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Demonstrating its commitment to environmental sustainability, The Alternative Bank, (AltBank) alongside the Sterling Sustainability Working Group, organised the Walk4ZeroPlastic march on Saturday, engaging over 300 volunteers in the battle against plastic pollution. The walk saw the recovery of several tonnes of waste while fostering meaningful conversations about sustainable waste disposal and long-term environmental change. The […]
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has announced the creation of the Renewable Asset Management Company (RAMCO), aiming to revolutionise renewable energy financing in Nigeria. The REA managing director, Engr. Abba Aliyu, who made this known, said the new entity, established with approval of the minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, would seek to mobilise as much […]
The over 60 underwriting firms in the country paid total claims of N266 billion to policyholders who suffered insured risks in the first quarter of 2025 even as the industry recorded gross premium written (GPW) of N769.2 billion for both life and non-life businesses during the quarter. The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), in its latest […]
The newly appointed managing director and chief executive officer of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC),Thompson Oludare Sunday, has assured Nigerians that his management will consolidate on the successes of the corporation by fine-tuning existing structures to make them more effective and responsive to current risks in the financial system. Sunday made this commitment during […]
The deputy managing director (DMD) of ProvidusBank, Kingsley Aigbokhaevbo, has restated the bank’s commitment to sustaining its Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Programme for the foreseeable future as part of its efforts to boost entrepreneurship in the country. Celebrating the fifth year anniversary of the launch of the SME programme in partnership with the Enterprise […]
The Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP) has partnered Sub-City Global Project and Letshego Microfinance Bank to distribute about 50 brand-new, locally assembled tricycles to members of the Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN). The initiative, unveiled in Lagos yesterday, aligns with the Federal Government’s directive to widen credit access for everyday Nigerians through asset-backed consumer […]
The Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA), has celebrated six years of non major air incidents, accidents or crashes in the member nations. The BAGAIA nations include Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Speaking on Monday at the 12th BAGAIA commission meeting in Abuja with the theme: “Celebrating our […]
Globacom has announced ongoing network upgrade efforts aimed at enhancing the customer experience. The company disclosed that it has been working nonstop to guarantee that customers nationwide continue to receive good value, particularly in light of the most recent tariff increase that was authorised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). In order to ensure exceptional […]
The Nigerian Youth Organisation (NYO) has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to undertake rigorous ethical reforms to restore the dignity of the legal profession and align it unmistakably with the country’s democratic ideals. Speaking at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, the group’s president, Comrade Okorie C. Okorie, stated that the NYO speaks […]
Imagine reading a book with no way to turn back the page. How carefully would you read it? That is the question Nigeria, and indeed Nigerians must confront today, not in metaphor but in its bones. For over six decades, the country has read its own history too quickly, skipped past its tragedies, misread its […]