Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled a state-of-the-art branch and digital experience centre strategically located at the heart of the highbrow Admiralty Way in Lekki area of Lagos. Officially opening the branch to the public, Managing Director/Regional Executive, Patrick Akinwuntan said it is part of the bank’s digital transformation drive to provide seamless world-class banking services to […]
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House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday said Nigerians were proud of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said they were proud of the way he has steered the ship of state since he was first elected in 2015. In a statement on the president’s 79th birthday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre […]
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Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says a declaration of a state of emergency on banditry would enable security operatives to access to clear bandits’ enclaves and other hideouts. He made the suggestion on Wednesday in Sokoto when he received a delegation of the North-west States Governors Forum. The delegation was led by Governor Aminu […]
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The National Judicial Council (NJC) has punished three judges who issued conflicting orders in the leadership crisis that dogged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) this year. Justice Okogbule Gbasam of the High Court of Rivers State, Justice Nusirat Umar of the High Court of Kebbi State and Justice Edem Kooffreh of the High Court of […]
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Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, who recently upped his stake in FBN Holdings in a bid to firm up his position as its biggest shareholder, said he is not keen about holding a board position in the financial services group, its flagship unit FirstBank and any of its remaining subsidiaries. He says he believes in allowing […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari The Federal Government should go after the sponsors of the several killings in Nigeria and stop pointing accusing fingers at the youths, a political organisation under the aegis of North-East Youth Initiative for Development has said. While advising the government to engage the youths in nation-building and governance, YEYID said recent developments […]
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Senator urges party to elect presidential candidate at convention Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu on Thursday urged the National Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni and members of the planning committee to postpone the party’s national convention slated for February. In a a letter to […]
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Members of the North/South Alliance during a protest on insecurity in Abuja…on Wednesday. Photo: Olatuji Obasa Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has demanded the immediate release of protesters arrested in the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the Northern region. Some Northern youths who were protesting against the rising insecurity in the region […]
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Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, faulted former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu built his Lekki house. Reacting to Akande’s allegation, he described the former Osun State governor as a neophyte and a beneficiary of a struggle he […]
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By Olu Fasan LAST week, at the launch of his autobiography My Participations, Chief Bisi Akande, former Osun State governor and interim chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said he had no sympathy for President Muhammadu Buhari over widespread criticism of his performance because he applied to be president. “I do not sympathise […]
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