EFCC: The campaign against cybercrime gets to Adeleke University in Osun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday took its campaign against cybercrime to the Adeleke University, Ede in Osun. This is contained in a statement by Mr Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson in Ibadan. Mr Ben Ubi, EFCC Head of Legal and Prosecution, Ibadan Zonal Office, who spoke at the...
Rivers University, UNIPORT explore entrepreneurship for survival
The Rivers State University and the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) are carving a niche for themselves in establishing entrepreneurship businesses to enable them survive the present economic downturn. It was learnt that the Rivers State University was establishing thriving cattle, pigs, birds and fish farms, among others, just as the management was also resuscitating its...
Zenith Bank pumps N11.3 trillion loans into economy in five years
Leading Tier-1 deposit money bank (DMB), Zenith Bank Plc granted expansive facilities in loans and advances totaling N11.3 trillion in the past five years: 2016-2020, data from its annual reports has revealed. The DMB which belongs to the prestigious Premium Board league of the NGX Exchange (formerly Nigerian Stock Exchange) also accelerated the facilities to support businesses...
Nigerian government advised to shun Eco currency, focus on Naira
As West African countries continue to dilly-dally on the adoption of a common currency, a former diplomat has advised the Nigerian government to shun the Eco currency and pursue policies that would reflate the naira. “Increased strengthening of the value of the naira is more important for Nigeria than dissipating energy on floating the...
SPORTS: Super Falcons forward Ordega joins Levante on 2-year deal
Spanish side Levante Femenino said on Wednesday they have completed the signing of Super Falcons forward Francisca Ordega from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua on a two-year deal. The club disclosed this on their twitter handle @ludfemenino on Wednesday. Ordega now joins several Nigerian players in the top flight of Spanish women...
Over 300,000 Nigerians with eye defects benefit from FCMB’s ‘Priceless Gift of Sight’
First City Monument Bank, in partnership with Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) of India, has so far carried out free eye surgeries, correctional testing services and provided glasses to over 300,000 Nigerians under the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, tagged Priceless Gift of Sight. Out of this number, the sight of almost 17,000 visually impaired Nigerians have...
Nnamdi Kanu’s reply to MACBAN over threat to avenge any herdsmen killed in South-East
The leader of the Indigenous of Biafra, IPOB Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Thursday night replied to the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, over its alleged threat that it will avenge the death of every herdsman killed in South East by IPOB. Mazi Kanu in a late statement released with a dragon logo, at exactly 9...