FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has warned the heads of security agencies to ensure they utilize funds allocated to them judiciously. Wike said this in his first press briefing after his inauguration as a minister, noting that he will make the nation’s …
Read More »FBNHoldings Wows the Market with 2023 H1 Earnings Blowout
FBNHoldings (FBNH), the parent company of Nigeria’s pioneer Bank, First Bank of Nigeria Limited published stellar results, confounding analysts, and exciting investors. Equally as amazing as the spectacular results, which saw earnings per share surge by 234% to N5.19 was the fact that the banking behemoth was able to eke …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC Bank Supports SME Growth and Development with SME Collab Market Storms in Major Nigerian Cities
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC and a renowned financial institution in Nigeria, has recently concluded a series of highly successful market storm events. The remarkable events drew an impressive turnout of more than 5,000 individuals, including entrepreneurs and local businesses. The participants who gathered …
Read More »Fidelity Bank boss advocates measures to curb e-fraud challenges
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe has called on the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, NeFF to come with solutions to the challenges posed by electronic fraud to financial system. According to a report published in Vanguard Newspaper, she made this call in Lagos while speaking at …
Read More »Demand For Off-Campus Accommodation Rises As UNN Students Abandon Dilapidated Hostels
University of Nigeria, Nsukka …Private Hostel Accommodation Hits N470,000 Per Room Students of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, have embraced off-campus accommodation following the dirty state of hostels on the campus. A survey conducted by THE WHISTLER on Tuesday showed that private hostels built around the university have been taken over by …
Read More »PDP chieftain sues acting chairman for ‘neglecting party’s constitution’
Daboikiabo Warmate, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has filed a suit against, Umar Damagum, acting national chairman of the party. Warmate, who is also the leader of the concerned PDP league (CPDPL), also sued the national working committee (NWC) and national executive committee (NEC) of the party. …
Read More »Heartbreak For England As Lioness Lose World Cup Final To Spain
Spain Wins FIFA Women’s World Cup England women’s football team, the Lionesses, have lost the chance to lift their first Women’s World Cup as they lost to Spain 1-0 at the finals in Sydney, Australia. This is the first time that Spain will win the female football competition. The desperate …
Read More »Niger doesn’t want war, but will defend itself against military intervention – coup leader
The leader of the mutineers who seized power in Niger, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, said on Saturday that his country does not want war, but will be ready to defend itself if necessary. “Neither the army nor the people of Niger want war, but we will resist any manifestation of it,” …
Read More »Climate Change: ‘Study shows Lagos is sinking, needs support’
•Sanwo-Olu restates commitment to net zero by 2050 As part of mitigation measures, Lagos State in 2018 developed a climate action plan, which is targeted at ensuring it achieves net zero by 2050. Experts, government officials and stakeholders, recently converged on Lagos at a summit to ponder on prevention and …
Read More »Niger: ECOWAS’ War and Peace Options
Are war and peace mutually exclusive? This is one important question that has dominated the attention of scholars and students in the area of conflict resolution across time and space. The answer, however, varies with different schools of scholarship. For instance, one academic contends that both war and peace are mutually …
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