Coronation festivities for new Owa Obokun begin May 16 in Ilesa
The coronation ceremonies for Oba Clement Adesuyi Haastrup the newly selected 49th Owa Obokun Adimula and ruler of Ijesaland, are scheduled to begin on May 16, 2025, in Ilesa,…
GTCO sustains growth momentum with N300bn profit in Q1 2025
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has released its unaudited consolidated and separate financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. The results show a resilient performance, with the…
Portable bags three months imprisonment for assault
Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Olalomi Okikiola, aka Portable, has been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Portable was sentenced by Chief Magistrate Babajide Ilo in Ogun State. In April 2023,…
FG grants operational licenses to 11 new private universities
The Federal Government of Nigeria has officially presented operational licenses to 11 newly approved private universities across various states, in a move to widen access to quality tertiary education…
Banks’ customers to pay N6 per SMS transaction alert starting today
Banks will commence implementing charges for alerts and other short messages (SMS) communications to their customers at the rate of N6 for every SMS transaction with effect from today.…
MTN Nigeria’s revenue hits N1 trillion, bounces back to profitability in Q1 2025
MTN Nigeria recorded a N1 trillion revenue in the first quarter of this year, buoyed by the recent tariff increment implemented in the middle of February 2025. Compared with…
May Day: N70,000 minimum wage not enough – Workers
As labour unions commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day today across the country, civil servants in various states on Wednesday said the N70,000 new national minimum wage is not enough…
Sanwo-Olu urges Lagos youths to enlist in army
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged young men and women across the state to take advantage of the ongoing recruitment into the Nigerian Army, emphasising the wealth of…
Borno barracks explosion caused by heat, not attack — Army
The Nigerian Army on Thursday confirmed that the explosion at an ammunition storage facility in Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri, was caused by extreme heat conditions in the area. In a…
APC to Umo Eno: PDP plane unsafe, ours is ready to fly you out
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says its platform is ready to fly Umo Eno, the governor of Akwa Ibom, out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a statement…
