CORPORATE STATEMENT Our attention has been drawn to the tweet making the rounds on social media on shutting down the FirstBank website following a false tweet that the Bank prevented staff from joining the ongoing protests in the country. As the largest banking institution in Nigeria, it is not unlikely …

The Federal Government has stated that the closure of the nation’s borders have had positive impacts on its economy. BusinessLive recalls that the Federal Government had closed all it’s borders last year to promote local farmers/manufacturers. Speaking on the border closure, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab …

Lagos, 14 October 2020 – Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its CEO, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has been honoured with membership of Bretton Woods Committee (BWC).  FirstBank has also joined Bretton Woods Committee as an Organisational Supporter in line with …

Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC. The Nigerian Communications Commission has said the N70bn interconnectivity indebtedness by telecom operators in the country is posing a huge challenge to infrastructure expansion. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Garba Danbatta, said this while representing …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has asked the federal government to stop pretending that it was sincere about meeting the demands of EndSARS protesters to end police brutality in the country. Governor Wike accused the federal government of paying lip service to the demands of the #EndSARS protesters by directing …

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on Thursday, October 15, 2020, convicted and sentenced one Nuhu Aliyu for fraud. Aliyu, a staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC)/Nigerian Pipeline and Storage Company Limited (NPSC) and Chairman, PENGASSAN PPMC Kaduna Depot Branch, defrauded the NNPC to the …

  Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the nationwide candlelight procession for SARS victims calls for sober reflections. #EndSARS protesters on Friday night held a candlelight vigil in honour of all those who have been killed by operatives of the unit over the years. At the different locations across the …

  Some thugs at the early hours of Saturday attacked #EndSARS protesters in Osogbo capital of Osun. Thugs brandishing cutlasses attacked the protesters at the popular Ola-Iya junction. One of the protesters identified as Oloye was injured in the attack. Last Thursday, protesters were attacked at Alekuwodo area, Osogbo. Details …

L-R: Babatunde Raji Fashola, VP Osinbajo, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor, Ambode & Lagos gov, Babajide Sanwo-Olu . PHOTO: Novo Isioro A major political crisis has continued to fester between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and four of his political protégés, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Minister of Works and Housing, …

Lagos State commissioner for health, Prof. Abayomi The Lagos State Government on Friday disclosed that 181 students and staff of a boarding private school in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria have tested positive for Coronavirus. All schools in Lagos State have been re-opened as the virus plummeted in the …