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  First Bank of Nigeria Limited is taking steps to ensure that women and women-led businesses are empowered. The bank has, through its FirstGem; FirstMonie and First Women Network empowered and brought several unbanked women into the financial system. This it proved during this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) celebration, …

In commemoration of the 2020 World Kidney Day Polaris Bank has partnered Renal Dialysis Centre to organise a symposium on kidney health. The symposium which held at Radisson Blu, GRA, Ikeja was organized by Renal Dialysis Centre and sponsored by Polaris Bank with the support of Federal Ministry of Health …

L-R: Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Engr. Adedamola Kuti; Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde; Deputy Director, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Engr. Kayode Ibrahim; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works & Infrastructure, Engr. Olujimi Hotonu and Special Adviser on Works to the Governor, …

Muhammadu Sanusi II, the deposed emir of Kano, says he considers his dethronement as the will of God.  The Kano state government announced the destoolment of Sanusi over allegations of insubordination on Monday. Aminu Bayero, son of the late Ado Bayero and emir of Bichi, was installed as Sanusi’s replacement. In a video recording …

With the cost of governance remaining high and slump in revenue subsisting due to the volatility of oil prices at the international market, the Federal Government, Monday, announced plans to cut its 2020 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari, in December, signed a N10.59 trillion 2020 budget, on the assumption of oil …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Kaduna Zonal Office has re-arraigned three businessmen, Baba Alhaji Aliyu, Musa Shuaibu and Abubakar Ismaila on a seven-count amended charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and criminal breach of trust before Justice A.B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court Minna, Niger State. Aliyu and …

From Kolade Adeyemi, Kano ‘He’s guilty of disobedience, insubordination’ Govt, ACF call for calm The curtain fell Monday on the reign of Muhammed Sanusi II as the 14th Emir of Kano. After five years and nine months on the throne, Sanusi was deposed by the Kano State government. He was …

•Suspended lawmakers blocked from entering complex Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended two of its principal officers, the Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru and Deputy Majority Leader Olumuyiwa Jimoh. Two members, Moshood Oshun (Lagos Mainland Constituency 2) and Kazeem Raheem Adewale (Ibeji Lekki Constituency 2) were suspended indefinitely during plenary …

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked two Executive Directors of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and appointed three new ones. The sack of Rotimi Fasakin (Executive Director Operations) and Gambo Ahmed (Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services) is coming on the heels of the appointment of Dr. …

I travel to meet Dr Adesola Adeduntan in Edinburgh, where he has been invited to give a keynote address at the Edinburgh School of Business about the role of financial institutions in driving financial inclusion.Fittingly, as you land in Edinburgh, you are greeted by billboards from different investment funds advertising …