archive2023

Ghanaian footballer who plays in the Turkish Super Lig, Christian Atsu has been found dead in the rubble of the devastating earthquake in Turkey. Atsu, 31, had been reported missing following the earthquakes which have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Turkey and Syria since February...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has urged eligible voters to make efforts to identify their voting locations ahead of the general elections. Yakubu gave the advice on Friday in a message addressed to voters which he personally signed. Checks revealed that some of the...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The sum was part of monies which some Deposit Money Banks fraudulently withheld since 2015, and refused to remit into the NHIS’ Treasury Single...

  The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.96% and 0.95% to close the week at 53,804.46 and N29.310 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Premium, NGX Insurance, NGX MERI Growth, NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Oil and Gas, NGX Industrial Goods...

  The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has accused the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, of working against the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) victory in the forthcoming general election for introducing the naira redesign policy. Masari, who disclosed this during an interactive session...

  Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church has assured Nigerians that the 2023 elections will give birth to a new Nigeria. Oyedepo who spoke during the ongoing prayer and fasting organized for peaceful and credible polls, said the spiritual exercise would bring change to the nation. The popular clergy...

Have you visited Polaris Bank corporate website, www.polarisbanklimited.com lately? If not, do not hesitate to check it out. You would be pleasantly surprised by the refreshing changes the Bank's website has undergone, ostensibly to serve millions of her customers within and outside Nigeria. Below are the four unique features of...

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has adjourned ruling on the bail application filed by Ali Bello,   nephew of the Kogi State Governor,   Yahaya Bello,  and  four others in a N3 billion money laundering trial to Monday,  February 20,   2023. At the resumed proceedings on the case on Tuesday, February 14,...

  Sterling Bank Plc has signed a partnership agreement with Credit Café Africa for the distribution of a credit facility template, insurance and other value-added services for existing and potential customers of the bank in the health and education sectors of the economy. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 53.1 million dollars and N2.1 billion as local components for the procurement and installation of electrical conductors to boost power supply across the country. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the...