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Suleiman Coalition of Northern Groups on Tuesday vowed to retaliate reported killing of some northerners by gunmen suspected to members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), a militant wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The IPOB, has, meanwhile condemned the killing, blaming the act on criminals which it vowed to …

Emefiele The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has raised interest rate to 13 percent amid rising inflation. Godwin Emefiele, Central Bank governor who announced the decision after MPC meeting on Tuesday, said the raise was necessitated by inflation. The rate had previously been put …

Rochas Okorocha Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State and presidential hopeful of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has raised the alarm that he’s currently under siege. Okorocha, who spoke to journalists at his Maitama residence in Abuja, called on the stakeholders in the country to prevail on the …

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives on Tuesday, invaded the Abuja home of Rochas Okorocha, a former Imo State governor. Okorocha is among those aspiring for president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The former governor’s aide who disclosed the development, said the operatives who stormed …

Prof. James Tooley, the Vice-Chancellor, Buckingham University, United Kingdom, has said Nigeria’s out-of- school children figures is not as high as projected by various agencies and he is set to prove it. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has put the figure of Nigeria’s out of school children at 10.5 million, …

School feeding Nigeria’s federal government, on Tuesday, said it would spend N999 million daily to feed approximately 10 million pupils in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme across the country. The Team Lead of NHGSFP, Aishatu Digil, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting on disbursement modalities for the review …

By Adeola Olanloko Last week, Nigeria’s business media was awash with the speculation that Leo-Stan Ekeh, the chairman of Zinox Technologies and owner of the Konga e-commerce platform is on his way to acquiring Jumia Technologies, Africa’s leading e-commerce platform. According to Nairametrics, an online business journal, Ekeh “has been …

Doubles gas production capacity of OML 17 while upholding ESG commitments Heirs Oil & Gas, Africa’s integrated energy company has reaffirmed its commitment to both national and global environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) best practices in view of its upcoming operational 1-year anniversary. An important aspect of this commitment is the elimination of routine …

Globally, business conduct is no longer what it used to be; thanks to the impact of digital technology. The influence has become so eroding and enormous, such that digital revolution and digital wave have become buzzwords in today’s business world. Be it large or small enterprises, business owners are left …

In furtherance of its commitment to tackle Nigeria’s housing deficit, Landwey Investment Limited, Nigeria’s largest residential developer, has announced plans to deliver 1000 premium homes starting from the end of the second quarter of 2022. Shola Bello, managing Director, LandWey, made this known in a chat with newsmen on Monday. …