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  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 32-year-old drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja with 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7 billion in street value. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Thursday, said the ...

  Veteran comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has been buried today. The actor died in the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Monday. The news of his death drew reactions from prominent Nigerians including the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo who said, “Baba Suwe’s death had ...

  Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar clocks 75 today, without the usual goodwill message from President Muhammadu Buhari. It was not clear whether the presidential snub was a mere omission or deliberate. Atiku, despite the political difference with Buhari attended the wedding of Buhari’s first son, Yusuf in Bichi, Kano last ...

  Zamfara State government led by Governor Bello Matawalle has ordered the shutting down of a filling station and bakery in Gusau and Tsafe local government areas of the State. The directives were coming after the staff of the business centres were nabbed for allegedly supplying bandit terrorists with petrol ...

2022 Budget: Work On Projects To Alleviate Poverty, Empower Lagosians, Obasa Urges Sanwo-Olu – Speaker calls on Buhari to rejig economy to boost employment – Says interference of executive in state legislature should be criminalised The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Hon Mudashiru Obasa has urged the ...

  At least five players of Bayern Munich are currently in quarantine after testing positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease. The Bundesliga club is facing such a setback ahead of their UEFA Champions League clash with Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday, November 23, 2023, Naija News reports. The likes of Joshua ...

ACCESS BANK PARTNERS SME.NG TO ROLL OUT EBI MARKETPLACE SME.NG in partnership with Access bank Plc and other leading institutions, including the Bank of Industry (BOI), LAPO Microfinance Bank, Chapel Hill Denham,  and the Impact Investment Foundation  Nigeria are launching the Ebi Marketplace – a Nigerian innovation for female entrepreneurs. ...

Ex-Staff Launches UBA Alumni Network It was an interesting and auspicious time to see ex-staff of Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, come together to launch the UBA Alumni Network. The maiden event took place at UBA’s Amphitheatre on Tuesday, 2021, and was very well attended by ...

FIRSTBANK UNVEILS A FULLY AUTOMATED SELF SERVICE BRANCH, STRENGTHENS DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN NIGERIA FirstBank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services organisation has announced the launch of its fully automated branch, called the FirstBank Digital Experience Centre. It is provided to put customers at an advantage in ...

Lions’ Den:  Ecobank Reiterates Support For Budding Entrepreneurs The Managing Director/Regional Executive, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has reiterated the bank’s commitment to raise future Africa multinationals by assisting young entrepreneurs with funding, access to market across Africa, training, and other resources.  Speaking at an event tagged: “Brunch With Entrepreneurs”, an interactive ...