President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said that Nigeria would need prayers to overcome its current challenges. Mr Ola Awoniyi, Special Adviser (Media) to the President of the Senate quoted Lawan to have said this when a delegation of the Christian Legislators’ Fellowship of the National Assembly visited... Read more
WASHINGTON, DC –United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Tony Perkins and Vice Chair Gayle Manchin today announced the launch of the Freedom of Religion of Belief (FoRB) Victims List, which is contained in a public online database. The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA), as... Read more
Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited hosted the third edition of its annual Fintech summit themed “Banking + Tech = Solving Real Problems”. The event held on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 in Lagos with a conference and panel sessions comprising tech experts, start-... Read more
The meeting between the organised labour and representatives of the Federal Government has been moved till Wednesday, Oct. 16, to allow for sorting out of all grey areas of contention. A top Labour Official, who pleaded anonymity, hinted that the organised labour had shifted its earlier position from 29... Read more
The United Labour Congress (ULC) president, Mr Joe Ajaero, says the group will not be part of an exercise designed to hoodwink Nigerian workers and masses into believing that their interests are being championed. Ajaero made this known in an interview with newsmen during the ongoing negotiations on minimum... Read more
Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the country’s inflation rate in September 2019 increased by 0.22 per cent to 11.24 per cent from 11.02 per cent recorded in August. It said this in its “Consumer Price Index (CPI), September 2019” released on Tuesday in Abuja. “Increases were recorded... Read more
Lagos, 11 October 2019. As part of the Bank’s financial inclusion and global thought leadership drive, the Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan participated in the 2019 Global Leaders Interactive panel session of the 2019 Ethical Finance Conference held on 8 – 9 October... Read more
Lagos, 11 October 2019, In furtherance of its commitment to the growth and development of sports, nation building and the economy at large, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of the Georgian Cup of the Kaduna Polo Tournament for the 100th consecutive year, possibly the longest... Read more
The Joint Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Delta Safe, (OPDS) averted some 313 sabotage attempts on major crude oil export pipelines in the Niger Delta region. The vandalism incidents occurred between Jan and Sept. 2019. The pipelines are the Trans Niger Delta, Trans Escravos and Trans Ramos lines... Read more
Partnership With Ethiopian Airlines: Rivers Govt. To Sponsor Indigenes To Ethiopian Aviation Academy
From Dianabasi Effiong Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the State Government will sponsor Rivers indigenes to study at the Ethiopian Aviation Academy, a subsidiary of the Ethiopian Airlines Group. Speaking during his recent visit to the corporate headquarters of Ethiopian Airlines at Addis Ababa, Governor Wike... Read more
