Less than 24 hours after Federal Government lifted the ban on the suspension of Emirates Airlines flight operation in Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates carrier canceled outbound flights out of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday, February 6, 2021. Citing operational reasons, the airline said it will not operate flights out of the Lagos and Abuja airports. The airline in a ... Read More »

The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has visited police stations, Federal road safety corps offices to continue his annual humanitarian activities. Recall that the popular prophet went to schools in Lagos and Ogun, He was also in Ekiti, all for the sake of empowerment and massive giving to the needy and widows. In his visit to ... Read More »

The position of former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Bisi Akande, on the abnormality of the national caretaker committee headed by Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has been corroborated by a Chieftain of the party and former governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu. Akande who also lampooned the ongoing APC registration exercise as ... Read More »

FBN Holdings PLC (“FBNHoldings), Nigeria’s leading financial holdings company, has announced the appointments of Mr. Seni Adetu and Mrs. Juliet Anammah as Independent Non-Executive directors, while Mr. Otu Hughes has been appointed as a Non-Executive director. These appointments are subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”).Speaking on the appointments, the Group Chairman of FBN Holdings Plc, Dr. ... Read More »

Defence lawyer insists he is held in Sokoto Court orders forfeiture of surety’s N60m property in Abuja The son of the ex-Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal has escaped to the United States of America (USA), after sneaking into the Niger Republic through one of the nation’s porous borders. A lawyer with the Economic and Financial ... Read More »

There were strong indications Tuesday night that President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu to hand over. Adamu completed his 35 years service on Monday. He was expected to have handed over to the most senior officer at the close of work on Monday, but he did not, fueling the feeling that he might be granted ... Read More »

The Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, charged for alleged N7.1 billion fraud until June 7. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign Kalu, following a Supreme Court order that he and his co-defendants in fraud charge be retried, having quashed the 12-year jail sentence handed to them by ... Read More »

The leader of INRI evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has kicked-off his annual humanitarian activities in 2021 with visitation to schools that are in need. The 14-day programme kicked off yesterday, 1st of February, 2021, and will be running till 14th of February with massive empowerment programs for the needy. Yesterday, Primate Ayodele visited Best Precious Gift schools in ... Read More »

Zenith Bank Plc has again emerged as the ‘Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria’ in the Banker Magazine Top 500 Banking Brands 2021. The bank disclosed this in a statement on Sunday titled ‘Zenith Bank emerges Nigeria’s most valuable banking brand’. The statement said for the fourth consecutive year, Zenith Bank had been ranked as the number-one banking brand in ... Read More »

Access Bank’s planned expansion to eight African countries will come with huge gains from the 1.3 billion people targeted in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) deal. The bank’s strong digital banking platforms will play well in enabling electronic payments across countries of operation and beyond. The lender is  not only focusing on key markets to support regional trade ... Read More »