Arik, the airline with the largest fleet in the country, will resume full operation wednesday after tuesday’s suspension of operations due to its inability to renew its aircraft insurance. “We have resolved the issues relating to the insurance. Our flights have resumed but our full operations will start tomorrow. Two …

CBN Gov. Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised states without a Bank of Industry to facilitate the establishment of one in order to speed up industrialisation and other economic development across the country. The Assistant Director, Development Finance Department of CBN, Abuja, Mr. Babatunde Ogunleye made the …

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday declared that she would not be available to serve the present administration if overtures were made to her by President Muhammadu Buhari. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke while featuring in an Aljazeera programme: The Stream, disclosed that there could be …

Nollywood actress, Ajisola, who is passionate about the younger generation, especially the underprivileged, has commenced work on the new movie entitled: “Road To Ruin” which tends to address the plight of the banned hawkers who are now finding it difficult to survive since the Lagos State government had placed ban …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that 16 years of the PDP government brought no savings, no infrastructure, no power, no rail, no road and no security for the country. ‘‘I want Nigerians to realise that what this government inherited after 16 years of the PDP government was no savings, no …

Nigerian football legend and former Arsenal forward, Kanu Nwankwo, popularly called ‘papilo’, has lost his mother. According to Papilonews.com, Susan Kanu Iheme, matriarch of the Nwankwo family, died on Wednesday, September 7 in Owerri, Imo state. “The loss of Mama is hard to bear. She is a rock that stood …

Knights of the Order of Saint Mulumba in collaboration with the Family and Human Life Unit, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos have concluded all arrangements to hold a reparation vigil on abortion. Metropolitan Grand Knight, Lagos Metropolitan Council of the Order, Dr. Charles Mbelede addressing a press conference in Lagos said …

Nigeria spends about $22bn a year on importation of food into the country, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has revealed. Read also: (There may be no food next year – Gov. Ortom) Lokpobiri hinted this on Saturday at a town hall meeting in …

Peter Amangbo, Zenith Bank GMD Nigeria’s foremost Financial Institution, Zenith Bank Plc., has launched the *966# Friday campaign to reward its USSD banking customers by giving them a chance to triple their airtime purchased every Friday on the platform. The campaign, which will run every Friday from September 9 through …

The Federal Government has approved plans for long-term loans from the World Bank, China and Japan with interest rates of 1.25 per cent and maturity of 20 years. According to reports, the loans would be received from institutions such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, …