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  Unity Bank Plc has hosted a capacity-building workshop aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs with digital marketing skills. The workshop, themed “Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: AI and Digital Marketing Strategies,” brought together participants from various sectors to equip them with essential ...

  Coscharis Technologies Limited, a subsidiary of the Coscharis Group, has finalised plans to executive a $4bn renewable energy project to revolutionise Nigeria’s power sector. According to the firm, the initiative, the largest green energy project in West Africa, will ...

  The Federal Government is set to deliver up to 400,000 barrels of Nigerian crude oil daily to the Dangote refinery under its naira-for-crude agreement, a report by Bloomberg stated on Monday. It said this significant development is expected to ...

  Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, will swear in the newly elected council chairmen of the 23 local government areas today at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt. The Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission ...

  A pastor at the Church of The Brethren (EYN) Moduganari in Maiduguri, Borno State slumped and died while conducting a child naming and dedication service. It was gathered that Pastor Vincent Alaku was naming a child during service on ...

  A 19-year-old man identified as Abba Yusuf, allegedly stabbed his 60-year-old  father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Maileather, to d@ath in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The incident happened at the weekend at Sarkin-Noma quarters at about 8.30 p.m. The elder brother ...

  Lagos, 5 October 2024: FirstBank has announced the full restoration of services on Firstmobile, its mobile banking platform, following a downtime earlier this week which occurred following a recent upgrade of the mobile banking application. Firstmobile is now up ...

  Access ARM Pensions Limited has commenced its operations with N3tn in Assets Under Management. In a statement on Thursday, Access ARM Pensions stated that the newly formed entity, a merger of Access Pensions Limited and ARM Pension Managers Limited, ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved President Bola Tinubu’s request for a refund of about N24bn to the Kebbi and Nasarawa state governments, for the takeover of two airports built by the two states. Recall that on May 16, ...

The Action Peoples Party has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the Rivers State local government election. The Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, made this known on Saturday in Port ...

  Borno State Government has declared an outbreak of cholera with a staggering number of 451 cases recorded so far. This was disclosed on Friday by Prof. Baba Mallam Gana, the state’s Commissioner for Health during a press conference in Maiduguri. ...

  Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, disclosed on Wednesday that it paid over $2bn to content creators in 2023, marking a significant milestone in its monetisation efforts. This announcement coincides with the rollout of Facebook’s new Content ...

  Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the second-richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. With a net worth of $206 billion — driven higher by a recent rally in the Facebook parent company’s stock ...

  A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed October 21, 2024, for the hearing of pending applications in a suit filed by an investment firm, Barbican Capital Limited against First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc over the alleged disputes ...

  The Federal Government has announced the exemption of 63 items from Value-Added Tax (VAT), as part of its latest fiscal reforms. This was revealed by the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, ...

  In a significant milestone for Nigeria’s creative economy, Minister Hannatu Musawa has announced a $200 million financing facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). According to Vanguard, this partnership aims to drive growth in the country’s creative industries, aligning ...

  Reno Omokri has taken to social media to share photos from his visits to the Presidential Villa and the residence of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Omokri posted a photo with President Bola Tinubu, taken on Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day anniversary, ...

  A 24-year-old welder identified as Adedeji has been confirmed d3ad after he was electrocuted at Nnamdi Azikiwe Street on the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. The deceased was said to have been working on the site of a ...

  Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has prohibited United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering Israel, citing his failure to unequivocally condemn Iran’s missile attack. The attack was a retaliation for Israel’s airstrikes that killed prominent figures, including Hassan Nasrallah, ...

  Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. In a statement and photos shared on X.com on Wednesday, the EFCC disclosed that the ...

  Filmmaker Jade Osiberu has come under fire after reversing her stance on President Tinubu, whom she previously supported over Peter Obi during the 2022 presidential campaign. On September 28, 2024, Osiberu posted a lighthearted message on X, commenting, “My to-do ...

  The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday, threatened a N5bn defamation lawsuit against the opposition All Progressives Congress in the state. The threat followed an alarm by the APC that a certain chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party ...

  A former acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Folashodun Shonubi, on Wednesday, told Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama Abuja, that intrigues and politics were involved in the naira redesign carried ...

  Men who masturbate too frequently could find themselves becoming flops in the bedroom, a leading GP has warned. In moderation self-pleasure helps to reduce stress, improve sleep quality and mood, but it can become ‘an unhealthy habit’ and trigger ...

  A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ukwa East/West of Abia State, Chris Nkwonta has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was announced on the floor of the House during plenary ...