Access Bank Plc has enhanced its Agriculture Desk for improved value for customers and stakeholders. The bank also launched its Development Banking Desk that will cater and focus on Not-for-Profit organisations. According to Access Bank, the Agriculture Desk positions the bank at the forefront of Nigeria’s agricultural financing market …
Read More »Marketers urge FG to address rising gas prices
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers has called on the Federal Government to find ways to ensure stability of gas prices and make it available to the common Nigerians. The NALPGAM National President, Abideen Olatunbosun, made this call during the 36th annual general meeting/conference of the association, with …
Read More »Food prices jump by 31%, says NBS
Ebonyi and Abia states led as food prices jumped by 31 per cent within in 12 months from July 2022 to July 2023. This is according to an analysis of the ‘Selected Food Price Watch,’ a report published on a monthly basis by the National Bureau of Statistics. The selected …
Read More »Covenant, UI, FUTA emerge top universities in Nigeria
Covenant University, University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology, Akure have secured top ranking in Nigeria according to Times Higher Education’s 2024 rating. Analysis of the latest ranking showed that Covenant University is among the top 1,000 universities in the world. Though ranked first in Nigeria, Covenant University …
Read More »Labour Ministry says report on Independence Day wage award by Tinubu untrue
President Bola Tinubu The Ministry of Labour says the report that President Bola Tinubu would announce a wage award to workers on Independence Day is untrue. The reports were debunked via a statement issued Mr Olajide Oshundun, Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour. “The attention …
Read More »Edo 2024: PDP’s group rejects Obaseki’s anointed candidate
Though the governorship election in Edo State is still about a year away, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is already in crisis as a group within the party (Legacy Group), has vowed to work against any candidate backed by Governor Godwin Obaseki. The State Secretary of …
Read More »Minister Of Nigerian Capital, FCT, Wike Sacks 21 Heads of Agencies, Parastatals
The Director of Press, Office of the Minister, Anthony Ogunleye, stated this in a press statement in Abuja on Wednesday. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has terminated the appointment of heads of 21 parastatals, agencies, and government companies of the FCT Administration of their appointments with …
Read More »Bride, groom, over 100 others die at wedding party in events hall
the victims of the wedding fire shared on Facebook by Shatha Asmar Matti More than 100 people, including the bride and groom were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party that left rescuers searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours …
Read More »Obasanjo: When protocol clashes with tradition
E di de! (Stand up!). E joko! (Sit down!), a male voice, loud and guttural, was blasting out from the phone of a colleague who was engrossed in a video he was playing. The voice sounded more like that of a military officer commanding troops on parade. However, it was …
Read More »LG funds: Gov. Abiodun lines up 5 witnesses against Adedayo
Wale Adedayo Ogun Government had indicated that it will call five witnesses to disprove claim of diversion of funds belonging to councils in the State levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun by the impeached Chairman of Ijebu – East Local Government, Wale Adedayo. The state government said this when Adedayo was …
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