In a move expected to significantly alter electronic payment system in an unprecedented manner, and improve the lifestyle of the average Nigerian, Ecobank Nigeria Plc, a dominant franchise of Africa�s leading regional bank, Ecobank Group, has introduced the first credit … read more
Financial crime in the UK stemming from Nigeria involves “billions of pounds” but not enough is being done to stop it, a report has concluded. Internet scams, credit card fraud and money laundering are going unchecked by governments in both … read more
FRESH crisis looms between the Itsekiri and Ijaw in Warri, Delta State over the existing wards in Warri South Local Government Area. Dispute between the two ethnic groups led to a bloodbath in which many lives were lost between 2003 … read more
Nigerian gunmen have vacated an Agip oil pumping station in the remote creeks of the Niger Delta after a two-week siege and released close to 40 hostages, a government official said on Monday. Armed militants and villagers invaded the Tebidaba … read more
The Federal Government at the weekend suspended the operating licences of four airlines – Sosoliso Airlines, Fresh Airlines, Space World and Nicon Airways – in a determined bid to guarantee safety in the skies. This followed recent air mishaps which … read more
THE crisis in the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party took a new dimension, on Saturday, when irate youths and some governorship aspirants stormed the party secretariat in Uyo, the state capital, to protest an alleged ploy … read more
A new anti-malaria drug, Lonart, an Artemisinin-based combination preparations, which is one of the two drugs recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), as first line drugs in the treatment of malaria in Africa, is due for launch this week … read more
On one side of the car, a man peers hopefully in the window, his weak legs supported by crutches. A crippled child scratches at the glass on the other side. Two men with shriveled limbs scoot through the traffic jam … read more
One of the pilots of Odengene Air Shuttle (OAS), who survived last week�s crash near Warri, Delta State, Captain Javier Marmol, is dead. Marmol, 56, died at about 3.00am on Thursday at the Lagoon Hospital, Lagos. Executive Director of the … read more
A word from Chief, It disturbs, disgusts and dissapoints me that stories like this are still told – never mind reported as news in Nigeria. As long as the Nigerian press continue to cover superstition over substance – I fear … read more