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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is mobilising Abuja youths and other stakeholders against joining the planned August 1 to 10...

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The Energy Transparency Initiative (ETI) has expressed dismay over the recent statements made by the Deputy Spokesman of the Federal House of Representatives, Philip...

Business

Announces Six other Executive Appointments   Samuel Oni Retires from the Group Board  Lagos/// January 30, 2023 The Board of Directors of the United Bank for Africa Plc, Africa’s Global Bank, today announces the appointment of...

POLITICS

Politics

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday declared that no political party will hold a convention to select any presidential candidate in Abuja...

Politics

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he has the capacity to win the 2023 presidential election for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Wike...

Politics

Senator Abdullahi Adamu has been declared as APC National Chairman through a consensus arrangement. Speaking on behalf of the party at the national convention...

EXCLUSIVE

Exclusive

In the last week or so, the war against insurgency in the north east has been characterized by sustained onslaught against Boko Haram elements....

FINANCE

Finance

The Federal Government raked in N1.69tn from company income tax in 2021, according to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics. This is a...

Finance

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) says the value of the country’s green bonds market has grown to N55.52 billion in four years, from 2017 to...

Finance

The President of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Dr Bayo Olugbemi, has said the eNaira is part of measures to deepen financial inclusion...

Finance

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed plans by the apex bank to set up an International...

ENTERTAINMENT/LIFESTYLE

Entertainment/Lifestyle

It seems that Kanye West still isn’t over his ex Kim Kardashian’s budding relationship with Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson. On Wednesday the...

BUSINESS

Business

Shareholders of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc have approved the Board’s proposal to pay a dividend of N1.10 per share for the financial...

Business

Parthian Partners Limited, Nigeria’s first interdealer broker and founder of i-invest, the first fixed income investment app in Nigeria, has won the BusinessDay Banks...

Business

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has reiterated the importance it places on supporting the growth of Small and Medium Scale...

Business

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has said that its diversified business model in key international markets on the continent and...

ECONOMY

Economy

The President of African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adeshina, says Africa may need $484 billion in the next three years to address the socio-economic...

Economy

About 12.8 million Nigerians fell into poverty last year as a result of increase in prices of foods, the World Bank has said. This...

Economy

Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Nigerians are gradually adopting the eNaira, launched three months back. Emefiele said this while...

Economy

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed on Monday said the government has suspended the plan to remove fuel subsidy by the end of the first...

HEALTH

Health

FSD Africa and Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) have partnered to launch BimaLab, an accelerator programme designed to boost the development and adoption of...

Health

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said the Omicron variant was spreading faster than the Delta strain. “There is now consistent evidence that...

Health

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, has authorised vaccine booster against the pandemic for eligible Nigerians. Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, National...

Health

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in...

ENERGY

Energy

 Doubles gas production capacity of OML 17 while upholding ESG commitments  Heirs Oil & Gas, Africa’s integrated energy company has reaffirmed its commitment to both national...

Energy

At least two Indian refiners plan to buy less Saudi oil than usual in May, after the kingdom raised the official selling price (OSP)...

Energy

Nigeria’s national power grid collapsed again yesterday, leaving the entire country without electricity supply. The latest collapse followed weeks of bickerings among operators that has...

TECHNOLOGY

Business

Nigeria’s financial technology (Fintech) industry has experienced exponential growth in recent years, as more people pivot from traditional banking systems to digital services. The...

Technology

Customers nowadays would rather order food and other items from an app and have them delivered, than walk into a neighbouring restaurant or store....

Business

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the expansion of the services of Leo, its Artificial Intelligence chatbot to Google...

OPINION

Opinion

THIS issue was not into reckoning until after the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Imo State, Professor Francis Ezeonu, finished addressing the press recently, in...

Opinion

Two years have gone, and it was just like yesterday, President Muhammadu, GCFR, approved the appointment of Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, a Massachusetts Institute...

Opinion

Secessionist agitations and insecurity are rising across the country but security agencies’ approach to tackling them appears divisive, ADELANI ADEPEGBA reports A notorious bandit...