Fidet Edentalen Okhiria, the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, is in fresh trouble as he might be sanctioned for his alleged failure to pay the allowances of security officers attached to the agency. The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, said this when he paid an unscheduled visit to Idu Train Station in Abuja. During the visit on ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday disqualified 17 out of the 39 persons nominated for appointment as commissioners by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. As reported by Newsmax Online, the nominees were rejected after the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa subjected their confirmation to voice votes following the presentation before the House by Hon. Mojeed Fatai of the report of the 12-man ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Engr. Bisoye Coker-Odusote to serve as the Director-General/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). This was revealed in a statement by signed by Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale.   Read full statement below: PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS IN TWO AGENCIES AND DIRECTS OUTGOING NIMC DG/CEO TO COMMENCE 90-DAY ...

FBNHoldings (FBNH), the parent company of Nigeria’s pioneer Bank, First Bank of Nigeria Limited published stellar results, confounding analysts, and exciting investors. Equally as amazing as the spectacular results, which saw earnings per share surge by 234% to N5.19 was the fact that the banking behemoth was able to eke out this profit in a financially hostile policy environment where ...

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe has called on the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, NeFF to come with solutions to the challenges posed by electronic fraud to financial system. According to a report published in Vanguard Newspaper, she made this call in Lagos while speaking at the 3rd quarter general meeting of NeFF. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe explained ...

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in members of his cabinet after screening and confirmation by the senate. The event, which kicked off at 10am, is ongoing at the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Tinubu had earlier assigned portfolios to the ministers. The swearing in was done in batches of five. Among the dignitaries present are Vice President ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployed Abubakar Momoh from the federal ministry of youth to the ministry of Niger Delta development. According to a statement on Sunday by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity.   Tinubu also redeployed Adegboyega Oyetola as the minister of marine and blue economy.

“A panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal, by majority decision, has today found that Tobi Amusan has not committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) of three Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period,” the statement read.   AIU has cleared Tobi Amusan of doping violations and lifts suspension on her. Newsmaxngr reports that the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has cleared Nigerian track ...

The Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government, in a bid to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal, has announced a N5 billion palliative for each state of the federation, including the federal capital territory (FCT). Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, made the announcement in Abuja on Thursday when he spoke to State House correspondents at the end of a national ...

The FirstBank Digital Xperience Centre (DXC) in the University of Ibadan (U.I) is the Banks second fully automated self-service centre. The first DXC is at the Banks remodelled Adetokunbo Ademola branch, Victoria Island, Lagos. Furnished with the latest advancements in financial technology, it is one of the many ways the Bank reinvents itself to leave no stone unturned in exposing ...