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Trust Issues, Fees Hinder 25% of Unbanked Nigerians – World

14.08.2025

Twenty-five per cent of Nigerians without bank accounts have highlighted trust issues and high charges as barriers to their involvement in the formal financial system, according to the World Bank. This was indicated in the latest Global Findex Database 2025, published by the World Bank, which provides insights into financial inclusion, digital payments, savings, and...

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FirstBank Conference to Boost Agric, Non-Oil Export in Niger

14.08.2025

FirstBank has announced the 2025 edition of its FirstBank Agric and Export Conference, targeted at boosting the contributions of agriculture and non-oil exports to Nigeria’s economic development. According to a statement by the financial institution, the conference, themed ‘The Fundamentals of Building a Non-Oil Export-Driven Economy’, will build on the momentum of previous successful editions....

Stanbic IBTC Wins Best Trade Finance Bank Award in Nigeria

14.08.2025

Stanbic IBTC Bank has received multiple honours at the Cosmopolitan The Daily Business Awards. In a statement on Wednesday, the bank revealed that it received an award as the Best Cash Management Bank and the Best Trade Finance Bank in Nigeria, underscoring its commitment to excellence in financial services. The Cosmopolitan The Daily Business Awards...

PAP Is For All Niger Delta Ex-Agitators

14.08.2025

The National Chairman of Phase 2 Presidential Amnesty Programme beneficiaries, Ibena Rufus Salvation, has once again emphasised that the amnesty initiative is a federal peace intervention that serves ex-agitators from all parts of the Niger Delta, not a tool to be controlled or influenced by any traditional ruler. Speaking on Wednesday in Yenagoa on behalf...

NLC Urges FG to Sell Crude in Naira

14.08.2025

The Nigerian Labour Congress has urged the Federal Government to end the importation of crude oil for the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and prioritise selling the commodity to the facility in naira. Speaking during a tour of the refinery and Dangote Fertiliser Limited, the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Lagos State chapter, Funmi Sessi, praised...

C’River Civil Servants Celebrate Milestone In Service Provision

14.08.2025

The civil and public servants in Cross River State on Wednesday took a walk around the streets of Calabar, the state capital, in a carnival mood to celebrate the 2025 Civil and Public Servants’ Day. After moving around selected areas in Calabar, they finally converged at the U.J. Esuene stadium, where the state governor, Senator...

Stransact & NRS Educate Businesses

14.08.2025

Stransact Chartered Accountants, in collaboration with the Nigeria Revenue Service, hosted a seminar/workshop for corporate taxpayers and business owners to enlighten them on how to navigate Nigeria’s new tax landscape. The event, themed “Navigating Nigeria’s New Tax Landscape: Understanding the 2025 Tax Reform Acts and Mandatory E-Invoicing for Taxpayers,” drew over 250 physical and virtual...

Court Sentences Four To 7 Years Imprisonment For Vandalising EEDC Property

14.08.2025

A High Court in Afikpo Judicial Division, Ebonyi State and presided over by Justice Nicholas Nwode, on Wednesday sentenced four persons to seven years imprisonment for vandalising the property of Enugu Electricíty Distribution Company (EEDC). The convicts include Ikechukwu Esseh (m), Ikedinachi Uche (m), Ukpai Godwin (m) and Uchenna Kalu (m) respectively. This followed a...

I’ll Make Sure All LGAs Are Accessible By Road Before I Leave

14.08.2025

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has revealed that his administration’s target is to make the headquarters of all eight local government areas in the state accessible by road before he leaves up. This was as he assured that his administration will not leave any project unfinished when he leaves office in February 2028. Diri...

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Cornerstone Insurance Sees 253% Q2 Profit Surge in 2025

14.08.2025

Cornerstone Insurance Plc has announced its unaudited financial results for the first and second quarters of 2025, revealing a 253 per cent jump in profit before tax for Q2 to N5.3bn from N1.5bn in Q1. According to the results published on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, the company recorded insurance revenue of N19.3bn in Q2 2025,...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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