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As part of its efforts to support Nigeria’s aspiration and roadmap to become a leading Information Communication Technology (ICT) Hub in Africa, Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider has doled out $40, 000 grants to winners of the maiden edition of HB Innovative Lab. The maiden edition of Heritage Bank Innovation Lab Accelerator programme (HB-LAB) tagged, ‘Demo ... Read More »

• How and why Shuaibu disagreed with Oshiomhole • Key opposition figures implicated in plot to cause crisis in APC The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Lawal Shuaibu  may have lost his battle to get Comrade Adams Oshiomhole sacked as the party’s national chairman. Shuaibu who launched an Oshimhole –must-resign campaign last week, does ... Read More »

..Six suspects for arraignment Friday The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday arraign a controversial official of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Philomina Chishe and five others for trial over alleged N35million fraud. Chieshe was alleged to have told operatives of the anti-graft commission that a snake swallowed the cash in question. The other five ... Read More »

Barely 24 hours after assumption of office, Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha has commenced the demolition of monuments built by the immediate past governor, Rochas Okorocha as his first action as governor. Ihedioha was sworn-in as the sixth Executive governor of the state on Wednesday. The Akachi tower, one of the many tourist attractions built by the former governor is ... Read More »

The N53 million defamation suit instituted by Innocent Idibia (Tuface) and his manager, Efe Omorogbe against Augustine Ahmedu a.k.a Blackface  was stalled on Thursday at an Ikeja High Court. When the matter came up before Justice Josephine Oyefeso, counsel to the defence was not available. Tuface’s counsel, Mr. Opeyemi Owolabi, told the court the business of the day was hearing ... Read More »

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the April 2, 2019 judgment by Justice Othman Musa of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which voided Adeleke’s candidacy in the last governorship election in Osun State on the grounds that he was not qualified, having not possessed valid secondary school certificate. A three-man panel of the ... Read More »

Worried by the increasing rate of the unbanked population, the Federal Government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), kicked off a campaign in 2012 to achieve 80 per cent financial inclusion of adult population by 2020. The CBN carried out the campaign through agency banking, mobile banking/mobile payments, linkage models and client empowerment, to reduce financially excluded adult Nigerians ... Read More »

As bank seeks FG urgent intervention to decongest Apapa port Says it supported Nigeria’s SMEs, others with $150m President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the collaboration of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated to “institute a special fund to develop agriculture, which will cement its legacy as a bank that helped to transform this region’s economic fortunes. Buhari spoke when he had audience with ... Read More »

It was a joyful moment as Winner and Wonder Peters turned one year today as family, friends and fans gathered to celebrate with them in a Grand style in a private pool party at De Rembrandt hotel Ikeja Lagos. However, the parents are so happy to celebrate their 1st birthday bcoz it has been a long journey 12 months of ... Read More »