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……As  Shettima demands a responsive social protection policy to end poverty The National Economic Council (NEC) on Monday approved the refinancing of the US$3.3 billion Project Gazelle Pre-Export Finance Facility through a new US$4.5 billion facility named “Project Gazelle 2”. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, office of the […]

First HoldCo Plc has become the first bank in Nigeria’s history to surpass a market capitalisation of N6 trillion, driven by record earnings, renewed confidence in the group’s transformation strategy, and sustained demand for banking stocks. The financial holding company crossed the milestone during trading on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Monday after its share […]

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Pressure on FIFA president Gianni Infantino intensified on Saturday after UEFA declared it had lost confidence in the governing body’s leadership, following the collapse of the controversial plan to sell a stake in the commercial rights of the FIFA World Cup to private investors. The unprecedented rebuke came hours after FIFA abandoned its proposal to […]

Talent abroad, failure at home Nigerian footballers shine in Europe’s top leagues, yet we cannot assemble a team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. For the second consecutive cycle, Nigeria failed to qualify despite a ₦20 billion budget to prepare for the qualifying rounds. The cost of failure is staggering. Nigeria lost $12.5 million […]

History has been made as the Slum2School Green Academy, located in Saga Island, Epe, Lagos State, becomes the first school in Nigeria ever listed for the prestigious World’s Best School Prize for Environmental Action. The announcement was made by T4 Education, the global organisation behind what is widely described as the ‘World Cup for School.’ […]

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have intensified efforts to disrupt the logistics and financial networks of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), arrested six suspected collaborators. Just as the troops received the surrender of the wife and son of a senior ISWAP finance operative, and recovered motorcycles and illicit drugs during separate operations in […]

Author Victor Okonma has released a new book, ‘The Ideal Woman of an African Man’, offering what he describes as a practical and scripture-based guide to building enduring homes from an African Christian perspective. According to Okonma, the book shifts attention from the glamour of weddings and outward appearances to the values and principles required […]

Millions of smallholder farmers across Africa produce much of the continent’s food, yet many remain excluded from formal financial systems because they lack the records and credit histories lenders require. UfarmX is changing that by digitising agricultural value chains, giving farmers greater market access while generating the data that helps financial institutions recognise them as […]

…As music, cultural icon champions men’s health awareness Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, will headline the public presentation of 999, the latest memoir by Charles Oputa, an iconic entertainer, social activist and television personality, who is popularly known as Charly Boy. The public presentation, which will hold at a special event in Lagos, is […]