Diplomatic pressure on South Africa is mounting as more African countries threaten retaliatory measures over renewed xenophobic attacks

By Babajide Komolafe United Bank for Africa (UBA), Redtech, and MoMo Payment Service Bank (PSB) have launched a payment interoperability partnership aimed at expanding cardless payment access for consumers and merchants across Nigeria. With the initiative, MoMo PSB customers can now make payments directly from their wallets at UBA merchant locations using the “Pay with MoMo” […]

Nestoil Limited yesterday rejected what it described as a coordinated campaign of blackmail allegedly driven by First Bank of Nigeria and its Chairman, following publications in The Guardian, The Nation, Leadership, Vanguard, Nairametrics, TheCable, and some other online platforms linking banks’ dividend suspension to a purported debt owed by the company.   The indigenous energy firm said […]

The Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA) has faulted the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) over its reaction to Tuesday’s judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), which awarded N100 million in damages against the organisation. The court also ordered SERAP to publish apologies in two national newspapers and on […]

The Forum of Former Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly (FOF-MENHA) has issued a strongly worded petition to South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, demanding an immediate end to xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa.