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By Funsho Arogundade After stepping down as Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, billionaire Jim Ovia is expanding his interests into Nigeria’s luxury residential real estate market with two waterfront towers on Lagos’ Victoria Island. The 74-year-old founder of Zenith Bank announced his retirement from the bank’s board on May 5, ending a 35-year chapter at…
The South African government has announced plans to recover the costs of deporting undocumented foreign nationals by billing the governments of their home countries. According to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, countries whose citizens are detained for violating South Africa’s immigration laws and subsequently deported will be expected to cover the expenses incurred…
For years, Opera Mini has been helping Nigerians get online. For many, it is tied to early mobile internet memories: browsing on limited bundles, reading blogs, chatting, downloading music, and finding ways to stay connected without spending too much. Now, thanks to Poco Lee and Seyi Vibez’s new track, “Opera Mini, ” the browser’s name…
Months of tension, protests and uncertainty over the controversial ward and polling unit delineation in Delta State’s oil-rich Warri Federal Constituency may be drawing to a close after President Bola Tinubu personally intervened to secure a peace agreement among leaders of the Ijaw, Urhobo and Itsekiri ethnic nationalities. The breakthrough came on Thursday during a…
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s livestock sector have called on the Federal Government to release details of its reported $2.5 billion agreement with jbs.com.br, a Brazilian meat processing company. The demand emerged at a regional meeting in Minna, where farmers, experts, civil society groups and government representatives discussed the possible effects of the proposed investment. Participants said…
Several Nigerians have taken to the comment section of social media pages of the First Abu Dhabi Bank of the United Arab Emirate to express opposition over plans by the Bola Tinubu government to secure $5 billion borrowing arrangement under the Total Return Swap, financing structure. The development is coming after the International Monetary Fund…
Even if they kidnap us all, there’s no vacancy in Aso Rock- Okpebholo Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has warned Nigerians that there is no vacancy in Aso Rock and even if everyone is kidnapped He accused opposition parties of deploying insecurity to tarnish the perception of the President Bola Tinubu administration. Okpebholo spoke on…
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced new internal rules strengthening party authority oversight of affiliated groups, and introducing stricter financial disclosure requirements, according to resolutions from its second National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. In a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, the NDC said it was reinforcing party supremacy, requiring all…
The High Court of Enugu State, in a landmark judgment with far-reaching historical and diplomatic implications, declared the killing of 21 coal miners during the infamous Iva Valley Massacre of November 18, 1949, as unlawful, extrajudicial, and a gross violation of the victims’ fundamental right to life. The Iva Valley Massacre remains one of the…
A 16-year-old JSS 3 student, Hannah (other name withheld) has narrated how she was taken to Ghana for prostitution by a neighbor, known as Tosin Moses. Tosin was said to have lure young girls and invite them to her house in Adamo before taking them to her mother’s home in Lucky Fibre, Ikorodu before commencing…