Our attention has been drawn to the arrest of a gang of cybercriminals who specialise in stealing SIM cards to gain unauthorised access to the personal and banking details of their victims in order to carry out illicit transactions on their bank accounts. The claims by the suspect on the ease of accessing First Bank accounts are baseless and untrue ... Read More »

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has hailed the recent Appeal Court judgment affirming its operatorship of the Oil Mining License 11 (OML 11), describing it as a huge victory for Nigeria and the beginning of addressing decades of host community restiveness. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday upturned the August 23, 2019 ruling of the Federal High ... Read More »

… Speaker says Lagos Assembly passing vital laws against drug abuse … Egunjobi pleads for more efforts in fight against substance abuse The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday decried the increasing rate of drug abuse among youths and even parents in Nigeria. The Speaker, who spoke at the 7th Annual Constituency ... Read More »

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has charged members of the Board of the NNPC Greenfield Refinery Limited (NGRL), to explore all available options to bring an end to the current challenge of petroleum products importation. Mallam Kyari gave the charge Thursday while inaugurating the Board of the newly incorporated subsidiary of ... Read More »

Townhall meeting: Why we must urgently curb drug abuse in Nigeria, Obasa, stakeholders speak – Speaker says Lagos Assembly passing vital laws against drug abuse – Egunjobi pleads for more efforts in fight against substance abuse The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday decried the increasing rate of drug abuse among youths ... Read More »

The naira fell further against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday after staying steady at 515/$ in recent days. The local currency fell to 517 against the US currency at the parallel market on Wednesday. At the Investors and Exporters’ window, the naira weakened by 0.06 per cent to close at 411.75/$ on Wednesday, according to FMDQ Group. ... Read More »

A significant step towards redeeming the pledge by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno State, was taken Tuesday with the execution of the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and Equipment Procurement contracts for a 50Megawatts (MW) Emergency Power Project in Maiduguri. The project which is an integral part ... Read More »

As the world is evolving digitally, Nigerian banks are currently looking for ways to make the banking experience better and FirstBank is not an exception to this aggressive drive. The efforts in this regard include building and constantly improving on its product offerings like the FirstMobile, its industry-leading mobile banking app; FirstOnline, the internet banking portal and many other platforms ... Read More »

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has reiterated the Corporation’s commitment to supporting the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited towards achieving its goal of becoming a global LNG company of choice. Speaking as a Guest of Honour at the 2021 NLNG Health Safety and Environment (HSE) Day, the GMD, who was ... Read More »

From left: Mr. Kabir Mashi, Regional Manager, North West, Unity Bank Plc, Omolola Kehinde, 2nd runner up, Aisha Tata Mohammed, Kano State NYSC Coordinator, Yahaya Muhammad, the overall winner, Mr. Mustapha Idris Baba, Zonal Head, North West, Unity Bank Plc and Alade Ayinde, the first runner up in the 6th edition of the NYSC Corpreneurship Challenge held in Kano last ... Read More »