Banks step up preparation for categorization, apply for new licenses
Banks are stepping up preparation for the move from universal banking to categorization banking with some applying for new licenses.
Educators compete to win Microsoft’s worldwide awards
With the active participation of SchoolNet Nigeria and one Nigerian teacher, educators around the world are currently competing for a chance to win one of 12 worldwide innovative education awards at the ongoing Microsoft partners in learning Worldwide Innovative Education Forum in Cape Town, South Africa.
Fuel crisis looms as NUPENG begins strike tomorrow
THERE are fears of imminent scarcity of fuel across the country as the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday directed its members in Lagos zone to begin an indefinite strike tomorrow over an industrial dispute with Chevron Nigeria Limited.
Police foiled armed robbery
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A brazen attempt by heavily armed robbers to raid the Zenith Bank in Ijebu-Ode was foiled by policemen who killed two of them and arrested three persons of the hoodlums.
‘Nwodo has betrayed Niger Delta People’
NIGER Delta youth activist, Comrade Omolubi Newuwumi, has carpeted the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Okwesileize Nwodo, for what his call a ‘double edge sword’ stance on the issue of the zoning.
Foreign loan scam: States get refund for excess deductions
Fresh facts have emerged of how Nigerian government officials colluded with foreign banks and financial institutions to rip the country off in the pretext of repayment of external debts.
