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  The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that for Nigeria to win the fight against insecurity, external aggression and other threats to national peace, it must ensure a high level of electronic combat-readiness. Speaking when Officers Cadet of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)...

Among the 33 banks operating in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approved eight to operate as international banks while others are to operate as national, regional banks among others categorizations. Banks allowed to open branches outside Nigeria are: Access Bank PLC; Fidelity Bank PLC; First City Monument...

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D Real losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections are not the electorate who were deprived of their rights to freely choose candidates of their choice nor the first-timer youth who were disappointed by the Nigerian state nor the candidates who lost or won as declared by the...

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo says the ministry will soon submit a new auto policy for the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The minister said this when the Senior Executive Course 45 participants of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS)...

  Leadway Assurance, a leading Nigerian insurance company, recorded a total premium collection of N104.4 billion, becoming the first in the nation insurance sector  to cross three digit billion mark in 2022. The company said that it grossed a Written Premium of N92.5 billion, Savings and Investment income of iN10.8...

Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has opened up on why she has not been acting lately. Omo Sexy, as she is fondly called, was a force to reckon with in Nollywood for over two decades. She acted in a myriad of blockbuster movies before taking a break. The mother of...

  11Plc, owners of Mobil Oil and lubricant brands, has expanded its market scope by investing massively in Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) facilities. The facilities are being put in place to provide more alternatives to motorist and industries to power their machines as well as deepening natural gas usage across...

  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...

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...

  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,...