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  FirstBank Group has appointed Olukorede Adenowo as MD/Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank UK. “The appointment is effective from November 16, 2023, subject to regulatory approvals,” said Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, First Bank of Nigeria Limited. She said: “Olukorede Adenowo who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, strategic...

Fidelity Bank Plc has become an official signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) – a single framework for a sustainable banking industry developed through a collaboration between banks worldwide and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). The Principles are the leading framework for ensuring...

The House of Representatives has invited the Acting Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC), Director General, Council of Legal Education over termination of law programme at the National Open University Commission (NOUN). Others invited included heads of the Nigeria Law School, the Chairman of the Board of Benchers and the...

The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker have withdrawn its appeal filed before the Court of Appeal, Abuja, against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the planned impeachment of the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Ondo State House of Assembly and its...

The Federal Government has directed Chevron Nigeria Limited to resolve disagreements over the composition and designation of the Host Communities Trust Fund between the oil corporation and communities in the company’s Warri exploration and production area in Delta State. It also urged both parties in the disagreement to keep the...

President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Wura-Ola Adepoju as the substantive Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Adepoju, who has been serving as the acting CG since May 29, 2023, disclosed the development to staffs of the NIS during the Comptroller General’s parade on Wednesday....

  Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has condemned the demolition of properties in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and other cities in the country. In a statement on his X account on Thursday, Obi expressed worry over the mass destruction of properties across the country....

  The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11 off-cycle election in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, has said that he will not challenge the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) before the state election petition tribunal. Melaye, who came in third in...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized the proposed N27.5 trillion budget for the 2024 fiscal year by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly as deceitful, adding that it has no mechanism for economic recovery. Tinubu on Wednesday presented the ‘Budget of Renewed Hope’ before a joint session...

  fixes 7th March 2024 for the 2024 mock-UTME The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the dates for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB in a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, said the main UTME will be held from April 19 to...