Wema Bank bags global SME Banking Innovation Awards
By Matthew Johnson Wema Bank has won the SME Financier of the Year and Best SME Lending Product – Digital Bank awards at the Global SME Banking Innovation Awards 2026, in recognition of its contributions to expanding access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises. The awards, presented on March 12, 2026, celebrate financial institutions […]
Judicial cleansing: EFCC’s axe dangles over 100 lawyers
No fewer than 100 lawyers are currently under the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Niger Delta Group urges Tinubu to reject calls for pipeline surveillance contract decentralisation
A Niger Delta advocacy group, the 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC), has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disregard calls for the decentralisation of the pipeline surveillance contract, warning that such a move could undermine stability in the region.
The ethics of persuasion, by Ruth Oji
Last month, I received an email from a marketing executive who was wrestling with her conscience. Her company had developed a new software product that was genuinely innovative, but her boss wanted her to create a campaign that exaggerated its capabilities and downplayed its limitations. “Ruth,” she wrote, “I know how to persuade people. I’m good […]
Oyo faces education emergency as over 670,000 children remain out of school
Education stakeholders in Oyo State have raised alarm over what they described as a deepening basic education crisis
Playing the 1998 Abacha power game in 2026, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
It was Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, the French critic, journalist, and novelist, who, in 1849, coined what has become an enduring proverb: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – the more things change, the more they stay the same. In matters of governance and power in Nigeria – military or civilian – nothing can be […]
