Gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives killing dozens of people an attack on a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria. The violence began as worshippers gathered at the St Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state on Sunday. Among the dead were many children.delegbe Timileyin, who represents the town of Owo where the attack took place, said…
FirstBank delighted investors with a pleasant surprise when it announced stellar results confirming that its turnaround strategy pinned on the pillars of innovation, resilience and digging deep is working. Its profit after tax spiked 108% to N32.4billion on the back of massive loan recoveries and a sharply lower level of non-performing loans (6.1%). Its capital…
Colombian superstar, Shakira, and Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique, announced on Saturday they were calling off their relationship of more than a decade. The 45-year-old Hips Don’t Lie crooner is one of the biggest names in the global music industry and has sold more than 60 million albums. Spanish football hero Pique, 35, won the 2010…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors from the north have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to look toward the southern presidential hopefuls when considering his successor. The governors released a statement to this effect after a meeting on Saturday. They asked the northern presidential hopefuls to withdraw from the race in national interest. According to the…
a’u Darazo, a presidential aide, has described the comments of Bola Tinubu on President Muhammadu Buhari as “acceptable and politically relevant”. At the meeting with party delegates on Thursday in Ogun state, Tinubu said without him, Buhari would have lost the 2015 presidential election. The outburst has stirred a plethora of reactions from political figures…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu, has said that the party did not disqualify any candidate among its 23 presidential aspirants. Adamu disclosed this on Saturday while speaking with journalists on the report of the screening committee. The former Nasarawa State governor rubbished reports that the Chief John Oyegun screening…
BtoB Events, organisers of Food & Beverage West Africa, has said that the trade show will return to Lagos in two weeks’ time. According to a statement, the exhibition will run from June 14-16 and will have more than 220 exhibitors from five continents taking part. The statement said the event would place a real…
Nigeria’s tier 1 lender, Access Bank, has pledged to fund entrepreneurs and create market access for small businesses by putting them in the right community. Speaking during a conversation with customers in the micro-, small- and medium- scale category, Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank, Victor Etuokwu, said the bank remained resolute in its drive to…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has backed the emergence of a southerner as a president in 2023. He made this known at a dinner with the All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants in Abuja. A source privy to the meeting told our correspondent that Buhari failed to name any consensus candidate. He also said…
