Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has criticised the recent ban on the protest song ‘Tell Your Papa’ by Nigerian rapper cum activist Eedris Abdulkareem. LEADERSHIP recalls that Abdulkareem, known for his similar protest song ‘Jaga Jaga’, which was critical of ...
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Tech Expert Pushes For Innovation In Digital Banking, Financial Inclusion
In the dynamic world of digital banking and financial technology, Nigerian fintech strategist and product innovator, Ayomide Olupitan, has emerged as one of the leading voices in financial inclusion and technological disruption. As the co-founder leading product and operations at ...
Read More »FG Exposes Irregularities In Student Loan Disbursements By Banks
….Alerts NELFUND, indicts tertiary institutions as accomplices The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has accused tertiary institutions of coniving with banks to short-change beneficiaries in the disbursement of the federal government’s student loans. The NOA said its investigations into the disbursement ...
Read More »BOOK REVIEW: I Dared To Be Different
BY Prof. Aniekan Brown BOOK REVIEW Title: I Dared to be Different: An Autobiography Author: Francis Osagie Erhabor Publisher: Verbatim Communications Limited Date: 2025 ISBN: 979-8-3154-6684-0 Foreword By: Solomon Ehigiator Arase, CFR, fdc (Former Inspector General of Police) Chapters: Seven ...
Read More »Foundation Registers 4,900 Repentant Terrorists For Deradicalisation, Empowerment In Borno
The executive director of Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, a non-governmental organisation ( NGO ), Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin, yesterday said that it has registered no fewer than 4,900 persons, comprising 3,700 women and 1,200 minors, some of whom are ...
Read More »Concerns As Teachers In Some States Remain On N18,000 Salary
Teachers in some states of the federation who are still placed on the N18,000 and N30,000 minimum wages or below have cried out for help. Although 14 states were allegedly paying their teachers the old wages when the N70,000 national ...
Read More »Nigeria, Japan Sign Agreements On Start-up Hub, Social Innovation Fund
Federal Government of Nigeria and the Government of Japan on Thursday signed two landmark agreements aimed at deepening support for innovation and entrepreneurship in Nigeria, with a combined grant commitment of over $30 million. The agreements, signed in the office ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Gas Reserves Hit Record 210.5trn Cubic Feet, To Last 93 Years — NUPRC
Nigeria’s crude oil and gas reserves have hit a record high of 37.24 billion barrels and 210.5 trillion cubic feet, according to the Commission Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Gbenga Komolafe. The development comes ...
Read More »Sterling Bank Reiterates Transfer Fees Removal
Sterling Bank has eliminated transfer fees on its digital banking platform in a significant move that changes the dynamics of the Nigerian banking sector. This decisive move makes Sterling the first major Nigerian bank to forgo earning a cut from ...
Read More »Deliver On Key Gas Initiatives For National Economic Growth, Ekpo Urges NNPC
Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has charged the new leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) to prioritize the completion of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) and Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) projects and other critical National Gas Projects. ...
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