The Federal Government has inaugurated a three-man Interim Management Committee to oversee the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Interim Management Committee would be in place to create the enabling environment for the upcoming forensic audit. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio while performing …

  President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the performance of the Golden Eaglets in their second game at the ongoing Under 17 FIFA World Cup competition in Brazil. The Nigeria team defeated Ecuador 3-2 after they had trailed by 1-2, fifteen minutes to the end of the match. “Buhari recommends the …

House of Representatives Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the planned Operation Positive Identification (OPI) by the military. The decision followed a motion of Urgent Public Importance moved by Minority Leader Ndudi Elumelu at plenary presided over by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila. OPI is an operation the military claims would …

Lagos Nigeria: October 29, 2019: Fidelity Bank Plc has posted an impressive financial performance for the 3rd Quarter of 2019 and is on course to finishing strong in the 2019 Financial Year (FY). Details of the 9-months results for the period ended September 30, 2019, released on Tuesday at the Nigerian …

As part of its youth empowerment and socio-economic drive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of the Standard Bank Group, recently graduated the 16th batch of Graduate Trainees. Stanbic IBTC’s Graduate Trainee programme is a scheme which recruits talented young Nigerians, who are either straight out of school or have minimal …

The Group Board Chairman of FBN Holdings Plc, Dr. Oba Otudeko CFR and Directors of FBN Holdings, FirstBank of Nigeria Limited and FBNBank Ghana Limited have paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo-Addo in Accra. The visit was to show appreciation to …

Almost all the impact players for the Golden Eaglets in Saturday night’s 4-2 defeat of Hungary in the opening match of the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament in Brazil are products of the annual Zenith Bank/NFF Future Eagles Championships, including the goal scorers. The competition, sponsored by NFF’s partner, …

In a bid to boost the nation’s economic growth, Heritage, Zamfara State Government and the Pan African Capital, at the just concluded Russian-African Summit in Sochi, Russia, held a meeting to brief President Muhammad  Buhari on theAfrican Export Import Bank cooperation with Zamfara on solid minerals development put together by the …

Lagos, 24 October 2019 In recognition of the contribution of its Firstmonie Agents towards the Bank’s resolve at promoting access to financial services to all Nigerians, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its Agent Banking National award ceremony would hold on Friday, 25 October 2019 at the Oriental …

A Benin High Court has restrained the Edo Government and its agents from demolishing a hotel belonging to a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Tony Adun. The Ministry of Urban Planning had issued a seven-day notice for the relocation of the hospitality sited at Ugbor within …