Sterling Bank Plc has launched a new mobile banking application known as I-invest in a bid to encourage people to build a savings and investment culture.
The new application is supported on Android and IOS devices.
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A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has urged the Federal Government to grant the N56,000 minimum wage demand by the Nigerian Labour Congress, saying it is not too much considering the depreciation of naira.
He lamented that the nation’s leaders had...
The Accident Investigation Bureau has released six final accident and serious incident reports that occurred in the industry between 2009 and 2014.
Among the released reports was that of Associated Airlines’ crash of October 3, 2013, which occurred when the remains of a former Governor of Ondo...
Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) of the United States Department of Treasury have commenced discussions on strategies for resolving bank failures in the country
Meanwhile the United States agency has commended the NDIC on the...
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on Tuesday in London urged countries that had made laws banning same-sex marriage to change their stand.
She described such laws as outdated legislations.
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Former Cameroon and Arsenal defender, Lauren, says none of the African teams at the World Cup will get past the quarterfinals in Russia.
Nigeria (Super Eagles), Senegal (Teranga Lions), Tunisia (Carthage Eagles), Egypt (Pharaohs) and Morocco(Atlas Lions) will represent Africa at Russia 2018...
A former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, says Nigerians no longer take him seriously because he annulled the June 12, 1993 Presidential election adjudged as the most credible election in the history of Nigeria.
Babangida said this during a programme on Channels Television titled, ‘Roadmap...
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has said that re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari into office for a second term and indeed politics in Nigeria generally are no longer of interest to them, but the actualization of Biafra.
Speaking against the...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has said that it is set to resume the prosecution of a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, for alleged criminal conversion of money belonging to the...
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday condemned the recent robbery attacks on commercial banks in Offa, Kwara State, saying the incidents were signs that the country’s security system was “sick.”
The lawmakers said the situation called for the overhauling of the security system...
A Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, has said that Nigerians will regret it if they vote President Muhammadu Buhari into office again.
Mohammed said it was left for Nigerians whether Buhari will get another term or not.
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Report indicating a worsened operational environment in Nigeria’s upstream oil sector, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the parent company of Shell Company in Nigeria, said crude oil theft from its pipeline networks in Nigeria rose by 50 percent to 9,000 barrels of oil a day (b/d) in 2017, from about...
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, yesterday ordered a 21-day extension of the ultimatum given to Nigerians across the country to return illegal and prohibited weapons in their possession.
The new date is now now between April 9, 2018 (yesterday) and April 30, 2018.
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The Nigerian Ambassador to Benin-Republic, Mr Kayode Oguntuase, yesterday said the border bilateral agreements between both countries (Nigeria and Benin Republic) only existed on papers, saying: “They were never executed.”
This came as Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal...
A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mathew Mbu, has told a story of how the Nigerian Government repaired a ship worth only £2.8 million with a whopping £18 million.
This was made public through an autobiography he left behind to be published by his family.
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Following the back and forth between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party over the latter’s apology to all Nigerians over their misgovernance while in power, the Buhari government, in one-upmanship crassness, released a list of “looters” who are alleged to have stolen...
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs Winnie Madikizela Mandela as a huge loss to Africa.
The President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, noted that Winnie Mandela was “a woman of...
The Peoples Democratic Party Caucus at the House of Representatives on Tuesday tackled the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government over the “worsening sufferings” of Nigerians.
The caucus noted that more Nigerians were hungry due to lack of food while many others were unemployed or...
Most economists and financial experts agree that Nigeria, due to oil woes, was bound to experience a mild economic decline in 2016 but most probably, not a full-blown recession.
That the economy declined by 1.56 per cent that year on the aggregate can be blamed on the failure of the government...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has given the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, 48 hours to withdraw his statement against him or face litigation.
According to the spokesperson for the PDP chairman, Mr. Ike Abonyi, who said...
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