Access Bank has  acquired 100% of Kenya’s Transnational Bank Plc and its 28 branches after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) gave its approval for the acquisition. Effective February 1. 2020, 100% of...

SunTrust Bank Limited has appointed Mrs. Halima Buba as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. She is taking over from Mr. Ayo Babatunde. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approved her  appointment...

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has appealed to Nigerian President, Muhammadu  Buhari to open the country’s borders. This was disclosed by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Buhari...

The Lagos State government has placed an extensive ban on motorcycles and tricycles popularly known as ‘okada’ and ‘keke Marwa’ from plying major roads in various local government areas of the...

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Simon Lalong as the governor of Plateau State. Jeremiah Useni of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had filed an appeal at the apex court to challenge the...

The new governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has dissolved all boards and parastatals constituted by the former government of Emeka Ihedioha with immediate efffect. Governor Uzodinma also ordered the...

The Supreme court has dismissed an appeal filed by Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu challenging the election of Aminu Tambuwal as Governor of Sokoto state. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji,...

The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the victory of Mr Abdullahi Ganduje and his party, the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 governorship election in Kano State . A seven-man panel led by the Chief...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer use the titles of His Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness after the Queen of England, Elizabeth II accepted their decision to step back from their roles as...

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in the Bwari area of Abuja has reaffirmed the sack of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party (YPP). Senator Ubah was  representing Anambra...

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Kingsley Obiora to replace Okwu Joseph Nnanna as  the Deputy Governor, Economic Policy Directorate of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Okwu Joseph Nnanna is to ...

The Federal Government will from February 1 begin the implementation of 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax. The law will take effect after all the necessary administrative procedures must have been completed,...

The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  Thursday called for a reversal of  the Supreme Court verdict on the Imo State governorship election that nullified the election of Emeka...

A total of 31 people  were killed by hoodlums in two separate attacks in Zamfara on Tuesday. Twenty-nine of them were killed by bandits at Babban Rafi village in Gummi Local Government Area of the state...

 Toyota is recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the fuel pumps can fail and cause engines to stall. The recall covers certain 2018 and 2019 Lexus LS 500, LC 500, RC 350, RC 300, GS 350,...

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned an attack on the convoy of the Emir of Potiskum, Alhaji Umaru Bubaram. Gunmen, according to the Senate President, attacked the Emir’s convoy...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an initial trade deal with senior Chinese officials which includes pledges from Beijing to more than double its purchases from American farmers in the first...

United States House of Representatives have passsed the formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, setting the stage for only the third trial to remove a president in...

The Eagle Square this morning was effectively cordoned off by security men as the 50th Anniversary edition of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day kicked off in Abuja. The ceremony itself was profoundly solemn...

The governor-elect of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has issued an order freezing all bank accounts belonging to the state government. This was disclosed in an ‘Order of Post No Debit’ issued by...