First City Monument Bank said on Friday it has completed the acquisition of rescued lender Finbank, which it said would double its branch network and customer base. FCMB shares were up almost four per cent on Friday at N4.10 per share. The mid-size len...
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has, again, retained its position as the Best Performing Bank in Nigeria under the Central Bank of Nigeria - managed Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund ( ACGSF); making it the 5th time the bank is winning the award sinc...
The Cashless policy, an initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the 24 deposit money banks, aimed at encouraging electronic transactions and reducing the amount of physical cash in circulation has been given a push by Interswitch with the a...
Some people die while they live but others, though they are no more, live in the hearts of those who they touched writes PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID. Dantata & Sawoe has lost a visionary and passionate chair, and the world has lost an amazing human being....
America’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers are powered by two small on-board pressurised water reactors (IPWR), which drive the ship’s four steam turbines that not only power four five-bladed propellers, but also generate electricity to power...
As aviation stakeholders make a case for the promulgation of a Fly Nigeria Act, Nkem osuagwu takes a look at what it means for the industry and posits that indigenous airlines have to work towards upgrading their service offerings to be able to benefit...
Nurudeen Rafindadi, is the Chief Executive Officer of Afri Project Consortium, a multi disciplinary consulting firm and national President of Association of Consulting Engineers of Nigeria. The frontline engineer that identifies problems of engineering...
The world last week, once again, stood up against the dangerous traditional practice of: Female Genital Mutilation, FGM. The United Nations Organisation UNO, set aside every February 6th as the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genita...
Going by the transformation agenda of the present administration, experts are of the view that the major target should be at improving the living standard of those at the grassroot. The President/Founder of Growing Business Foundation (GBF), Dr. Ndidi ...
For many years now, fishing, particularly in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, has suffered a terrible setback because of the hostile activities of the oil companies in the area. GABRIEL EWEPU writes on this development. It was common sight to behol...
Vincent Mama got into a scuffle with VIO officers only to end up in a hospital, after which he was imprisoned, charged to court for public incitement and is now longing for his freedom. JAMES UWEM writes. Some officers of the Vehicle Inspection Office ...
The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed D. Abubakar has expressed his preparedness to stamp out corruption in the police force. The IGP handed down the warning on Friday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital to officers and men of the state...
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, yesterday urged Nigerians to study the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and use his ideals to advance the frontiers of peace, national unity and development. Governor Akpabio,&...
Bizarre murder of a leader in Ibusa, Delta State at the weekend paralysed activities in the area. Reports said a member of the Ibusa Local vigilante group allegedly, killed his own brother (one Joseph Okwu) in an ‘accidental discharge’. An ...
Niger State has been thrown into grief as the state government lost its, Commissioner of Budget and Economic Planning, Alhaji Aminu Yusuf Paiko, who also doubled as the Chairman of the state planning Commission. He was 52 years old until his death. LEA...