Court Tawakalitu Sanusi, a businesswoman, has asked a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 15 year-old marriage to estranged husband, Olaide whom she described as ‘’too lazy.’’ Sanusi said she is further frustrated by her husband’s alleged ineptitude when he barred her from having access to …

Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, the governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kano (left) receiving a document on the Kano Citizens’ Charter of Demands, from the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, the Kano State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress …

Bank of Industry The Bank of Industry (BoI) has announced the successful completion of a landmark EURO 1 billion Guaranteed Senior Loan Facility. This is to further enhance its capacity to deliver on its mandate, in line with President Muhammadu  Buhari’s economic diversification agenda. According to the bank, the initially …

Managing Direction of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Plc, Mrs. Funke Oshibodu, The embattled Managing Direction of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Plc, Mrs. Funke Osibodu, has raised the alarm over alleged threat to her life, following her arrest by police operatives, over alleged trespass of the company’s premises. Osibodu …

Managing Director, TCN, Dr Sule Abdulaziz The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has appealed to the electricity workers to suspend their proposed strike billed to begin on Aug. 17. The Managing Director, TCN, Dr Sule Abdulaziz, made the appeal in a letter to the workers on Tuesday following the threat …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday released a statement that it had recovered an additional sum of one billion, four hundred million naira (N1.4 billion) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. According to the statement, the money which was released to the NHIS on August 5, …

Shareholders of Jaiz Bank Plc on Tuesday gave approval to the Board of Directors of the bank to raise the sum of N150bn through issuance of Sukuk or Equity from the Nigerian capital market. The approval was unanimously given at the Bank’s 10th Annual General Meeting held in Abuja. Through …

Both present and past management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund have come under fire in the Senate for failing to justify its spending of N17.158 billion in 2013 with required evidential documents. Some of which were alleged to have been eaten up by termites. The N17.158 billion as stated in …

Lagos. 16.08.22. Retail lender, Unity Bank Plc has deployed a new marketing campaign targeted at reaching millions of women entrepreneurs, especially the underbanked across Nigeria with its new retail product, the Yanga account. Starting this August, the lender shall deploy strategic marketing campaigns leveraging several channels including the traditional and digital …

Leading financial institution Union Bank of Nigeria has rewarded the first set of winners in the second edition of its Save & Win Palli promo. The first live draw of this season, which took place at Union Bank’s Head office in Lagos, saw 50 customers win cash prizes of ₦105,000 …