archiveJanuary 25, 2025

One of Africa’s leading financial institutions, Zenith Bank has reaffirmed its dedication to employee welfare by announcing the promotion of over 4,000 staff members and implementing salary increases ranging from 20% to 30% across various employee grades. This bold initiative, under the leadership of Managing Director/CEO Dame Adaora Umeoji, its...

Hamas on Saturday freed four female Israeli soldiers held hostage, while Israel released 200 Palestine prisoners in an ongoing ceasefire deal. The exchanges of hostages and prisoners between Hamas and Israel mark the second phase of ceasefire agreement reached in Doha, Qatar. The four female Israeli soldiers; Liri Albag, Karina Ariev,...

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT) has suspended its three-day warning strike which started on Wednesday after the intervention of the Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, made the revelation in a statement he issued to newsmen...

A group, the Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria, has faulted the Nigeria Governors Forum’s VAT sharing formula for states in the proposed Tax Reform Bill. The group in a communiqué issued on the proposed bill at the end of its citizen’s engagement on Friday in Abuja, said...

The fund raising exercise organised by some concerned citizens including media and corporate affairs practitioners to raise $35,000 (USD) about N57 million for Kolawole Kuforiji, a Nigerian journalist to undergo a Deep Brain Stimulation surgery in Turkey has reached the first milestone of over N1 million donation. The total contribution...

The Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Mr Bosun Tijani, said the Federal Government approved a 50 per cent tariff hike for telecommunication companies to sustain the industry. Tijani added that the new tariff would allow telecommunication companies to be able to invest in new infrastructure and improve connectivity....

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has put a hold on all access gate fees at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. In a statement by its management on Saturday, FAAN said the move is aimed at cushioning the traffic burden on airport road users. According to the statement,...

The Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe, on Saturday, ordered the dissolution of the Sharia panel set up at the Central Mosque, Ado Ekiti in the interest of peaceful coexistence and law and order in the community. Adejugbe spoke in Ado Ekiti during a meeting he held with the...

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to participate in the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit on January 27-28, 2025. The Summit, hosted by the government of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank, aims to advance...

The impeached Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has faulted his removal by lawmakers. Obasa, who spoke on his removal for the first time on Saturday, said it was important for the lawmakers to follow the constitutional procedure to remove him as speaker. The former speaker...