, explained that members of the platform were indigenes of the state...

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has announced the constitution of a 13-man Presidential Inauguration committee comprising of eminent Nigerians to plan a week-long presidential inauguration event that will usher him and his Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima in as the President and Vice-President of the country. Tinubu is expected...

Wema Bank Plc has reported gross earnings of ₦131.08 billion, a year-on-year increase of 42 per cent over ₦92.14 billion it made in 2021. This contained in its audited reports for fourth quarter ending December 31, 2022. From ₦73.30 billion recorded in 2021, the bank made Interest Income of ₦106.07...

Human right lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the Adamawa State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru’s acceptance speech confirmed that she was in on the illegal declaration. Falana stated this in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday. The...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the immediate promotion of inspectors and rank-and-file officers in the force. Baba directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) to coordinate the Force Secretary for the setting up of Departmental Selection...

Top comedians to thrill guests at Crepaway Nigeria relaunch Crepaway Nigeria, an exquisite and casual dining restaurant, serving exotic International cuisine from a diverse menu is set to relaunch on Friday, April 28th and Saturday, April 29th, 2023 in the heart of Victoria Island, Lagos. The official launch of the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday debunked Aisha Dahiru Binani’s allegations of partisanship in the just-concluded Adamawa governorship supplementary election. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, declared Binani of the All Progressives Congress the winner. However, after the declaration, rumours claimed that Binani gave INEC officials N2...