First Bank of Nigeria Plc is offering customers with a new solution the freedom to capture their individuality on the debit Naira MasterCard Card.

If information is power, the internet has been one of the great equalizers in human history. As Ray Kurzweil said recently: today “a kid in Nigeria with a smartphone has access to more knowledge and information and capability than the president of the United States did 13 years ago”. But extending these benefits to many parts of the world is a challenge.

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation into clearance of 35 containers at the Tin-Can Island port that were transferred to a bonded terminal,Clarion Bonded Terminal, in Lagos.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, urged the Senate to grant him approval to borrow additional $200million in the 2012-2014 Medium-Term External Borrowing Plan.

Former Nigeria national team coach, Clemens Westerhof has revealed that players bribed their way into the national team in the past.

Lionel Messi continued his prodigious goalscoring form with a brace as Barcelona qualified for the Last 16 of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Spartak Moscow who have been eliminated.

he Church of England’s draft legislation approving women bishops failed to pass its governing body the General Synod by a razor-thin margin on Tuesday.

Leading mobile phone maker, Nokia, Tuesday in Lagos introduced the latest series, the Windows Phone 8 devices, the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 820 respectively.
The innovative devices were unveiled in partnership with leading Software maker, Microsoft and telecommunications giant, MTN.

US President Barack Obama called Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi for the third time in 24 hours on Tuesday and “commended” his efforts to secure a truce in Gaza, the White House said.

THE Nigeria Summit Group has restated that it does not intend to convene a Sovereign National Conference but rather a National Dialogue to address the country’s problems.
Also, the group said it would set up modalities that will help in the selection of delegates to the dialogue.

The Olusola Oke campaign Organisation has accused governor Segun Mimiko of evasion of service of notice of the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the tribunal.

A ceasefire to end almost a week of violence in and around the Gaza Strip is to be announced in Cairo on Tuesday night, Hamas and Islamic Jihad sources told AFP.

The Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP has concluded the prosecution of it’s case against of Mr Akolade Arowolo accused of killing his banker wife, Titilayo in June last year with the presentation of it’s last witness, Mr Kingsley Ehebhe, a fraud analyst from MTN.

Meni Jonathan, President Goodluck Jonathan’s half brother today died at Aso Rock clinic Abuja. He was said to have been flown in from Bayelsa last week for medical treatment at the Villa

The Enugu State Police Command on Tuesday said it foiled an armed robbery attack on Mike Torey St. in Trans Ekulu in Enugu following a distress call.