Access Bank Upgrades to Access Holding Plc
Access Bank has expanded its corporate structure as it will now be known as Access Holding PLC from May 1st. Read the bank’s message above.
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Rise and Defend Yourselves, Middle Belt Forum Charges Nigerians
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has called on Nigerians to deploy all means to defend themselves against those it described as “invaders” and “marauders”. The statement by Dr. Pogu Bitrus, the National President of the MBF reads as follows: “The attention of the Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has been drawn to the renewed vicious attacks…
Mother Nature Should Drive Africa’s Development Plans-AWF President
The President of the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Kaddu Sebunya has said that over a billion people provide the value of nature to yield inclusive growth in fighting poverty and unemployment. According to him, Africa has the world’s youngest rapid growing population in providing the market in Kenya, Nigeria and 52 other countries. Sebunya in a statement,…
Protect Telcom Infrastructures, NCC Charges Nigeria
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has emphasised that telecommunications consumers in Nigeria have a major role to play in complementing efforts being put in place to ensure effective protection of telecommunications infrastructure. This is important to sustain and improve on the quality of service delivery by the service providers. The Commission made this request and…
ECOWAS Reviews Timelines for Democratic Transition in Mali, Others
An extraordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Commission has ended in Accra with heads of states giving extended timelines to the coup countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea to initiate processes towards the return to democratic and constitutional rule. According to the Commission, states that may fail to comply with the new timelines will risk…
Mali: Jihadist Terrorists in Disarray
In the dynamics of the consolidation of achievements in the fight against terrorism, the GTIA KELETIGUI 1, under the leadership of the Malian military Commander-in-Chief, Colonel Seydou Bassirou Niangadou neutralized two terrorists of great renown. These two individuals are specialized in the installation of IEDs and the collection of zakats on the populations in the…
Ademola Adeleke Predicts Election Victory over Oyetola, Calls for Blacklisting of Election Riggers
Press Release The Osun state governorship candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke has predicted election victory over Governor Gboyega Oyetola on July 16th, calling for blacklisting and sanctioning of election riggers to protect democracy Speaking while receiving a delegation from the United States embassy led by Brandon Hudspeth ( political/Economic Section Chief),…
United States Slams Sierra Leone over Human Rights Abuses
The United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has released its 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Sierra Leone. The report highlight several human right lapses committed by countries and their governments across the world in 2021. In Sierra Leone, Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful or arbitrary…
The death of SG of the Federation, Dr Simon Harry, Shocking, Diminishing
I received with rude shock the news of the sudden death of the Statistician-General (SG) of the Federation, Dr Simon Harry, which occurred on Wednesday morning in Abuja. The late Dr Simon Harry served the nation with distinction as SG in the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. He discharged the mandate of his office with…
Algeria, Nigeria’s Gas Rival, Corners Italian Market
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi has announced a major gas deal with Algeria, which promises to reduce his country’s heavy reliance on Russian imports. Under the deal from this autumn, increased gas supplies will be sent through the Transmed undersea pipeline, which links Algeria to Italy via Tunisia. Italy buys the vast majority of its…