The leadership of New Nigeria Collective (NNC), a non- government, non-profit making organisation, yesterday, at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, reviewed the state of the nation, coming at a time the federal government marked its fifth year in office and the first of the second term of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The NNC noted without biases, the weight of the challenges that are currently besetting governments at all… Continue Reading

                                    First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that it has reinforced its technology infrastructure to enable anyone in the country open a FirstBank account through their mobile phones, without visiting any of its branches nationwide.  The investment in the Bank’s mobile banking infrastructure is… Continue Reading

No fewer than nine COVID-19 patients have been confirmed dead in Lagos State. The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, in a statement on his Twitter on Monday, said the latest casualties brought the total number of deaths from coronavirus to 59 in the state. “COVID-19 Lagos update as of 31st of May, 2020: 188 new COVID-19 infection confirmed in Lagos. “A total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in… Continue Reading

The federal government has lifted restrictions on worship places in the country. Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 made this disclosure on Monday in a Press briefing in Abuja. The new directive is coming months after the ban on churches and mosques were enabled. Some states have since opened their religious centres. The federal government however said the reopening of worship centres is still largely based… Continue Reading

                               The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has reduced the retail pump price of petrol to N121.50 per litre from the present N123 per litre. The regulatory agency announced the new retail price band to marketers in a May 31 circular seen by TheCable on Monday. More to follow…

Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the recently released Global Finance Magazine World’s Best Banks Awards 2020. The awards, which was published in the May 2020 edition of the Global Finance Magazine, was based on the performances of the banks in their respective regions and countries over the period from January 1 to December 31, 2019. Global Finance’s “World’s Best… Continue Reading

Guaranty Trust Bank plc has been ranked Africa’s Most Admired Finance Brand in the 10th-anniversary rankings of Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands, the pre-eminent survey and ranking of the Top 100 admired brands in Africa. The rankings were announced in a novel global virtual event and will be published in the June issue of the African Business magazine. In a special report examining the results of the 2020 survey,… Continue Reading

                              This conversation took place at the Babajide Sanwo-Olu campaign office, a 3-storey building on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. The discussion was between Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The latter’s office was about three doors away from the former’s who had just returned from an outing. It was a sunny… Continue Reading

The Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly and Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, Rt. Hon. ( Dr.) Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, has congratulated both President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on their fifth-year and first-year in office respectively. Obasa in his congratulatory message to mark May 29, 2020, the day President Buhari and Governor Sanwo-Olu were inaugurated to their respective offices for their fifth and first terms,… Continue Reading