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Access Holdings Plc took a big advantage of its aggressive offshore expansion to build a balance sheet of N26.7 trillion in 2023 — the biggest asset expansion the bank holding company has seen in many […]

Cubana Chief Priest, the nightlife promoter, has arrived at the federal high court, Ikoyi, Lagos, for the continuation of his “naira abuse” trial. On April 16, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed a […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Monday released an order on the Deregulation of Meter Prices for meters deployed under the Meter Asset Provider Scheme. It said the prices of meters were deregulated after Meter […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, released the results of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, showing that 1,402,490 candidates out of 1,842,464 failed to score 200 out of 400 marks. The number […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Monday began offloading 240 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol, as it stepped up efforts to tackle the worsening nationwide petrol scarcity. As the NNPCL […]

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) says it does not have access to petroleum products. Queues resurfaced in fuel stations amid petrol scarcity, which led to an increase in transport costs. […]

A competition and consumer protection tribunal (CCPT) in Abuja has stopped Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on May 1. A three-member tribunal led by […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced the deregulation of meter prices under the meter asset provider (MAP) scheme for end-user customers. This is contained in a circular issued by the commission on Monday. […]

ZENITH BANK HOLDCO STRUCTURE TRANSITION APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc unanimously approved the restructuring of the Bank to a holding company during a court-ordered Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held virtually from Zenith […]

The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached […]

There are indications that prices of goods and services may not come down soon despite the speedy appreciation of Naira against major foreign currencies in recent weeks. On Thursday, US Dollars traded for N1,060, about […]

Some employees of the Landmark Beach Resort in the Oniru area of Lagos, staged a protest on Wednesday, as the federal government begins the sand filling of the beachfront for the construction of the coastal […]

Lokoja—Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have laid siege to the Abuja residence of the immediate past governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. According to eyewitnesses, EFCC officials stormed the ex-governor’s residence […]

I HAD wanted to comment this week on the feigned surprise by the former Accountant General of the Federation, AG-F, Ahmed Idris, that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, decided to prosecute him in […]

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, said yesterday that the apex bank is not defending the Naira with the nation’s foreign reserves. He was speaking against the backdrop of […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has urged the federal government to constitute a technical task force of professionals to address the reoccurring national grid collapse. Obi spoke […]

A Nigerian doctor in the UK, Ewere Onyekpe, accused of having sex with a patient in a hospital’s toilet cubicle, has been suspended for an additional six months. Mr Onyekpe is said to have begun […]

The Federal Government, on Thursday, confirmed that it would pay compensation to all property owners along the path the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway would be passing through across nine states. The Minister of Works, David […]

The Lagos State Special Offences Court has granted the embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, bail of N50 million after being charged with a 26-count bordering on alleged abuse of office and irregular allocation […]