President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated President Roch Kaboré of Burkina Faso on his appointment as the new Chairman of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA). Buhari, who is the outgoing Chair, said…
Dr Yunus Akintunde, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State on Thursday congratulated former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala on his 71st birthday. This is contained in a congratulatory message he personally signed in Ibadan. Akintunde was a former…
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says speculations that there is mass retirement of some generals in Nigerian Army following the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is not true. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen.…
Foreign Fulani herdsmen in the South West of Nigeria are poised to launch a ‘big strike’ against their hosts, any time. General Kunle Togun, chairman of Amotekun Corps in Oyo State gave the warning on Wednesday, saying it was based…
By Uthman Salami The First Bank of Nigeria has debunked rumor that was making rounds over the purported closure of its branches in South East Nigerian This was disclosed by the Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Folake Ani-Mumuney, First…
The National President of National Association of Micro Finance Banks (NAMB), Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Gyallesu, a Chartered Accountant and Economist, has expended about 38 years working in commercial, merchants and mortgage banking sectors. In this interview with MATTHEW DENIS AND…
The 2021 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group would take place from June 23 to June 25, with the theme “Building Resilient Economies in Post Covid-19 Africa.” A statement issued by the AfDB, on Wednesday, noted that…
…debunks rumour of shutdown The bank urged the general public and first bank customers to disregard any misinformation that its south-east branches are not open for business. FirstBank debunked and described as misleading the earlier reports in some session of…
The Lagos State Government has donated 300 coconut seedlings to the Teaching and Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, for the establishment of a coconut plantation. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, handed…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, heartily congratulates Mustapha Isa on his re-election as President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors(NGE). Lawan also congratulates other members of the Executive of the Guild of Editors who were newly elected or…
