archiveMay 2025

In demonstration of its commitment to financial empowerment targeting Youths, Unity Bank Plc has again championed the cause of financial literacy by facilitating Training in 13 secondary schools across Nigeria to commemorate the 2025 Global Money Week. Held under the theme, “Think before you follow, wise money tomorrow,” this year’s engagement...

The partnership between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Charles Soludo has been seen as an instructive pointer to the power of shared vision, ideological alignment, and mutual respect. According to Governor Soludo's Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, the collaboration is rooted in progressivism, federalism, and a commitment to Nigeria's...

Nigeria has operated a Western-style democratic system that has unfortunately failed. The adversarial, winner-takes-all model has divided us. Despite more than two decades of democratic experience, Western-styled democracy has not delivered stability, development, or national cohesion that Nigerians desperately need. The Failure of Imported Democracy The Western democratic model has...

As part of efforts at human capital building and value orientation among young Nigerians, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Rite Foods Limited, Seleem Adegunwa, charged students of the Nigerian University of Technology and Management (NUTM) to take advantage of the immense opportunities in the Nigerian ecosystem. The...

The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed condolences on the death of a former Military Administrator of Bayelsa State, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd), saying the state has lost a great son. The late Captain Olubolade, also a former Minister of Police Affairs and a governorship aspirant in the...

  Justice Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, issued a warrant for the arrest  of one Ekweozor Peter, a suspected internet fraudster, for failing to appear in court for his arraignment.   He was arrested alongside others on May 13, 2024,...

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, May 9, 2025, adjourned proceedings in the trial of the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello till June 26 and 27, and July 3 and 4, 2025 for ruling on the relief sought by the EFCC's counsel, to...

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, May 8, 2025, adjourned till June 11, 2025 “for a report on settlement and/or arraignment” of the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and others over an alleged N12.3bn fraud brought against them by the Lagos...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) and Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals (DPRP) have pledged to deepen collaboration aimed at ensuring Nigeria’s energy security and advancing shared prosperity for Nigerians. This commitment came to the fore during a courtesy visit by the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Mr....

Fidelity Bank grows PBT by 167.8% to N105.8bn in Q1 202 Fidelity Bank Plc, one of Nigeria's leading Tier-1 financial institutions, has announced a remarkable financial performance for the first quarter of 2025, recording a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N105.8 billion, representing an impressive growth of 167.8% compared to...