Stanbic IBTC Holdings, a member of Standard Bank Group, successfully hosted the 2026 edition of its Together4ALimb Walk recently. This year’s event attracted a significant turnout, with employees, beneficiaries, families, partners, and members of the public coming together for a commemorative awareness walk in the heart of Victoria Island, Lagos. Now in its 12th year,…
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been identified as the key driver behind a seven-fold increase in Nigeria’s seaborne petroleum product exports since 2023, according to the latest report by the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA). The U.S. agency disclosed that Nigeria’s seaborne petroleum product shipments averaged 561,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the second…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu is set to officially launch the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Vigilant App and MTN Closed User Group (CUG) Network on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at the Nigeria Police Resource Centre, FCT, Abuja. The initiative is part of the Nigeria Police Force’s ongoing efforts to strengthen technology-driven policing, enhance…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, and all relevant security and intelligence agencies to launch a coordinated rescue operation immediately for the victims of the recent mass abduction in Niger State. In a statement released on Wednesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, August 20, 2026, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Brookfield Group Holdings, Olatunji Oluwaseun Adebola,( a.k.a Whitelion) before Justice C. Ngozi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, for an alleged N990,000,000 (Nine Hundred and Ninety…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, effective August 27, 2026. Mr Enitan succeeds Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who will retire soon from the Federal Civil Service upon attaining the statutory retirement age of 60. Enitan, from Osun State, is the most…
The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, on Tuesday commissioned upgraded transmission infrastructure at Alausa and Lekki in Lagos, adding a combined 272MW of bulk power capacity to two of the state’s most economically significant corridors. At Alausa, an existing 30MVA transformer was replaced with a new 100MVA unit, lifting the station’s total capacity from 135MVA…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday August 19, 2026 arraigned Gideon Bakpa Aghogho and Oscar Ebere Chukwuebuka before Justice F.N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for alleged unlawful supply of bank access credentials. The defendants were arraigned alongside one Scott, who…
The Governor of Lagos State and Visitor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday announced a cash gift of N20 million each for the Best Graduating Student of the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 sessions. The beneficiaries are Ayilara Lawal Olawale (2024/2025 Session), who graduated with a First Class Honour of CGPA 4.96…
Findings from an industry-wide investigation conducted by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have suggested possible manipulation of prices of cement in the Nigerian market. The FCCPC disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the preliminary findings, contained in a 40-page field report, followed a cross-border study by the Anticompetitive Practices Department…