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NOVA Merchant Bank, a leading merchant bank in Nigeria, has announced that its N20 billion Series 1 & 2 Commercial Paper issuance under the Nova Merchant Bank Limited N50 billion CP Programme is now open. The company said the offer which opened on the FMDQ platform on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 has a …

Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the acting leader of pan-yoruba socio political group, Afenifere has described the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele as the leading prophet in Nigeria. Chief Ayo Adebanjo made a surprise appearance at Primate Ayodele’s annual thanksgiving ceremony that was held yesterday Monday, February 14, …

NITDA DG, Kashifu Abdullahi Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, the director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that feasible strategies have been put in place to ensure attainment of 95 per cent literacy rate by 2030. The NITDA DG represented by the Director of NITDA zonal offices, Ajayi …

Ex-staff cries out over alleged non-payment of entitlements These are not the best of times for investors and shareholders of BUA Foods, a subsidiary of BUA Group owned by Nigerian billionaire, Abdul Samad Rabiu, as the shares of the company dipped drastically on Monday following trading hours in the Nigerian …

Mohammed Bello Koko, NPA MD Mohammed Bello-Koko has been appointed as the substantive managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). A substantive appointment means an appointment made in a permanent capacity on a vacant position or a position that another person holds a suspended lien. Bello-Koko has been the acting …

Abba Kyari The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it has no reason to shield anyone who may be indicted in the course of the ongoing investigation of a 25kg cocaine deal involving a gang headed by the suspended Head of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence …

Segun Ogunsanya Group Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Airtel Africa Plc and Karl Toriola, CEO MTN Customers of MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa spent the sum of N986bn on data subscription in the 2021 fiscal period. Data usage has increased over the years in Nigeria, as network service providers …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike The controversy over zoning of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential ticket has deepened the chasm between the Governor of Sokoto State, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike. This was highlighted on Monday night when Tambuwal avoided his colleague governors at …

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja, on Tuesday, to join European and other African leaders as well as heads of multilateral organisations at the 6th European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium. The president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this development in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the final forfeiture of N3 billion worth of landed properties said to be seized from “a top military officer”. The name of the top military of the officer was not given in the statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …