Author: Eberechi Constance

National grid recovery almost completed -TCN

  Efforts to fully recover the national grid are almost complete following a partial disturbance on Monday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said The disturbance occurred at approximately 6:48 p.m., prompting immediate recovery efforts. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, in a statement on Tuesday,[Read More…]

Inflation rate climbs up to 32.70% in Sept -NBS

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increasing to to 32.70 per cent in September 2024. The Statistician-General of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran, revealed in a statement issued on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for September 2024 in Abuja on Tuesday[Read More…]

FirstBank celebrates 63 years of Golf Excellence with Lagos Amateur Open

Nigeria’s premier financial institution, FirstBank has announced the 63rd edition of the FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship. The bank said that the international golf tournament, held under the First@Sports initiative, reinforced its unwavering commitment to sports development and nation-building. Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Folake Ani-Mumuney said,[Read More…]

NNPC raises fuel price to N1.030 

    Nigerians woke up today to another round of increase in the pump price of petrol as filling stations operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited increased the pump price of fuel to N1.030 per lite in Abuja and N991 per litre in Lagos. Consequently, transport costs[Read More…]

Polaris Bank partners UI, NCF on environmental conservation, tree planting

Polaris Bank partners UI, NCF on environmental conservation, tree planting   Polaris Bank Limited has collaborated with the University of Ibadan (UI) and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) on environmental conservation through a tree planting initiative. This was disclosed during a courtesy visit to the UI Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kayode[Read More…]