2022 IWD: Fidelity Bank Celebrates with Financial Support to Women-Owned Businesses and Girls’ Academy

In what has been termed a major push for breaking the gender bias in Nigeria, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, in partnership with media entrepreneur-Linda Ikeji- celebrated the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD) with an impressive networking event specifically for women to inspire one another, discuss pertinent challenges they face as well as proffer…

Stanbic IBTC Set To Boost Nigeria’s Health Sector

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings has demonstrated its commitment to support the Nigerian health sector by making available special financing solutions for healthcare providers to effectively render services to Nigerians. As one of its key initiatives, the financial institution announced that it has made available flexible loan facilities to stakeholders in…

Seven Officers Injured As NDLEA Arrests Taraba Drug Kingpin

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested Micha Godwin, a notorious drug dealer at Nukai market, along Jalingo-Wukari road in the Taraba state capital, Jalingo. A statement released on Wednesday by the Spokesperson of the Agency, Femi Babafemi, said during the incident, the anti-narcotic officers came under attack and at least…

IWD: Unity Bank, AltSchool Africa Partner to Empower Female Software Engineers

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, IWD 2022, Nigeria’s retail lender, Unity Bank Plc is partnering AltSchool Africa to sponsor female students towards the acquisition of specialist software skills – an empowerment initiative to boost the capacity of the female gender. AltSchool Africa is a school for individuals looking to gain technical skills and kick…

Senate Rejects Amendment to Electoral Act

The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected the Executive request by President Muhammadu Buhari to amend the Electoral Act signed into law on the 25th February, 2022. This followed the failure of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to scale through second reading on the floor during plenary. The move to reject the bill was signaled by a…

Allow Eligible Prison Inmates to Vote During Elections, Senate urges INEC

The Senate has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow duly registered and eligible prison-electorates to exercise their franchise during all general elections in Nigeria. This was even as it called on the Electoral body to determine the status of the inmates that are constitutionally and legally qualified to be registered as eligible voters…

UK Government Partners with UBA Foundation, Others to Support Girl-Education in Developing Countries

As part of activities to mark this year’s edition of the International Women’s Day (IWD), the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has launched a new global partnership with UBA Foundation and 10 other organisations, to improve girls’ access to education and employment in developing countries. To this end, the UBA Foundation, together with 10…

APC is a Defunct Party, Not Eligible to Contest Elections – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again cautioned all intending aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) for various positions in the 2023 general elections to note that APC is legally defunct, structurally crippled and no longer a legitimate and valid vehicle to field candidates for elections under our extant laws. The party…

Judicial Ruling Won’t Stop Amendment of Electoral Act, Says Lawan

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the ruling by the Federal High Court in Abuja, won’t stop the National Assembly from amending the Electoral Act. The court in a ruling delivered on Monday by Inyang Ekwo, on an ex-parte application by the People’s Democratic Party, barred the President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney…

NIES 2022: Partners Commend Huawei for Support to Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry

Partners of telecommunication giant, Huawei have commended the company for its impact on the Nigerian oil and gas industry and their businesses on the heels of the just concluded 5th Nigerian International Energy Summit, NIES 2022 in Abuja. “Huawei has been a wonderful opportunity for my organization based on the nature of their technology, product…