Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has been officially certified as a Great Place To Work for the year 2024-2025, marking the Bank’s second consecutive year receiving the Great Place To Work (GPTW) certification. Great Place To Work is recognised worldwide …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC transforms education landscape with its Adopt-A-School initiative in Lisabi Grammar School, Abeokuta
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc has completed a major renovation of Lisabi Grammar School in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as part of its Adopt-A-School initiative. This marks the sixth school to benefit from the company’s commitment to educational development in Nigeria. The historic Lisabi Grammar School, founded in 1943, has undergone extensive …
Read More »Glo set to partner with Oyo private schools on Digital solutions
Digital Solutions Company, Globacom, has expressed its readiness to partner with Oyo State on adoption of the company’s digital offerings by tertiary institutions in the State. Its Head of Enterprise Business, Mr. Zakari Usman, who made the remark in Ibadan on Thursday at a meeting the company held with representatives of …
Read More »Kirikiri Prison Officials Suspended Over Bobrisky Bribery Scandal
The federal government has suspended the officers in charge of the Maximum and Minimum Custodial Centres, Kirikiri, Lagos State, following an audio leak indicating that cross dresser, Idris Okuneye a.k.a. Bobrisky who was convicted of a crime and sentenced to six months in jail was given an apartment outside the …
Read More »BREAKING: Akwa Ibom First Lady, Patience Umo Eno, Dies
Akwa Ibom State first Lady, Pastor Mrs Patience Umo Eno has been reported dead after a brief illness She died on Thursday, September 26, 2024. According to an official statement titled ‘Unexpected Sunset’ and signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Information, Comrade Ini Ememobong, Mrs. Patience Eno passed after a …
Read More »ALEBIOSU REITERATES THE POSITIVE ROLE OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN POVERTY ERADICATION AT UNGA ‘79
In an exclusive interview with Arise TV on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, the CEO of FirstBank, the premier West African financial institution and financial inclusion service provider, Olusegun Alebiosu highlighted poverty eradication as a pressing concern that should keep international leaders …
Read More »Why I disagree with S’Court decision on LG autonomy — Prof Kalu, SAN
In this interview with Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights, a respected member of the inner bar, consummate constitutional lawyer and former Abia State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Prof Awa Kalu, SAN, highlighted some fundamental issues with the July 11, 2024 decision of the Supreme Court which granted financial autonomy …
Read More »Hold Tinubu responsible for the sham that happened in Edo election – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship election campaign council has said that it holds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu responsible for the outcome of last Saturday’s governorship election in in Edo. The Deputy Director-General of the Council, Rev. Olu Martins stated this on Wednesday in Benin while addressing the press on …
Read More »Jigawa partners with energy firm to boost gas production
Jigawa State Government has announced its intention to enter a partnership with Safa and Fresh International Limited, an indigenous energy company, to establish Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion centers across all 27 Local Government Areas in the state. This was revealed during the commissioning ceremony of a new petrol filling …
Read More »Court rejects APC’s application to stop conduct of Kano LG polls
KANO – A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has refused an attempt by the major opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC to stop the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, KANSIEC from conducting the forthcoming local government elections in the state. An exparte motion filed by the opposition party and …
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