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Unbanked Nigerians reduce, as Heritage Bank targets 1, 000 agent banking partner in 2017

Heritage Bank Plc, has taken aggressive approach to support the Central Bank of Nigeria’s initiative to curb the unbanked Nigerians in the rural...

Chad Basin Ambush: NNPC Announces Short Term Palliatives for Family of Victims

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi has pledged the commitment of the institution to go the whole hug with...

Half year: Dangote Cement records 12.6% Sales volume increase across Africa

Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement producer, has announced its unaudited results for the six months ended 30th June 2017, posting a 12.6 percent...

Sagay’s gobbledygook By Sufuyan Ojeifo

I read the news report credited to the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), wherein he called for stiff...

“We Need More Tony Elumelus to Take Our Children Off The Streets, Says Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III,  over the weekend commended the Tony Elumelu Foundation and its Founder, Tony O. Elumelu...

755 U.S Diplomats Must Leave Russia, Says Putin

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ussian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that 755 US diplomats must leave his country, after Moscow announced it would expel American staff in...

Osinbajo Orders Continued Rescue Mission to Free Abducted Oil Workers

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Acting President after an emergency meeting with the Military chiefs has issued fresh directives to the Nigerian military and all security agencies...

SERAP Drags Dogara to UN Over ‘Repressive Bill to Regulate, Crackdown on Civil Society’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs urging them to “put meaningful pressure on...

SOKAPU Kicks Against el-Rufai’s Moves To Review Chieftaincy System

Amos Dunia [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU), on Sunday announced its total rejection of what it described as the “autocratic move” to...

Conflicting Reports on Number of Casualties in Boko Haram Ambush of Oil Workers

At least 69 people died in a Boko Haram ambush of an oil exploration team in Borno state, as three men kidnapped by...

Kidnapped oil workers speak on Boko Haram video

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]oko Haram militants  have published a video showing three kidnapped members of  Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) oil exploration team, after an ambush...

20 Kidnappers Killed in Operation to Rescue Lagos Students

No fewer than twenty kidnappers were killed, while eight policemen and four civilian volunteers sustained injuries in the rescue of the abducted Lagos...

Priebus Out, Kelly In As White House Chief of Staff

President Trump dismissed Reince Priebus as chief of staff on Friday, announcing on Twitter that he picked Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as...

Acting President Osinbajo, Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce

Acting President meeting with Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce led by the National President, Iyalode Alaba Lawson at the State House in...

Crowd Cheers For Osinbajo At the Inauguration of $1.5b Fertilizer Plant

Round of applause and cheers as Acting President Yemi Osinbajo arrives Rivers State.

10 die as petrol tanker catches fire in Lokoja

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]en people were burnt beyond recognition while six others sustained serious injuries when a petrol tanker went up in flames in Felele area...