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The Minister of Solid Minerals, Mr Dele Alake, says no fewer than 90 mining sites have been recovered from illegal miners across the country. Alake made the disclosure in Akure on Thursday at the ongoing South-West stakeholders’ dialogue organised by Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba social-cultural group; DAWN Commission, and South-West governors. …

  The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG has condemned in strongest term the two years internal divisions, reckless and wasteful expenditures, and a crisis of identity within its circle after admitting that the hijack of the Branch by the President and the General Secretary, Williams Akporeha and Afolabi …

…Says CSR Initiative signposts Dangote’s Commitment to Community Education Empowerment   In furtherance of its commitment to educational development and community empowerment, leading Pan-African Cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc, has made a huge donation of education materials to public Schools in Lagos, an initiative aimed at fostering academic success and …

BY BLAISE UDUNZE  In Nigeria’s banking industry, profit has become more a press release than a performance. Every results season, the same storyline plays out with record profits, rising assets, and promises of “strong fundamentals.” Yet, beneath the eye-catching headlines lies a quiet deception of a pattern of accounting charades …

Telecommunications leader Globacom has announced the introduction of revised data bundles to offer customers significantly more data volume at no additional cost. The enhancement reflects the company’s commitment to delivering superior value, affordability, and customer satisfaction. The upgraded Glo Data Bundles are improved versions of the existing daily, weekly, and …

Mr. Soji Maurice-Diya, Chief Executive Officer of NatCom Development & Investment Limited (trading as ntel), says the company remains bullish about its market comeback in Q1 2026, unveiling a renewed strategy to fill what he describes as “innovation gaps” in Nigeria’s telecoms ecosystem. Speaking during the Technology Times Thought Leadership …

  A former President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has rejected allegations of financial mismanagement surrounding the FIFA Goal Project in Kebbi State, calling the controversy a misunderstanding. The clarification comes amid public concern over a photo shared by FIFA on social media showing the Kebbi Stadium …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has executed the relevant instruments of release to complete the process of formally exercising his constitutional power of prerogative of mercy to grant pardon and clemency to specific individuals who were earlier convicted for various offences. Following consultations with the Council of State and public …

In a desperate move to recover a whooping sum of N1,133,808,604.31, fraudulently removed by some customers, Lotus Bank has dragged 45 banks in Nigeria before a Federal High Court Lagos. Lotus bank, in its motion on notice filed before the Court confirmed that the money was removed on July 20, …

Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, has adjourned till December 9, 2025, the adoption of written addresses by the prosecution and defence counsel in the trial within trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika. Sirika is being prosecuted alongside his daughter, Fatima …