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In furtherance of the need to promote the business activities of its foremost agent banking platform – Firstmonie Agents – Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced the provision of loan facilities – up to one million naira – to its banking agents. The ...

FBN Holdings PLC (“FBNHoldings), Nigeria’s leading financial holdings company, has announced the appointments of Mr. Seni Adetu and Mrs. Juliet Anammah as Independent Non-Executive directors, while Mr. Otu Hughes has been appointed as a Non-Executive director. These appointments are subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”). Speaking ...

Vertigo Africa is fast becoming a moving train for the social mind. A platform for both young and old around the world enjoy the best in entertainment, yet unlike other platform members can socialize directly with friends as well as their favorite Artist. Vertigo Africa is the only platform that ...

League One side AFC Wimbledon are reportedly considering a move to appoint Emma Hayes as their new first-team manager. Hayes, who is currently in charge of FA Women’s Super League side Chelsea, would become the first woman in history to take charge of a men’s football league side if she were to get the job. ...

China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has announced that the Lagos-Ibadan Rail has been officially connected to the Apapa port complex. The construction company disclosed this in a tweet on Monday. “On the morning of Jan. 25, 2021, with the successful pouring of the last 25-meter monolithic track bed superstructure ...

Former British chancellor George Osborne is to become a partner at one of London’s most exclusive boutique advisory firms. Osborne is joining M&A advisory firm Robey Warshaw as the business’ first outside partner. “Robey Warshaw is the best of the best, advising great businesses on how to grow, and I’m ...

Stipulates 15 years for anyone who allows his premises as meeting place for cultists The Lagos House of Assembly late Monday passed a bill banning the activities of cultists and related illegal societies across the state into a law. The new law stipulates a 21-year imprisonment for anyone found guilty ...

The Lagos House of Assembly on Monday called on the governor of the state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to commence very tough enforcement of the COVID-19 protocols among residents of the state. The House said its decision follows the outright disregard for the protocols against the pandemic by some residents and ...

On Saturday, January 30, came a resounding verdict of pass mark for the security dinner discourse organized by the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, from Babajide Kolade-Otitoju, Group Director of News, Television Continental, TVC. The NAOSRE dinner which attracted security operatives across military circle, first class traditional rulers, ...

We would all agree that the media space is never lacking stories of personal and public interest jostling for audience attention. However, one that caught the attention of this writer is a brewing fiasco in the Federal Character Commission FCC, as an agency meant to foster equity and togetherness, faces ...