By Chinwendu Obienyi  For centuries, there have been heated debates over the sources of economic growth in developing economies and why some countries reflect strong economic growth compared to others. The hypotheses have often centred around crude oil, agriculture, revenues, private capital, bubbling stock market, stable security, low unemployment rate, high …

Uche Nwosu The Imo State Police Command has confirmed that the Special Force from the office of the Inspector General of Police arrested Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law of a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, THE WITNESS reports. Nwosu was arrested on Sunday at St Peter’s Anglican church at …

Share on FacebookShare On WhatsappShare On Twitter Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari, to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing, mismanaged …

Lagos. 26/12/2021: Austin Avuru has responded to the purported termination of his appointment as a Non-Executive director on the board of Seplat Energy, a company he co-founded and was pioneer CEO at. The widely circulated statement published a few days to Christmas in which Seplat Energy alleged that its immediate …

The United Bank for Africa (UBA)’s Lifestyle and Entertainment channel, REDTV, is launching its star-studded blockbuster movie, ‘Unintentional’ on boxing day, December 26th, 2021. The movie stars some of Africa’s biggest names in the movie industry, featuring Kate Henshaw, Efa Iwara, OmowumI Dada, Beverly Osu, Chioma Okoli, Tina MBA, Mike Uchegbu. Unintentional …

The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has described the alleged beating up of staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) as “unjustifiable” and “cruel”, portending grave danger for the power sector. The comments were in response to a report in which four staff of the Disco narrated how …

Whenever the conversation is on financial inclusion in Nigeria, FirstBank leads the pack. With over 150,000 banking agents, a full digital banking centre and other innovative solutions, the nation’s premier bank is surely doing a great job connecting Nigerians with access to convenient banking products and services. But that’s not …

Huawei’s 5G Core portfolio has been rated as the “leader” among all the 5G core products from the world’s mainstream telecom equipment vendors by GlobalData in its recently released report entitled 5G Mobile Core: Competitive Landscape Assessment. GlobalData is a world-renowned data analytics and consulting company in the ICT industry. …

  As part of its continued supports to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative Banking Service provider has again empowered an entrepreneur winner of The Next Titan Season-8 with sum of N15million. Adausu Emuobo Taiwo, an expert in elderly care and the brain behind …

LAGOS, NIGERIA – The Board of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (Union Bank) today notified the NGX and Securities Exchange Commission that its investors Union Global Partners Limited, Atlas Mara Limited and other shareholders have reached an agreement with Titan Trust Bank Limited (TTB) to divest their shareholding in Union …