The Nigerian Labour Congress has called for the resignation of the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, over the repeated collapse of the national power grid. In a statement late Tuesday night by the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, the union ...

  MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has successfully raised N42.2bn through its Series 15 and 16 Commercial Paper issuance under the company’s N250bn Commercial Paper Issuance Programme. In a recent disclosure to the Nigerian Exchange Limited by the company secretary, Uto ...

  Wema Bank will reward 131 customers with N11m in cash prizes during its first 5 for 5 Promo Season 4 monthly draw of 2025 in Warri, Delta State. This was revealed in a statement made available to The PUNCH ...

  Ecobank Nigeria has partnered with the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation to offer affordable and flexible loans to customers to meet a variety of needs, including paying school fees, rent, maintenance costs, medical bills, car purchases, repairs, asset purchases, and ...

  Fidelity Bank plc has announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors, following approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The appointments, effective January 14, 2025, were disclosed in a regulatory filing on the corporate ...

  FirstBank Bountiful Harvest of Awards In 2024 – Testament To Excellence And Stakeholder Trust   By Seun Johnson   In the gilded halls of excellence where dreams are crafted into legacies, stands a beacon that blazes across the African ...

  The World Bank Group has announced the 30-month debarment of two Nigerian companies, Viva Atlantic Limited and Technology House Limited, alongside their Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Norman Didam, for fraudulent, collusive, and corrupt practices linked to ...

  A former Group Managing Director of FirstBank, Dr. Bisi Onasanya, has dismissed claims of his involvement in a commercial loan transaction carried out 12 years ago at the lender. Onasanya refuted the allegation in a statement signed by his ...

  The Nigerian Medical Association, Anambra State Chapter, has refuted claims that the individual accused of killing an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission officer in Awka is a medical doctor. In a statement issued by the association’s State Secretary, Dr ...

  The arraignment of the Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, and others over alleged N12.3 billion fraud before the Federal High Court was stalled on Monday due to the absence of the defendants. When the case was called, ...

  American rapper Cardi B has said that she wouldn’t be affected by the ban on TikTok in the United States. TikTok shut down in the U.S. on January 19 after its Chinese owners failed to sell the platform, as ...

  Nigerian rapper and singer, Raoul Njeng-Njeng, popularly known as Skales, has taken to social media to express outrage, recounting a personal encounter with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following the death of one of its officers during a ...

  Three female hostages freed by Hamas were reunited with their mothers inside Israel, Reuters reports. Armed Hamas fighters drove through the southern city of Khan Younis with crowds cheering and chanting. In the north of the territory, bombed into ...

  The 29-man caretaker committee set up by Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, announced on Sunday that it will drag the embattled National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, to ...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress has frowned on the recent hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, describing it as the height of insensitivity against the masses. Senior NLC officials disclosed this in separate interviews ...

  The shareholders of Arik Air, an indigenous airline currently under the control of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, have debunked claims that the debt accruable to the airline’s owner, Johnson Arumem-Ikhide, has risen to N455bn. The shareholders, through ...

  The death toll in the petrol tanker explosion at Dikko Junction near Suleja in Niger State has risen to 86, with 55 persons injured and receiving treatment at the hospital. By Saturday when the incident happened, the death toll ...

  The Catholic Diocese of Warri, Delta State has suspended Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe from priestly duties following his alleged marriage sealed in the United States of America. This was contained in a statement titled ‘Decree of Suspension’, dated ...

  The Nigeria Police Force has recorded significant successes in its ongoing efforts to combat crime across the country, with the recent busting of an illegal weapons manufacturing factory in Benue State, the arrest of a notorious cultist in Delta ...

  •Facility now producing 500,000bpd as officials look beyond Nigeria to meet demand for product The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is planning to import more crude oil as supply from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited becomes insufficient for fuel production ...

  Avalanche Creative Academy Debuts Fast-growing Lagos-based Entertainment and hospitality hub, Avalanche has announced the birth of its educational arm, The Avalanche Creative Academy. The academy is designed as a top-notch platform dedicated to nurturing creativity and innovation among aspiring ...

  ***WEMA BANK KICKS OFF 2025 WITH N11,000,000 CASH PRIZE IN 5 FOR 5 PROMO SEASON*  …Set to reward 131 Nigerians in first monthly draw of 2025* Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital ...

  Dangote Cement, FBNHoldings, others Lift Equity Market by N53bn   By Rukayat Adeyem   The equity market rebounded on Thursday from its previous session’s loss, gaining N53 billion. Investor interest in key stocks such as Dangote Cement, FBN Holdings, ...

  The European Union has announced an initial humanitarian assistance package of €1.9bn for 2025, with €510m earmarked for Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The European Commission revealed the allocation in a statement on Thursday, noting that “these ...

  The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has mourned the death of the Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives and representative of the Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency of Ogun State, Adewunmi Onanuga.xx In a ...