From left: Head, Digital, Events & Sponsorships, Unity Bank, Bashir Salami, Founder/CEO of Sparkle Uzoma Dozie, Head, Retail & SME Banking, Opeyemi Ojesina, CEO of Kuda, Babs Ogundeyi and Partner, PwC, Chijioke Uwaegbute after a panel session on "Financing the Music" at the just concluded Social Media Week, Lagos.

February 29, 2020

Unity Bank Advocates Increased Investment in Creative Industry

Nigeria’s commercial lender, Unity Bank Plc has advocated more investment in the creative industry to drive its contribution to the Nigerian economy. The Head, Personal & SME, Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Opeyemi Ojesina made the call in Lagos on Wednesday while speaking at a panel to explore financing options for the music industry […]

February 28, 2020

First Case Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Lagos Through Italian Citizen

An Italian citizen who entered Lagos on the 25th of February from Milan, Italy for a brief business visit has been confirmed of having Coronavirus disease. The case, which was confirmed on the 27th of February 2020, is the first case to be reported in Nigeria since the outbreak in China in January 2020. According […]

February 28, 2020

Ecobank To Appeal Judgment On Disputed FIRS Tax Liability

Ecobank Nigeria wishes to provide its position on a statement released by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on the judgement of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT), sitting in Lagos in respect of a disputed tax liability between the Bank and the FIRS for the 2015 financial year. For purposes of clarity, the decision of […]

February 27, 2020

NDIC WINS N1.4BN DEBT RECOVERY CASE AGAINST DEBTOR OF DEFUNCT GULF BANK

In its capacity as official liquidator, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has secured a judgment against Jolimair Nigeria Limited and three other debtors who owed the defunct Gulf Bank Plc the sum of N1.4bn. In a debt recovery suit Number: FHC/L/CS/1328/17 – NDIC (Gulf Bank) vs. Jolimair Nigeria Limited & 3 Others, the NDIC […]

Left to Right: Head of Department Financial Standards and Corporate Governance, Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Sidi Alhassan, Head of Operations Lagos Zonal office SEC, Mrs Hafsat Rufai, Acting Executive Commissioner Operations SEC, Mr. Isyaku Tilde and Head of Department Securities and Investment Services SEC, Mr. Abbas Abdulkdir during a meeting between the SEC and Issuers on Transaction Cost in Lagos, Thursday

February 27, 2020

Photos: A meeting between the SEC and Issuers on Transaction Cost in Lagos

February 27, 2020

Army Corporal Kills Soldiers In Malam Fatori

A Corporal of the Nigerian Army serving at the Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Army Super Camp 15, located at Malam Fatori went berserk in early hours of 26 February 2020 and opened fire killing 4 of his colleagues before shooting himself. “Two of his colleagues were also injured during the incident and are currently […]

February 27, 2020

EFCC: Former Kano Speaker Nabbed over N1.5bn Fraud

The Kano State Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 26, 2010, arrested the former speaker and now minority leader of the Kano State House of Assembly, Isiyaku Ali Danja for alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of fund meant for constituency projects. Danja got into trouble following a […]

February 27, 2020

Ex PDP Spokesman, Metuh Jailed 39 Yrs…forfeits N400M, $2M to FG

The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday sentenced a former National Publicity Secretary to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh to a cumulative total of 39 years imprisonment with effect from today for engaging in corruption Metuh, who was convicted on all the seven counts criminal charges brought against him by the federal government […]

February 27, 2020

Coronavirus : Suspected Chinese Citizen Tested Negative – LASG

Lagos State Government says the Chinese citizen suspected to have coronavirus has tested negative to the infection. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Professor Akin Abayomi, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday, a day after the patient presented himself at a hospital in Ikeja. He noted that the possibility of the infection of […]

February 27, 2020

DisCos tackle minister over power supply claims

The Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors (ANED) on Wednesday dismissed as untrue, the claim by Minister of Power Mamman Sale that electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) evacuate only 3,000Megawatts (MW) out of the 7,000MW wheeled by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). ANED which is the umbrella body of the DisCos said the TCN wheels a […]