Zenith Bank has dismissed the alleged arrest of its Group Managing Director, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Zenith Bank Company Secretary/General Counsel, Michael Otu, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. A report was circulated in some quarters of …

IN the month since 23 May 2024, when – during hours reserved by nature entirely for meetings of witches and wizards – he began sitting as Kingmaker for the Emirate of Kano, Abdullahi Liman, a senior judge of Nigeria’s Federal High Court, has handed down at least five rulings. Defying …

●Established two universities ●Free education from primary to secondary schools Kogi state, in North Central Nigeria under the immediate past governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello, arguably was neither the bride nor did she profit from the goodwill of many Nigerians on account of largely unpalatable reports. The incessant unpalatable reports of …

SOCIO-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called on Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to account for, and explain the whereabouts of the over N100 billion “dirty and bad notes” and “other large sum of cash awaiting examination” which are kept in various branches of …

● The 2004 champion later met 17-year-old Russian contender Mirra Andreeva. @Alexander Gilkes Twenty years after her stunning Wimbledon triumph, Maria Sharapova has returned to the All England Club to make more lasting memories. The five-time major winner walked through the historic venue with a pair of special guests: fiancé …

THE Nigeria of the 1950s and early 1960s had very many interesting personalities. Western Region had its fair share of such. One of them was a man named Suara Sobo Akande (Sobo is pronounced as Sorbor). He was a prominent transporter who held the transportation industry of the time by …

THIS was first published on September 23, 2019. Considering the recent moves to return Nigeria to regionalism, I see the need to repeat it. Since man became aware of himself and realised that whether by mutual arrangement or contrived by nature, there are always leaders and followers, communities fashioned out …

The Naira depreciated by over 40 percent in the half quarter of 2024 at the foreign exchange market. The FMDQ data showed that the Naira weakened to N1505.30 per dollar on Friday from between N896.6 and N907.11 it closed on 29th December 2023. The figure showed that the Naira had …

THE Kochi University of Technology in Japan is inviting international students to apply for the 2024 Special Scholarship Program. The Special Scholarship Program offers a sum of ¥1,165,800 ($7,341) for Japanese and international students to pursue postgraduate degrees at the university. Special Scholarship Program Summary Host Country: Japan Study Abroad: …

THE United Nations Young Professionals Program is for talented and qualified professionals to start a career as an international civil servant with the UN Secretariat. The Young Professionals Program offers you an attractive remuneration package with competitive pay and benefits as well as career and professional development opportunities. United Nations …