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CP to criminals: Repent or leave Lagos

CP to criminals: Repent or leave Lagos

THE newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, CP Moshood Jimoh, yesterday, warned criminals to either repent or leave the state.

Austriacard to partner banks, fintechs, others boost payment system  

Austriacard to partner banks, fintechs, others boost payment system  

By Babajide Komolafe   Austriacard Holdings, an international card and secure chip solution provider, has   said it will partner with banks, fintechs and other stakeholders   to enhance development of the Nigerian payment system. Burak Bilge, Executive Vice President, Turkiye, Middle East and Africa, MEA, Austria Card disclosed this while speaking to journalists at the sidelines of a […]

Education suffers reduced allocations

Education suffers reduced allocations

The National Assembly, yesterday, amended the recently passed N54.9trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill, making key adjustments to the allocation of funds between recurrent and capital expenditures.

Crypto Startups Making Financial Inclusion Viable for Africans

Crypto Startups Making Financial Inclusion Viable for Africans

in a recent op-ed published by Fortune, Binance CEO Richard Teng emphasized the transformative potential of cryptocurrency, noting: “Cryptocurrency often dominates headlines for its market milestones and for powering new trends on the intersection of finance and the internet culture,

Talks on fuel quality just drama, bad marketing antics, says Kyari

Talks on fuel quality just drama, bad marketing antics, says Kyari

•Insists NNPCL didn’t import products in 2025 By Udeme Akpan THE Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari has flayed talks about the existence of sub-standard premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol in the country, describing it as unfortunate drama and bad marketing practice. Speaking while fielding questions at a fireside […]

Forbes: Aliko Dangote’s wealth surges by almost 100% to $23.9bn

Forbes: Aliko Dangote’s wealth surges by almost 100% to $23.9bn

•Retains position as richest man in Africa •Now 86th richest in the world By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Billionaire Aliko Dangote has seen his wealth nearly double to $23.9 billion, according to Forbes, which ranks the Nigerian entrepreneur as the wealthiest person in Africa and 86th in the world.   It would be recalled that Forbes ranked […]

Killing of Anambra Lawmaker: Two suspects escape from Custody

Killing of Anambra Lawmaker: Two suspects escape from Custody

The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that two suspects detained in connection with the murder of Hon. Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha 1 Constituency in the State House of Assembly, have escaped from custody.

Nnamdi Kanu is his own judge and lawyer(2), by Rotimi Fasan

Nnamdi Kanu is his own judge and lawyer(2), by Rotimi Fasan

Nnamdi Kanu, as I previously stated, is a self-proclaimed self-determination agitator but his ways and utterances are those of a separatist. Not only does he want a separate Biafra nation, his Biafrans are to have nothing to do with Nigerians of other ethnicities. While they could have relations with or even annex other smaller groups […]

Rebels rising and the new era of state capture, by Usman Sarki

Rebels rising and the new era of state capture, by Usman Sarki

“Degeneration and advance are not fixed processes, but recur in cycles in the history of every nation”-John Buchan When the Taliban forces swept across Afghanistan and entered Kabul on August 15, 2021, the world held its breath and pondered upon the consequences of such a major geopolitical tremor in that part of the Asian continent. But […]

NSITF, ICPC join forces to check corruption

NSITF, ICPC join forces to check corruption

To ensure accountability of subscribers’ funds, the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, is collaborating with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, to strengthen its internal capacity to fight corruption and win public trust.

Edwin Clark spoke truth to power, stood with the people – Uba Michael

Edwin Clark spoke truth to power, stood with the people – Uba Michael

Delta APC chieftain and Chairman, UBACLE Group, Chief Hon. Uba Michael has commiserated with the immediate family of Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark and all Nigerians over his death. Chief Clark died on Monday at the age of 97. A statement signed by Uba Michael described Clark as a historic contributor to the development of Nigeria. […]

NNPCL and Dangote are proudly Nigerian

NNPCL and Dangote are proudly Nigerian

We see the ongoing controversy over the refined products of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and Dangote Refinery, DR, as a celebration of the full restoration of petroleum products refining capacity to the Nigerian domestic market after decades of dependence on importation. In August 2024, Dangote Refinery, the 650,000 barrels per day largest […]