Nigerian e-commerce startup Pearwheel has launched a PearB2B digital platform to help retailers connect easily to manufacturers. According to the company, the new product which doubles as an online shopping platform was developed to bridge the gap betw…
Transcorp Group reports 32.3% revenue rise, total assets grow to N416 billion
Transcorp Corporation Nigeria Plc has declared N111.2 billion revenue in 2021, representing a 32.3 percent increase from N75.3 billion recorded in 2020. Speaking on the 2021 financial performance of the group, Tony Elumelu, the chairman of the group sa…
Rehabilitation of ‘repentant Boko Haram’ not yielding desired result – NSA
Babagana Monguno, Nigeria’s national security adviser, has said the surrendering and reintegration of “repentant Boko Haram elements” has not engendered the desired result in stemming insurgency in the country. Mongonu disclosed this after a meeting th…
Abductors of Akwa Ibom cleric reduce ransom to N30 million
Kidnappers of John Okoriko, founder of Solid Rock Kingdom church in Akwa Ibom State have reduced the ransom they had earlier demanded from N100 million to N30 million. Okoriko was abducted on Tuesday from the church premises at Ibekwe in Mkpat Enin Loc…
AREAi reaches out-of-school children in IDP camps with ‘Fast Track’ programme
Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi) has equipped out-of-school children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in northern Nigeria with literacy and numeracy skills needed to transition the children back to formal education. Gideon S…
ECOWAS Brown Card: Nigerian insurers engage Customs, Immigration for penetration
Nigerian insurers have begun moves to deepen the scope and penetration of ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance Scheme through strategic engagements with the top brass of the Customs and Immigrations across the West African borders. It was in furtherance of such…
FCMB Offerings meet Customer and Regulatory Requirements – SON
Lagos: April 21, 2022: The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has again validated the capacity of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to provide best-in-class products and services that always meet consumer and regulatory requirements. SON, the only r…
Boko Haram is a perversion of religion- Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday dismissed the Boko Haram as neither religious nor ethnic underpinning, noting that “with adequate education, majority of Nigerians now know the truth” Receiving Ahmad Khan, the chief prosecutor of the Internation…
FCMB offerings meet customer, regulatory requirements – SON
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has again validated the capacity of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to provide best-in-class products and services that always meet consumer and regulatory requirements. SON, the only regulatory body vested w…
Thanksgiving turned into race: Secret excitement in Rivers before Amaechi declared for presidency
The world gathered to witness a ‘thanksgiving’ in Port Harcourt at the Adokiye Amasiemaka Olympic Standard Stadium that Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi built before he left office as governor, but they ended up seeing a racing minister who did 400 metres round…