Nigeria

Access Bank’s new SwiftPay to boost digital payments for SMEs

  In a bid to boost facilitation of payments between SME and retail customers in the digital space, Access Bank Plc has unveiled SWIFTPAY, a digital...

Stakeholders want stock fish delisted from Forex restriction list

  Some stakeholders in the Seafood sector have called for the delisting of stock fish from the foreign exchange (FOREX) restrictions to foster...

Insecurity, killer-herdsmen: Nigeria on the edge of precipice — Catholic Bishops Conference

  “The calls for secession on an ethnic basis from many quarters should not be ignored or taken lightly”   Apprehensive of the...

Highbrowed APC senator hoodwinks, spoofs Pres. Buhari on NDDC Board, mobilizes against Lauretta Onochie’s confirmation by Senate

…Nigerians have criticized Lauretta for her partisan tweets, querying her credentials for the job A Senator representing Delta State has thrown a spanner...

NNPC hits N1.95 trn revenue mark in petrol sales, others in one year

        The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) generated about ₦1.95 trillion revenue from the sales of white products between October...

Buhari Administration in 2020: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

    Nigerians across the political divide and party affiliations or creed were euphoric, ecstatic and expectant as the retired Army General, ex-Head...

Kyari : A newshound’s delight …a brainbox

By Femi Soneye   From the prism of a media executive who has had unique interactive sessions with Mele Kyari, the verdict is...

British Airways Aircraft Suffers Bird Strike While Landing In Lagos

A British Airways passenger aircraft experienced a bird strike while landing in Lagos.  The multiple impacts led to issues such as a hydraulic...

SERAP tells Buhari: lnvestigate, prosecute stealers of N3.83bn in MDAs, hospitals

    In pursuit of its mandate to expose corruption in public office, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President...

2021 prophecies: Nigeria’s VP Osinbajo, ex-Ghana President John Mahama will take the helm as presidents

  As the year 2021 rolled in today, two Ghanaian Christian clerics, who operate in the office of prophets, have unveiled major, status...

Fidelity Bank first female CEO, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, takes charge 

  Just as the tenure of Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank ended on December 31, 2020, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe on January...

Security agents arrest Sowore, pro-democracy activists in widening crackdown

  Just a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year broadcast, the publisher of Saharareporters and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and others...

Full text of President Buhari’s New Year message

My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and...

UNICEF projects 21,000 babies will be given birth to in Nigeria on New Year Day 

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As 2021 rolls in, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has projected that an estimated 21,439 babies...

Stakeholders score Buhari’s agric policies low

    A video went viral in November 2020 about a hearing session organised by a committee of Nigeria’s legislative national assembly. Zaheera...

Nigeria teetering on the brink, nearly a failed state — London Financial Times

  Nigeria is on the brink of becoming a failed state, according to an international daily newspaper, Financial Times. The highly reverred newspaper, taking a...