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…Awarded: • SME Financier of the Year (Africa) • Platinum Award for Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs (Africa) Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has received two awards of excellence at the Global SME Finance Forum Conference Awards 2024 which held …

Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has announced that Nigeria is positioning itself to become a major exporter of fish as part of its strategic blue economy push. This was disclosed in a statement by the Head of Press for the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Muhammad …

The Rivers State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal has commenced sitting to address petitions filed by aggrieved political parties against elected council chairmen. The tribunal, led by Chief Magistrate Betty Sunny-Hart, granted a motion exparte filed by Kenneth Alee-Kpea, chairmanship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Gokana Local Government …

Popular Nigerian actress, Ufuoma McDermott has spoken openly about her 12-year struggle with kidney disease and how it changed her life. In an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, the mother of two revealed that her battle with the condition began years ago, not long after losing her younger brother …

Popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, will be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) office in Abuja for interrogation regarding allegations of bribery and corruption. Bobrisky had, in a voice note shared by a controversial social critic, Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, allegedly said he bribed EFCC …

National Assembly had stepped up the war against drug abuse and trafficking by seeking for inclusion of parents in it. The legislature’s call for parents’ inclusion in the war came from its joint committee on Drugs and Narcotics during the one- day sensitisation programme organised in collaboration with the National …

Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has clarified the misconceptions surrounding the tax reform initiated by the current administration. Recently, the Northern Governors’ Forum, led by Governor Muhammed Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, expressed opposition to the new derivation-based model for Value-Added Tax (VAT) …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert regarding the recall of Nivea Black and White Invisible Roll-on deodorant, following safety concerns raised by the European Union Rapid Alert System for Dangerous Non-Food Products (Rapex) authorities. The affected product, which is marked …

The leadership of the Labour Party has disowned the former National Treasurer of the party, Ms Oluchi Oparah saying she’s not the current National women leader of the party. The party started this on Thursday in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, noting that Ms Oparah …

The federal government has secured an N2.8bn grant from Google to boost artificial intelligence (AI) talent development in the country. The Minister of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday. The support comes one month after the government partnered with Google to launch an …