As Nigeria rolls out its first ever “Culture Meter Index”, Emirates has been honoured with the Travel Gold Award of Excellence for Connecting Africa to the World and in recognition of its outstanding contribution to African tourism, trade, and cultural exchange. The Award was presented at the Africa Tourism …

  BY BLAISE UDUNZE Nigeria’s national mood is tense. The country is facing economic hardship, insecurity, public distrust in institutions, and an increasingly widening gap between citizens and their government. Yet, in the midst of this fragility, a quiet administrative action by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has sparked …

  Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank and the pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has reaffirmed its dominance by emerging as the Overall Winner at the just-concluded Nigeria Bankers Game (NBG) 2025 Grand Finale. This historic achievement marks the bank’s fourth consecutive win at the prestigious sporting …

  A faction of Benin’s military on Sunday declared that it had removed President Patrice Talon from office, triggering uncertainty in the normally stable West African nation. Appearing on state television, soldiers identifying themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation (CMR) announced that they had met and resolved to depose …

  BY BLAISE UDUNZE the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a policy that significantly departs from the cash-restriction measures Nigerians have faced lately. The apex bank abolished restrictions on cash deposits. Increased the weekly cash withdrawal limits to N500,000 for individuals and N5 million for corporates while substituting the …

  Fidelity Bank’s leadership in digital innovation and public sector collaboration has once again been spotlighted as the tier-one lender was honoured at the Comptroller General of Customs Award Night 2025.     At the ceremony, which took place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom, Abuja, on Friday, 21 …

Wema Bank has announced that it will be giving its customers a turn up December shopping experience at Fashion Souk 2025, scheduled to hold on December 6 and 7, 2025 at Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos. Building on previous successes, this year’s souk powered by Wema Bank promises to be …

BY BLAISE UDUNZE Pastor David Ogbueli, President of Dominion City Church is set to welcome thousands of worshippers to the Abuja Night of Glory, a healing, deliverance and transformation crusade on Friday, 5th December 2025, at the Main Bowl of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium. The all-night programme, starting at …

Temu, the fast-growing global e-commerce powerhouse, has entered into a delivery partnership with Lagos-based logistics startup Dellyman, marking a significant step in Temu’s expansion into the Nigerian market. The partnership follows a successful pilot phase in which Dellyman completed more than 1,300 deliveries with a 95% success rate, demonstrating its …

Stanbic IBTC Holdings has marked a significant milestone in youth empowerment and digital skills development with the formal certificate presentation ceremony for participants of the Digital Skills Empowerment Programme (DiSEP) 4.0, alongside the induction of DiSEP 5.0 cohort. The ceremony, which was held at Stanbic IBTC’s Head Office in Lagos, …