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  Access Bank and AfriGOpay have reached working agreements on a partnership aimed at boosting Nigeria’s payment ecosystem. AfriGOpay is a financial services platform affiliated with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) and the vehicle for the launch of first Nigerian national domestic card designed to meet the needs of...

A US-based medical professional, Adah Edache Obekpa and Renaissance Network Africa (RNA) have filed a lawsuit at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Federal Government of Nigeria over alleged suppression of their contributions to the introduction of electronic voting...

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) recorded new listings of about N318.52 billion in the first quarter. The new listings included equities, fixed income, mutual funds and derivatives. Going by the X-Compliance Report of the NGX, the Federal Government listed N11.23 billion new bonds under its Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bonds,...

  The Lagos State Government on Saturday said it has not abolished all Eze Ndigbo titles in the state, describing the reports doing the rounds as “April Fool.” The rebuttal came following viral social media reports earlier in the day that the administration of Babajide Sanwo-Olu has abolished Eze Ndigbo...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said it would sue the Federal Government and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over the N5 million fine imposed   on Channels Television. SERAP disclosed this via its official Twitter handle on Saturday, April 1. “We’re suing the Buhari administration and NBC over the...

Says ‘there must be a consequence for wrong conduct, violation of our laws Judiciary must stand mighty in defence of democracy, rule of law Mike Igini, a lawyer and two-term Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, has served in Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa States. First appointed in June 2010, by...

  Policemen have arrested three lawyers who are reportedly filing processes for the All Progressives Congress at the election petition tribunal in Port Harcourt. The lawyers are said to be preparing petitions against the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the just concluded governorship election in Rivers...

  Former media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari and Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has been suspended by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in her Onicha-Olona Ward 4 of Delta. A resolution of the Ward leadership signed by Ogbolu Peter...

The Nigerian media will on Monday inaugurate a nine-member board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the National Ombudsman. This is contained in a statement by Malam Kabiru Yusuf, President of Newspapers Proprietor Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and President, Nigeria Press Organisation (NPO). Yusuf said in...

Ibom Air, on Saturday, apologised to passengers for the delay they experienced, while airport security officials in Abuja tried to disembark a passenger who caused a scene. A male passenger who seemed an ‘Obidient’ was whisked off the aircraft after he publicly spoke against the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola...