Category: News
For the fourth time in the last five years, Zenith Bank emerges Nigeria’s best bank at global finance awards 2024
Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the Global Finance Best Banks Awards 2024, winning the award for the fourth time since 2019 [...]
42-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye takes oath of office as Senegal’s new president
Bassirou Diomaye Faye assumed office as Senegal’s new president on Tuesday, April 2, following his journey from incarceration to the presidency over t [...]
Suminwa Tuluka becomes first female Prime Minister of DR Congo
President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday, April 1, appointed Judith Suminwa Tuluka as the nation’s first female [...]
How NCAA denied knowledge of Air Peace’s existence over Lagos-London flight services
Allen Onyema, chief executive officer (CEO) of Air Peace, says the airline faced internal and external obstacles before it could commence Lagos-London [...]
Glo rejoices with Nigerians at Easter, reaffirms seamless services
Globacom has congratulated the Christian community in Nigeria on the successful completion of the 2024 Lenten Season and the celebration of Easter fes [...]
CBN raises commercial banks’ capital base
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has announced the increment of the capital base for commercial banks with international authorisation to N500 billio [...]
Detained Binance executive drags EFCC, NSA to court
The detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has accused the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission [...]
‘I was tied up for three days my military authorities,’ Abducted Lagos editor, Segun Olatunji recounts ordeal
The abducted Editor of FirstNews Newspaper, Segun Olatunji, on Thursday, recounted his ordeal at the hands of the military personnel who abducted him [...]
Military suppressing press freedom, planned to secretly eliminate abducted Lagos editor, Segun Olatunji — Colleagues
Colleagues of the abducted Editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji, on Thursday, revealed how the journalist was abducted in his Lagos home, whisked away, [...]
BoT takes over running of Labour Party, declares Anambra National Convention a charade
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Labour Party (LP) said it has stepped in to steer the affairs of the party following the expiration of the tenure i [...]