First Bank has announced its sponsorship of the Global Trade Review (GTR) West Africa 2026 that will be held this week in Lagos.    GTR West Africa conference will deliver actionable intelligence and future-focused analysis of the dynamics influencing trade across West Africa, exploring common trends, challenges and solutions within areas such as agribusiness, hard commodities, […]

Sign MoU   on consumer protection, fraud control     By Juliet Umeh In a decisive move to curb rising electronic fraud and strengthen consumer protection, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, have launched a portal that enables financial institutions to track fraudulent and suspicious phone lines across the country. The initiative, […]

Former Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate Abdulazeez Adediran, known as Jandor, has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu has endorsed Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat as the preferred All Progressives Congress candidate for the 2027 Lagos governorship election. He maintained that neither a presidential endorsement nor a formal declaration of interest from Hamzat himself […]

The Nigerian Naira maintained its momentum in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, as trading opened with a focus on narrowing the gap between official and informal rates.

The endorsement came during a public lecture held at the Ijebu-Ode Club Hall, where Hajia Balewa was also formally invested.