In a very watery communique issued on Sunday, South-east Presidential Aspirants under the All Progressives Congress, APC, agreed to, totally, support any of them chosen by their Party to run for the office of the President in 2023. The seven of them, including the only woman, Barr. (Mrs) Uju Ken …

Lagos, Nigeria, May 22, 2022: Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Optometrist Association (NOA) to automate operations, enhance capacity and provide funding at competitive interest rates for members of the association. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the MoU in …

In collaboration with Interswitch, FirstBank has launched a promo to reward users of the FirstMobile app, its industry-leading mobile banking application. The promo tagged FirstMobile Cash-out Promo will run for 3 months. The promo, which started on Monday, 21st March 2022 will end on Tuesday, 21st June 2022. Various prizes …

Nigerians spent not less than $220.86 million on foreign education between December 2021 and February 2022, figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The figures are contained in the CBN data on the amount spent on educational service under the sectoral utilisation for transactions valid for foreign exchange for …

Logos of online banks Babatunde Irukera, the Executive Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), says the agency has frozen accounts of over 50 firms operating loan apps in the country. Irukera who made the disclosure in an interview with Punch, noted that the action …

APC flag The All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s ruling party, has postponed the date for screening of its presidential aspirants. Felix Morka, its national publicity secretary, announced the development in a statement issued on Sunday. The screening exercise was scheduled to hold on May 23. However, Morka said a new …

– N8m Toyota Camry sold for N22,500 Osun-Ogun River Basin Development Authority The office of the Auditor-General for the Federation has revealed the selling off of a government Plant, Property and Equipment (PPE) valued at over N2 billion for N13.618 million only by an agency of the federal government. This …

Reactions have trailed the emergence of Progress Chukwuyem as the winner of the Nigerian Idol Season 7. it was earlier reported that Progress was declared the winner of the music competition on Sunday by the show’s host, IK Osakioduwa. The Nigerian singer and songwriter emerged as the winner of the show at …

The lawmaker representing Aguata II constituency in the Anambra State, Okechukwu Okoye was beheaded on Saturday days after he was abducted. Recall that Okoye was kidnapped in Aguata on the 15th of May, while his head was found in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.Less than 24 hours …

They cleared out my account’ Women seek N10m from Polaris Bank over illegal deductions. Three businesswomen have told the Surulere Magistrate Court in Lagos that their domiciliary and Naira accounts were unlawfully frozen by their bank, adding that it also allegedly made illegal deductions of $30,769 from the accounts. The …