The new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, on Thursday assumed office at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Amupitan arrived at about 2:40 p.m. in the company with the Acting Chairman, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, national commissioners and the secretary to the commission, shortly after[Read More…]
The House of Representatives at plenary on Tuesday, approved the establishment of four Federal Universities in Borno, Imo, Kaduna and Kano states to enhance learning in the country. This followed the adoption of reports on four bills, laid for consideration by the Chairman, House Committee on University Education, Rep.[Read More…]
…with Agriculture Summit Africa 2025 Africa’s agricultural rebirth gathers momentum as Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) 2025, the continent’s foremost platform for advancing sustainable and inclusive agricultural transformation, returns under the bold theme ‘Survival of the Greenest: Reclaiming Africa’s Food Destiny’. Scheduled for November 6–7, 2025, at the[Read More…]
Polaris Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering exceptional customer experience through deeper engagement and partnership with its clients. This was demonstrated last Thursday when the Bank hosted a successful Global Trade Forum in Ibadan, bringing together key stakeholders in the SouthWest region and valued customers to explore growth[Read More…]
…Call for ethical use of technology, end to corruption in governance The General Secretary of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), Prince Peters Adeyemi, and President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, have urged Nigerian workers and[Read More…]
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Olayemi Cardoso, will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 2025 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings in Washington D.C., which starts on October 13. Cardoso, who serves as Nigeria’s alternate governor at the Bretton Woods institutions, steps in for Finance[Read More…]
The Federal Government has threatened to invoke the ‘no work, no pay’ policy should the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) proceed on its planned two-week strike action. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, issued the warning in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Director,[Read More…]
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Ebenezer Kolawole, has said that a service culture built on responsiveness and innovation will differentiate the impact that customer service can make in any organisation. Making the remarks at the flag off of the Customer Service Week 2025[Read More…]
Tier one Lender, Fidelity Bank Plc, has announced its readiness to begin the disbursement of funds under the National Credit Guarantee Company (NCGC) N5 billion Credit Intervention Scheme. The initiative is designed to expand access to finance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), as well as businesses[Read More…]
By Rabiu Isyaku Rabiu During the public presentation of the book “Ten Years of Impactful Progressive Governance in Nigeria,” authored by the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Governor Hope Uzodinma, I reflected on Nigeria’s decade-long journey under successive[Read More…]
