The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has achieved a sweeping victory in the recent local government elections, securing all chairmanship and councillorship positions across the 44 local government areas of Kano State. Sani Malumfashi, Chairman of the Kano Independent ...
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Approximately 40 people are believed to be trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building in Sabon Lugbe, a suburb of Abuja. According to PUNCH, the collapse occurred around 5 PM on Saturday while victims were still inside. Videos ...
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WEMA BANK PIONEERS NIGERIA’S FIRST LICENSED BANKING APP FOR TEENAGERS, ALAT XPLORE App Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative app and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, is breaking new ground by pioneering yet another industry first; the ...
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Golden Terra Oil says it has won the Outstanding Campaign of the Year Award at the 2024 National Marketing Stakeholders Summit and Awards. The event, held in Lagos, had in attendance leaders from across the marketing industry who gathered ...
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The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to commence the gradual withdrawal of old naira notes and make available to Nigerians new notes in N200, N500 and N1,000 denominations. This is just as the ...
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Sterling One Foundation, in partnership with PwC, NGX, and other partners, is set to host the fourth edition of the ESG Series 4.0 focused on sustainable business practices. UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office Nigeria, LBS Sustainability Centre, Lagos ...
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A Nigerian man, Solomon Mawo Akpama, has d!ed eleven days to his wedding. Solomon and his partner, Keltu Edith Chindo were set to get married on November 2, 2024, in Jos, Plateau State, d!ed in a motor accident on ...
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The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,739 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,735 per dollar on Wednesday. However, the Naira appreciated to N1,601.2 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that ...
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A teenager broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia on Thursday, k!lled one officer with a knife and wounded another, police said. The attack happened around 9 p.m. in the town of Bosanska Krupa. The assailant, born in ...
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Two men, Ige Balogun and Sunday Ojo, appeared before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, facing charges of allegedly stealing 20 tubers of yam. The defendants, Balogun, 20, and Ojo, 24, both without fixed addresses, pleaded not ...
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said that power distribution companies may begin to bear the cost of equipment used to repair faulty transformers and other transmission infrastructure replacements. It said if the measure is implemented, it will ensure ...
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Lagos, Nigeria – October 24, 2024 – We wish to address a misleading report circulating in the media regarding a system upgrade at FirstBank. The message which was incorrectly interpreted and reported was sent to, and intended for our vendors ...
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. “No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement,” the ...
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Three persons have been confirmed de.ad in a helicopter crash that occurred in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday. The accident occurred at 11:22 a.m. along the waterways in Port Harcourt when the helicopter, a Sikorsky SK76 ...
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The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, yesterday, disclosed that over 352 facilities including religious houses have been shut down across various parts of the state in the last year over noise pollution and other environmental infractions. The General Manager ...
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Nigeria’s engagement with the global debt market remains vibrant despite challenges posed by high borrowing costs, the International Monetary Fund has said. During a press conference on the global financial stability report at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in ...
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The Federal Government on Wednesday withdrew the money laundering charges preferred against Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Binance, its U.S. head of financial crime compliance, Gambaryan, and the exchange British-Kenyan regional manager for Africa, Nadeem Anjarwalla, were facing money laundering ...
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FBN Holdings, a financial holding company, will seek shareholder approval for a new capital raise of N350 billion at its upcoming annual general meeting. The firm also is considering a change of its legal and brand name to FirstHoldco ...
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Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has announced plans to invest up to $1bn over the next four years to expand its operations. According to a statement, the company’s chairman, John Coumantaros, disclosed this during a recent interview. He emphasised ...
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The gross earnings of United Bank for Africa Plc appreciated by 83.2 per cent year-on-year to N2.39tn at the end of the third quarter from N1.31tn in the same period of 2023. This was disclosed in its unaudited results ...
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Ecobank Nigeria is set to host its inaugural Design & Build Expo, aimed at highlighting the latest trends, innovations, and sustainable practices in architecture, construction, building materials, household appliances, engineering, and interior design. A statement from the bank said ...
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The House of Representatives has resolved to summon the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Director General of the Department of State Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, along with the FCT Commissioner of Police, Peter Opara, and ...
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Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of Deeper Life Christian Life Ministry, has strongly condemned the practice of financial exploitation in churches. He urged fellow clergymen to stop taking advantage of their members under the pretense of “sowing seeds” ...
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In Masvingo, a shocking event unfolded when an 18-year-old student was arrested for kidnapping his 10-year-old neighbor with the intention of using him for a money ritual. The young boy, Tawana, went missing for three days before being found ...
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A man was left devastated after losing his N50,000 investment in a bet that could have earned him N1 billion. The man, identified as @surmasantavious on X, shared his emotional ordeal, gaining widespread attention and sympathy online. Before placing ...
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