The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has raised its concerns over messaging app WhatsApp’s privacy policy.   “The National Information Technology Development Agency under Section 6 (f) of the NITDA Act 2007 wishes to provide this advisory to Nigerians to address Nigerian concerns on changes to Whatsapp Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which took effect on May 15, ...

Sunday Igboho, a self-acclaimed Yoruba activist with the real name Sunday Adeyemo, has vowed that there will be no election in Yoruba land in 2023.   Igboho stated this while speaking with other agitators at a rally held at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, the Osun State capital, to demand the Yoruba Nation.   Igboho said that the Yoruba ...

The remaining 29 students abducted from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have regained freedom. Mr Abdullahi Usman, who is the Chairman of the Parents’ Committee, confirmed the release of the students by bandits to Channels Television on Wednesday in Kaduna. He explained that the victims were released some minutes past 4pm around the Kidanda area in Giwa ...

The appointment of Mr. Gbenga Shobo as new Managing Director/CEO designate of First Bank Nigeria Limited on Wednesday by the Board of Directors of the Bank has been commended by industry stakeholders who said with the appointment, the Bank will no doubt raise the bar in delivery of financial services to its teeming customers. Recall that the Board of Directors ...

  Nigerian Comedian, Damilola Adekoya, known more as Princess said her foster child is the young girl Yoruba actor, Baba Ijesha sexually and serially molested over seven years. Baba Ijesha, 48, whose real name is Olarenwaju James was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. The police said based on preliminary findings, the suspect  ...

  Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. Osinbajo said this at an interactive forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants organised by the State chapter of the APC Patriots in Abuja, NAN reports. “The thing about the kind of conflict in ...

The Board of First Bank of Nigeria at its meeting on Wednesday, approved the appointment of Mr Gbenga Shobo, currently Deputy Managing Director, as Managing Director designate of the bank. The lender has also appointed Mr. Abdullahi Ibrahim, as its new Deputy Managing Director. According to the bank, the decision is subject to all regulatory approvals. Shobo succeeds Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan , ...

  Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday warned of imminent danger over the continuous attacks on schools in the country. Atiku warned that darkness awaits Nigerians if the attacks on schools are not curbed. He spoke while condemning the abduction of three students of the University of Agriculture in Makurdi, Benue State yesterday. ...

  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday announced that another tariff review for Nigeria’s 11 power distribution companies would hold in July. It disclosed this in its notice of Minor and Extraordinary Review of Tariffs for Electricity Transmission and Distribution Companies, a development that might lead to a rise in the tariffs payable by electricity users.    

Shareholders of FCMB Group Plc(www.fcmbgroup.com) have restated their confidence in the financial institution to sustain its impressive performance and deliver more value. The shareholders gave the commendation at the 8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Group held on April 21, 2021 at its corporate head office in Lagos. They also unanimously approved the payment of a dividend of N2.97 billion, ...