New Data from EFInA shows some financial inclusion growth but need for more action

New Data from EFInA shows some financial inclusion growth but need for more action

By Prince Okafor Efforts by the Central Bank of Nigeria to drive financial inclusion across the nation is yielding result, as over 50 percent of Nigerian adults are using formal (regulated) financial services. This was disclosed during Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access, EFInA’s,  Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2020 Survey launch, yesterday. Vanguard gathered […]
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Anambra Guber:  Soludo, Umeh, 6 others jostle for APGA ticket

Anambra Guber: Soludo, Umeh, 6 others jostle for APGA ticket

Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra state, eight aspirants have bought nomination forms to contest for the primary elections on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA. However, the party has so far raked in about N176 million from the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms.  Among the eight aspirants that have collected the nomination […]

Breaking: Buhari receives Ayade in Aso Rock

Breaking: Buhari receives Ayade in Aso Rock

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. This is two weeks after he dumped his previous party. Though he was espected to be introduced by […]

Senate moves to harmonize emergency numbers

Senate moves to harmonize emergency numbers

The upper legislative chamber, the Senate, has taken further steps towards harmonizing the various emergency numbers in the country into one uniform number. With this move, the lawmakers plan to strengthen the legal status for the country’s National Emergency Number, 112, being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) through its Emergency Communication Centres (ECC). […]

Another look at Ayade’s voyage to APC

Another look at Ayade’s voyage to APC

For months, speculations of his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dominated discourse in the new and traditional media. Like others before him, Professor Ben Ayade, twice elected governor of Cross River state on the platform of the PDP, played the ostrich, in a fashion that was […]

Yoruba Republic’ll breed hunger —Oluwo

Yoruba Republic’ll breed hunger —Oluwo

By Shina Abubakar OLUWO of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has warned youths supporting agitation for Yoruba Nation to jettison the idea, saying it would only breed hunger and suffering, claiming that those behind the agitation were enjoying free money from abroad. Oluwo, who spoke at the launching of Osun State Youth Policy and Engagement Document, […]

Akpabio in Delta to meet Tompolo

Akpabio in Delta to meet Tompolo

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is on his way to Oporoza, traditional headquartres of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State to meet with General Officer Commanding, GOC, Niger Delta struggle, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo.  Last Sunday, Tompolo gave President Muhammadu Buhari a seven-day ultimatum to inaugurate the governing board of Niger Delta Development […]

Religion, ethnicity making Nigeria weak, Ganduje cries out

Religion, ethnicity making Nigeria weak, Ganduje cries out

…Osoba celebrates his performance By Bashir Bello & Abdulmumin Murtala Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State said religion, ethnicity and tribal sentiments are making the country weak. He said these factors were responsible for the low national integration in the country which is a contrast to what Nigeria used to some years before now. […]

Invasion of S-West states by foreign herders imminent — GEN TOGUN

Invasion of S-West states by foreign herders imminent — GEN TOGUN

…Says they’re coming from Futa Jallon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger Republic …It should be taken seriously — Afenifere …Yoruba should prepare for self-defence — Gani Adams …Nigeria in deep crisis — Don …We’re not oblivious of the planned invasion — YCE By Dapo Akinrefon & Ola Ajayi Chairman of the Oyo State Security Network, […]

Agitation for Yoruba nation: Soyinka disowns fake WhatsApp account

Agitation for Yoruba nation: Soyinka disowns fake WhatsApp account

…Says he doesn’t operate on social media platforms By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Noble Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has disowned a fake WhatsApp platform created on his name to propagate the agitation for Yoruba state. The Noble Laureate said that he doesn’t participate in any media social platforms like the whatsapp, Facebook, Blog, Tweet et cetera, […]

NECO gets acting Registrar

NECO gets acting Registrar

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA- THE Governing Board of the National Examinations Council, NECO, has approved the appointment of Mr. Ebikibina John Ogborodi as the Acting Registrar/Chief Executive of the Council A statement, Thursday, by Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, explained that “The appointment followed the death of the Registrar, Professor […]

Number of Nigerians studying in US increased by 93% in 10 years — Erudera.com

Number of Nigerians studying in US increased by 93% in 10 years — Erudera.com

Erudera.com, a higher education search platform, has said the number of Nigerians studying in the United States of America increased by about 93 per cent in the last 10 years. According to Gent Ukëhajdaraj from Erudera, what the 93% increase meant was that from 2015/16 to 2019/20, the number of these students increased by 28 […]