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  Two teenage sisters have been kidnapped by bandits at Guita community, Chikakore in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Our correspondent gathered that the kidnappers struck on Sunday at about 11:25 pm, and have since ...

  Bureau De Change operators have announced shut down of operations in Abuja as a result of unavailability of dollars, reports the Daily Trust This was announced by the association’s Chairman, Abdulahi Dauran, on Wednesday. The naira closed at an ...

  A 28-year-old travel content creator, Pelumi Nubi, has explained how she planned to embark on her solo trip from London, the capital of the United Kingdom, to Lagos. Nubi, who started the trip on Tuesday, said her intention was ...

  Finance and economy analysts have shared perspectives on the relocation of some units and departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria to Lagos. The stakeholders spoke to PUNCH Online on Wednesday following the recent apex bank’s announcement directing the ...

Adron Homes Rewards Continental Business Challenge Winners To an All-Expense-Paid Holiday, Promises More Staff Welfare. To strengthen commitment by rewarding exceptional staff and also creating a more competitive working atmosphere, the management of Adron Homes and Properties has sponsored 10 staff ...

In what has been termed a significant milestone in the advancement of Nigeria’s domestic gas industry and the generation of gas revenues, Temile Development Company Ltd -a key indigenous player in the oil and gas industry- recently commissioned a 23,000 ...

Ecobank Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African bank has launched an innovative training program targeted at empowering operators of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Through the initiative, titled MySME Growth Series, the Bank ...

  Seven-Up Bottling Company in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and Zenith Bank has organised a bootcamp for about 80 Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria. In a statement from the company on Monday, the bootcamp themed ...

  Wema Bank grew profit by over 105 per cent to N23.36bn in 2023 from N11.35bn in the prior year. According to the lender’s unaudited financial statement filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Tuesday, revenue rose by 61.36 per ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted pupils and teachers of a private nursery school in Emure, headquarters of Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State Tribune Online observed that the school bus conveying the pupils and the teachers including ...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde yesterday castigated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for showing no empathy for victims of the Ibadan explosions Five people died, 77 injured and 58 buildings damaged, rendering hundreds of people homeless as a result of ...

At least 1,500 members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria will on Friday resume at its Lagos office following their redeployment from the headquarters, The PUNCH has learned. A source at the apex bank told our correspondent exclusively that the ...

Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, met with President Bola Tinubu in Paris on Monday, January 29 Daniel Bwala disclosed this in a post on ...

British Columbia, a Canadian province, has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next two years   Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller disclosed this recently in a statement. According to Miller, the measure aims to decrease new student ...

Ifeanyi Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South senatorial district, has indicated interest in contesting the state’s governorship position in 2025     Ubah, stated this in a chat with journalists in his Nnewi country home.   He said: “I repeat, I ...

An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced one Arowolo Dare to death by hanging for the murder of his half-brother The 42-year-old was arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on 5th November 2021 on one count charge of murder. The charge ...

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command, yesterday, raided the hideout of some kidnappers, at Okohia Forest, Owerri West Local Council of the state During the raid, seven suspected members of the gang were arrested. Also, four decomposing corpses, thought to belong to ...

The Nigerian Army said its troops rescued 32 kidnap victims during a search-and-rescue operation in Katsina State The Information Officer of Operation Hadarin Daji, Yahaya Ibrahim, in a statement on Tuesday, disclosed that the troops also killed two suspected terrorists ...

Suspected kidnappers have killed two traditional rulers in Ekiti State   The monarchs were said to be returning from a security meeting in Irele-Ekiti in a vehicle being driven by one of their colleagues, the Alara of Ikole Ekiti, when they were ...

An unprecedented hike in fees for Abuja-based private schools is imminent following the decision of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to hike operation charges of private schools in the capital city Under the new tax regime, each ...

  As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives designed to empower Nigerian youths with quality education, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has launched a creative writing competition for secondary school students dubbed Read2Lead.   Themed Read2lead, the ...

  OPay, a Nigerian financial technology firm, has implemented various security measures to prevent financial fraud. The initiative was aimed at improving the platform’s security and protecting customers from fraudulent activities, the firm said in a statement. OPay said it ...

A 72-year-old retired soldier, identified as Francis Dooga, has reportedly committed suicide within his compound opposite St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at Nyiniongun, a suburb of Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State   The deceased was reported to have hung ...

  The naira fell to an all-time low of N1348.63/$ on the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market on Monday. This signifies a 51.21 per cent fall from the N891.90/$ the national currency closed last Friday at the official market, according ...

  The killing of three U.S. troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out ...