Immediate-past Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside says the ongoing #EndSARS protest across Nigeria provides an opportunity for the government to embark on a comprehensive reform of the Nigeria Police and not just the SARS. Dr. Peterside stated this at the... Read more
FirstBank Statement On False Tweet
FeaturedPress Releases October 17, 2020
CORPORATE STATEMENT Our attention has been drawn to the tweet making the rounds on social media on shutting down the FirstBank website following a false tweet that the Bank prevented staff from joining the ongoing protests in the country. As the largest banking institution in Nigeria, it is not... Read more
Lagos, 14 October 2020 – Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its CEO, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has been honoured with membership of Bretton Woods Committee (BWC). FirstBank has also joined Bretton Woods Committee as an Organisational Supporter in line... Read more
There are well coordinated plots to undermine the investigation of the alleged dubious Chinese loans to Nigeria for the construction of railway lines, a human group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), have alleged. In a statement made available to newsmen by the group’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel... Read more
The two leading opposition candidates in Ivory Coast’s October 31 presidential vote on Thursday asked their supporters to actively boycott the electoral process as the West African nation officially began its 2020 presidential campaign. “The electoral process under way does not concern us… we ask our supporters for an... Read more
A UN peacekeeper was killed in northern Mali and another seriously wounded after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb on Thursday, the UN mission said. The attack came as civil servants in the capital, Bamako, protested against the “selective release” of foreign hostages in hostage swap deals by the... Read more
Sequel to a meeting between Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State and Nigerian youths in the state t0day (Thursday), the state government have constituted a panel of enquiry to look into allegations of human rights abuses perpetrated by the notorious and now defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the... Read more
The leadership of Bilabiri Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has appealed to the Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjthe to wade into the leadership tussle in the Mien Cluster Development Board (CDB). According to the community, Mr. David Otiti, erstwhile representative of Bilabiri 1, on... Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says all Nigerians should support the total reform of the Nigeria Police Force. According to a statement by Paulinus Nsirim, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Wike made his views known when he addressed End-SARS protesters at Government House, Port Harcourt, “Governor Wike told... Read more
