The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the fixtures and dates for the 2026 FIFA World Cup African play-off, as four nations vie for one remaining continental ticket. CAF confirmed that Morocco, the host nation for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), will also stage the play-offs, which will determine the final team […]
The Senate on Tuesday constituted a 12-member Ad-hoc cmCommittee to advise the upper chamber on how to respond to growing international concerns over alleged state-backed persecution of Christians in Nigeria. The resolution followed a closed-door session where lawmakers deliberated on recent claims by the United States Government suggesting possible acts of genocide targeting Christians in […]
Venezuela has closed its embassy in Norway, days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, a decision that has raised fresh questions about Caracas’s relations with Europe. In a statement on Monday, the Venezuelan government said the move was part of a broader “restructuring of its foreign service”, […]
Transcorp Power Plc, one of the power subsidiaries of Nigeria’s leading listed conglomerate, Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp Group), has announced a profit before tax of N91.2 billion for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, as revenue rose by 38 percent year-on-year. The unaudited financial results released by the company showed that revenue increased to […]
Pius Ibharoga of the Chartered Institute of Directors, Nigeria presents the award for Polaris Bank to Ayo Adesanya, Group Head, Central Operations, along with Rasheed Bolarinwa, Head, Brand Management & Corporate Communication, Adekunle Arogundade, Head, Enterprise Architecture. Polaris Bank has reaffirmed its dominance in Nigeria’s digital banking space by clinching the ‘Digital Bank of the […]
This is the third in my series on the long-term strategic imperatives before the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), which should be to exit the midstream and downstream petroleum sectors in the short to medium term and concentrate on accelerating the development of Nigeria’s upstream assets to optimise the nation’s overall gains from upstream […]
Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank, will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Annual Meeting in Washington DC, which opens on Monday, October 13. Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Sunday, said Cardoso, as the alternate Governor, replaces the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, […]
Apart from being grown for local consumption a wide variety of products are derived from maize. These include baby powder, cosmetics and golf tees. Maize, more commonly known as corn, is also used to create a form of plastic for use in items such as pens, coffee mugs and ice scrapers. Maize products also include […]
…as W/Bank commits $700 m to strengthen URWASH programme The Oyo State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ending open defecation and strengthening water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects by keying into the new development version supported by the World Bank, code-named Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (SURWASH) programme. Seun Ashamu, […]