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  The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has promised that the private sector will “invest heavily” in job-creating initiatives. He added that Nigeria’s economy can be turned around “within a few months” as the “issues are not that bad.” ...

  The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Olusegun Alebiosu, has expressed a willingness to partner with the Lagos State government in the area of infrastructure development. Alebiosu said this when a led the management team to pay a courtesy ...

  NOVA Bank has officially commenced operations as a National Commercial Bank, as the bank opened its first commercial banking branch in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. The bank, formerly known as NOVA Merchant Bank, had received the Central ...

  Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Thursday, declared the Peoples Democratic Party, February 22, 2024, primary election, that produced Asue Ighodalo as its governorship candidate invalid. Justice Ekwo made the declaration while delivering judgment in ...

An Anglican reverend was murdered by his son in the agrarian community of Okpare in Olomu Kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, on Wednesday. The priest, identified as Rev. Isaac Umurie, one of the reverends attached to St. John’s ...

  Stanbic IBTC Bank, Citibank Nigeria and Rand Merchant Bank led the pack in the facilitation of US$1.09bn capital importation into Nigeria in the fourth quarter of 2023. According to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics capital importation report for Q4 ...

  Wema Bank, the pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has charged stakeholders to prioritise digital empowerment for MSMEs as a measure for championing a sustainable MSME ecosystem in Nigeria. The charge was made at the International MSMEs ...

  First City Monument Bank has embarked on an initiative aimed at expanding its support for small and medium-sized enterprises across Nigeria, following the signing of a $25m agreement with the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank and the European Commission. This ...

  A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday said lawmakers’ monthly earnings can not last them for more than three days. This was as he urged the legislators to open their finances to dispel the ...

  A notorious Haitian gang has stormed a police station in the embattled country and slaughtered dozens of police officers, according to reports. A Kenyan-led international force was deployed to the Caribbean nation in the shape of 400 police officers from ...

  Cristiano Ronaldo‘s heart rate during Portugal’s Euro 2024 last-16 clash with Slovenia was at its lowest before he took their first penalty in the shootout, new data has revealed. Portugal booked their place in the quarter-finals after winning via a ...

  The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Chike Olemgbe, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of four members for an alleged plot to impeach the speaker. The suspended lawmakers included Ahiazu-Mbaise, Samuel Otuibe; Ezinihitte-Mbaise, Henry Agbasonu; Okigwe, Chidiebere Ogbunikpa and ...

  A 19-year old Indiana man, Conner Kobold, has been charged with two counts of m3rder and one on aggravated battery in connection with the d3ath of his mother, 43-year-old Shanelle Burns On February 5, police were sent to the ...

  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has declared that the state government alone cannot address the housing problem in the State. Governor Sanwo-Olu said this during the commissioning of Lagos Building Investment Company and the Rising Lagos Apartment in ...

  DJ Cuppy has endorsed the Labour Party ahead of Thursday’s general election in the United Kingdom The music star explained that she endorsed the opposition against the ruling Conservative Party because “sometimes a change is necessary.” She urged her UK fans ...

  Niger State Deputy Governor, Garba Yakubu, on Tuesday, lost his wife, Zainab Yakubu, in Minna, the state capital. Confirming the incident to Channels Television through a telephone call, a spokesperson for the deputy governor, Ummikaltumi Kuta, said Zainab died ...

  US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is suing right-wing Fox News for airing n*de images of him in a miniseries that he claims amount to “revenge porn” “The Trial of Hunter Biden” was made up of six episodes published in ...

  Three months after vomiting and excreting eighty (80) wraps of cocaine following his arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja ...

  Ijeoma Akunyili, a daughter of late ex-NAFDAC boss, Dora Akunyili, has been elected to the Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS) alumni board, alongside eight other individuals from various countries. Ijeoma Akunyili, who was appointed Chief Medical Officer of the Jersey ...

  Some aggrieved youths of the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, and Onuebum community, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Tuesday barricaded the site of an oil well project in OPL 2005 located in the community. According to ...

  Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State has demonstrated his kindness by gifting each National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member deployed to the state a sum of N200,000 as a bonus. This generous act aims to encourage the corps ...

  The Rivers State Police Command said its men have arrested the commander of a local vigilante group identified as Felix Nwaobakata with two human skulls and other parts at his hideout in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned against the continued rejection of old series and lower denominations of the United States of American dollars by its regulated entities in Nigeria. The bank threatened to sanction lenders that rejected the currencies. ...

In 2023 alone Nigerians spent a total of N16.5 trillion to buy diesel, petrol and generators to get electricity, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday It also announced that the formal power sector, including electricity generation, transmission, and distribution companies, ...

The personal maid of Nick Imudia, the former CEO of Konga, has shared the details of their final conversation before his passing. According to a close friend of the deceased who spoke anonymously with Vanguard, the maid revealed that Imudia ...