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  Wema Bank on Saturday announced Moruf Oseni as its substantive Managing Director and Chief Executive Office following approval by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The bank also named Wole Akinleye as its Deputy Managing Director and Tunde Mabawonku as Executive Director following the CB’s approval. The appointment became effective...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has slammed a fine of N5 million on Channels Television for allegedly breaking the broadcasting law in a programme with Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate. This comes a few hours after the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for 2023 presidential...

For the first time ever in Nigeria history, about 120 Royal Queens converged at the Ile Oduduwa, the Palace of the Ooni of Ife, Osun State on March 30, 2023 to commemorate the Black Women's History Month. The conference, organised by Olori Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi and Olori Janet Afolabi, under the...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has directed all government agencies involved in the implementation of the work of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East to harmonise items needed and their prices in all procurements to be undertaken on behalf of...

  The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 1.20 per cent to close the week at 54,232.34 and N29.544 trillion respectively. All other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Main Board, NGX 30, NGX Oil & Gas, NGX LOTUS II, NGX Industrial Goods and NGX Growth...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of one Moses Upkonahusi for $5,576, (Five Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy-six United States Dollars) fraud. He was first arraigned by the EFCC before Justice Mohammed Zubair of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Jikwoyi, Abuja, on a one...

The Presidency on Friday confirmed the resignation of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. Sylva had tendered his resignation ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Bayelsa State next month. Officials at the Petroleum Resources ministry had disclosed that the rule of APC requires...

  A report analysed by Cadre Harmonise (CH) showed that 24.8 million Nigerians in 26 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), including 18,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) will be in food and nutrition crisis between June and August. According to the report, key drivers are naira redesign, prolonged fuel scarcity,...

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 election in Ogun, Ladi Adebutu, says he is confident the election tribunal will overturn the victory handed to Governor Dapo Abiodun by INEC. Adebutu made the assertion while addressing members of his party, shortly after some PDP...

  season to start April 1, cease 1st week Dec The Lagos State Government has alerted residents that the year 2023 in the state is expected to experience an above-normal annual rainfall amount predicted at 1936.2mm which will start in the first week of April, specifically, on the first, Saturday,...