…Customers and Non-Customers of the Bank to Use Platform By OOREOFEOLUWA KALEJAIYE, Lagos- Polaris Bank on Tuesday launched its much anticipated digital banking platform, VULTe. In his welcome address at the well-attended unveiling ceremony which held at Eko Hotel, Lagos and virtually to national and global audience, Chairman of...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja-The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Unity Colleges to Saturday 5th June, 2021 as approved by the Federal Ministry of Education. The Examination which was initially scheduled for Saturday 29th May, 2021, was rescheduled to give...
India on Wednesday recorded 4,529 COVID-19 deaths, making it the highest single-day spike of fatalities anywhere in the world since the beginning of the pandemic, official data showed. The South Asian country set the grim global record by breaching the previous highest figure of 4,475 in the U.S. on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja-The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Government and other top institutions in France to facilitate the training of Nigerian laboratory technologists. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, made this known on Tuesday while declaring...
The wearisome gridlock on the Tin Can Island and Apapa ports link roads in Lagos, two of the nation’s premier seaports, appears to be getting worse everyday. The persistent gridlock that has been unswallowable bone in the throat of port users continues to defile every basic solutions throw at...
The Federal Government has said that the nation’s revenue dropped by 57 per cent following the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, a situation that compelled the government to look for ways and means to augment its budget. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that it has registered 29 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,807 confirmed cases. As at Tuesday, 18 May, 2021, the public health agency recorded no...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- A 50-seater capacity electronic library has been established for the Faculty of Management Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). The Vice Chancellor of of ATBU, Professor Muhammadu Abdulazeez, in his speech at the official commissioning of the e-library on...
Kelechi Iheanco’s goal was not enough as Chelsea avenged their FA Cup final defeat by Leicester to move above the Foxes into third in the Premier League with a 2-1 win in front of 8,000 fans at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. Antonio Rudiger and Jorginho, from the penalty spot,...
Gunmen have abducted a judge at a Shari’a Court located between Baure Zaka villages in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The judge, simply identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila was, according to a resident (name withheld), kidnapped at about 3:00 pm today while on a personal visit to...
The National Leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday criticised the actions of Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai in the ongoing labour dispute in the state. In a statement signed by the group’s National President, Williams Akporeha and General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale,...
The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters has launched a new, special operation designed to restore peace to the South-East. The region has recently witnessed several attacks on police formations and other government facilities. The police said the insecurity situation has been “heightened by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and...
The Federal Government on Tuesday waded into the ongoing face-off between the Kaduna state government and labour unions. The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have embarked on a five-day warning strike and protests in the state over the sack of over 7,000 government workers. Meanwhile, the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- The Arewa Consultatiive Forum (ACF) has called on the Kaduna State Government to reconsider its decision on downsizing the work force in the states services, which has prompted the Labour unions to embarked on a five-day warning strike and protests over the sack of over...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai to “immediately end the growing crackdown on workers and protesters in his state.” In a statement today signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: “Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Kaduna...
By YUSUFU IDEGU, Jos- The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has dispatched a crack team of Investigators to Jos, to join other law enforcement agencies to carry out a thorough investigation on the Lebanese National, Mr. Suleiman (AKA Simo), who is alleged to be...
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has sacked all nurses below grade level 14 in the state for embarking on strike in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress. The governor directed the Ministry of Health in the state to immediately advertise vacancies for the replacement of the dismissed nurses....
Germany has agreed to return all Benin artefacts by 2022. The artefacts are those taken from the Benin Royal Court following the British incursion in 1849. This was announced on Tuesday at a press briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The event was attended by the Minister of Information,...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Dahiru-Bauchi, has stated that he would have prevented the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from entering his house, if he had joined the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi in visiting him. He said this when Sanusi paid him a...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – At a time of unparalleled African leadership in global organisations, the forthcoming ‘UBA Africa Conversations 202” scheduled to take place virtually on Tuesday May 25th, 2021 at 12pm WAT, provides the opportunity for an African and global audience to hear directly from the bank’s distinguished...