Month: August 2025

Court dismisses order seeking to stop Rivers LG poll

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday dismissed an ex parte order seeking to stop the August 30 Local Government elections in the state. The Presiding Judge, Justice Stephen Jumbo, in his ruling in a suit…

Unilever Nigeria management team visits FIRS leadership

Nigeria management team visits FIRS leadership NM Partners In its continued commitment to stakeholder engagement, Unilever Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Abuja on Monday, August 25, 2025. The visit underscored Unilever’s dedication…

First deportees arrive in Rwanda from the US

Seven migrants deported from the US have arrived in Rwanda, the first of 250 expected to be taken in by the African state under a deal reached with President Donald Trump’s administration. “The first group of seven vetted migrants arrived…

Ethiopia Seals Fertilizer Investment Deal with Dangote Group

Ethiopian Investment Holdings and Dangote Group Sign Landmark Shareholders’ Agreement for $2.5 Billion, 3 million Metric Tons Urea Fertilizer Production Complex in Gode, EthiopiaADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), the strategic investment arm of the Government of Ethiopia,…

Switzerland Pledges Support For Nigeria’s Bid For IMO Category ‘C’ Seat

The Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, received the letter of endorsement during a courtesy visit by the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Patrick Felix Egloff, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja. Expressing his delight,…

Tinubu Banks on Tech, Food Security to Boost Nigeria’s Growth

President Bola Tinubu has promised to fast-track Nigeria’s development through technology and food security, aligning with the success models of emerging economies, like Brazil. Speaking during a meeting in Brasilia with a cross-section of Nigerians resident in Brazil, Tinubu emphasised…

Becoming bank branch manager at 27 changed course of my life – Tony Elumelu

Becoming bank branch manager at 27 changed course of my life – Tony Elumelu Elumelu   Chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, has reflected on the pivotal moment that shaped his career,…

Phyna accuses Dangote Group of breaking promise to fund sister’s treatment abroad

Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has accused the Dangote Group of not honoring its promise to sponsor her sister Ruth’s medical treatment abroad.P Phyna’s sister, Ruth, was involved in a serious road…

Roosevelt Ogbonna resigns from Access HoldCo, remains Access Bank CEO

Corporate Governance Guidelines for Financial Holding Companies It states: “Access Holdings Plc (the Company’) today announces the resignation of one of its Non- Executive Directors Mr. Roosevelt Ogbonna from the Board after three and half years of dedicated service.  …

Equatorial Guinea president’s son convicted for selling national plane

Equatorial Guinea president’s son convicted for selling national plane. Equatorial Guinea president’s son convicted for selling national plane This file photo taken on June 24, 2013 shows Teodoro (aka Teodorin) Nguema Obiang Mongue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president, arriving…