Ibrahim Idris The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all policemen attached to very important persons (VIPs), political and public office holders in the country. He has also deployed no fewer than 2,000 armed policemen in schools in North-eastern Nigeria as part …

LEADER of Biafra Independence Movement, BIM and founder of Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike yesterday predicted that what is known today as Nigerian nation would break into six different republics before 2023. He noted that the present pigeonholed six geo-political zones of the …

Vice President, Prof, Yemi Osinbajo, said, yesterday, that whereas ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration spent only N153 billion on infrastructure in the three years preceding 2014,  N150 billion was shared in just two weeks before 2015 elections. Osinbajo, who stated this at the 7th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum for private sector …

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has raised the bar in financial literacy education while commemorating this year’s Financial Literacy Day 2018 as part of activities lined up to mark the Global Money Week 12 – 18 March, 2018. The bank moved the full apparatus of …

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of attempting to score cheap political points with the abduction of schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State last month. Prsident Buhari and Dapchi school girls In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, yesterday, the party described as iniquitous the …

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday said it has commenced the implementation of the N500 billion non-oil exports stimulation loan. The CBN stated this in a circular titled ‘Circular to All Deposit Money Banks and Development Finance Institutions on the Commencement of the Non-Oil Exports Stimulation Facility (NESF). The …

One of Nigeria’s most reliable financial institutions, Keystone Bank Limited has launched‘KeyServ’ (An Agency Banking Proposition) to serve customers outside its conventional brick & Mortar mode of banking. The initiative in partnership with the Nigerian Postal Service(NIPOST) and i-OneC (A FinTech Firm) is in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Financial System Strategy …

  Stanbic IBTC has pledged to continue to advance the cause of its women workforce as it strengthens its equal opportunity policy. This pledge was made at the 2018 Stanbic IBTC Blue Women Network (BWN) event in Lagos to commemorate the International Women’s Day, themed“Press for Progress”. According to the …

West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released results of West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private candidates in 2017-First Series, yesterday, in Lagos with 17.13 per cent pass in English Language and Mathematics. This is even as the results of 1,021 candidates, representing 9.03 per cent of the …