…Wins Best Bank in Nigeria & Best Digital Bank in Africa Foremost African financial institution; Guaranty Trust Bank plc reaffirmed its position as a leading global brand with its recent recognition as the ‘Best Bank in Nigeria & Best Digital Bank in Africa’ during the 2016 Euromoney Awards which held in London on Wednesday, July […]
Continue ReadingAs revealed in a statement by Mr Yakubu Musa, Special Assistant on Media to the chief executive of tThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the commission has remitted N70 billon into the Federation Account in the last one year.“This is in addition to the N30 billion paid by MTN Nigeria as a part payment of the […]
Continue ReadingThe 2016 Ranking of universities across the world, has just been released by the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR).unfortunately, no university in Nigeria made the list of the world’s top 1,000. The ranking, released on Monday, placed Harvard University, United States, on top as the best higher institution in the world, followed by Stanford […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has assured residents of North West that the army will clear the remnants of cattle rustlers and bandits terrorising their communities in few days.He said the myriad of security challenges in the North West would be largely addressed by the end of the army’s training in Bakura […]
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives, will on Thursday meet the outgoing United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, over the allegation of sexual misconduct levelled against three members of the House. Investigative public hearing on the scandal begins on Thursday and Entwistle is expected to provide video clips of the incident. The incident allegedly occurred […]
Continue ReadingFormer minister of aviation and director of media and publicity for Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, is said to have met the conditions for the bail granted him by a federal high court, sitting in Lagos, but he is yet to regain his freedom. Recall that Fani-Kayode was arraigned alongside Nenadi Usman, a former […]
Continue ReadingAce Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W has posted an insightful open letter to all single men and women in the society. Wellington had uploaded a picture of his married celebrity friends, Tunde Demuren, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, and Olamide Adedeji, all wearing their wedding bands and tagged it; “Last man standing’’ in reference […]
Continue ReadingAccording to the speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, “politics in Nigeria is not a straitjacket approach”, so you do not expect any individual to remain a of a political party “forever”. According to The Nation, Dogara, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this while addressing reporters in Lagos, […]
Continue ReadingChristiano Ronaldo’s fans in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, are mocking Lionel Messi, and urging him to reconsider his retirement as a way of attaining the current feat of their Portuguese idol. The fans, who celebrated Ronaldo’s “Euro 2016’’ victory with Portugal over hosts France on Sunday at major bars in the town, said he […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has expressed concern over the delay in payment of stipends of former militants in the Niger Delta region.Boroh’s concern was conveyed in a statement signed by Mr Piriye Kiyaramo, Bayelsa Liaison Officer, Presidential Amnesty Programme and made available to the News Agency […]
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