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Wema Bank, Nigeria’s oldest indigenous bank, most innovative and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has disbursed business grants totalling N3,000,000, to the top three Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) who emerged winners in a business pitch competition at the Lagos Leather Fair 2025, sponsored by Wema...

Kaduna State is inching closer to realising its dream of a modern intra-city rail system, as Governor Uba Sani on Wednesday met with the Minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali, in Abuja to fine-tune plans for the takeoff of the Kaduna Light Rail Project. The high-level meeting, at the...

Post-Service Housing Development Limited (PHDL) and Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL) reaffirmed their shared commitment to delivering affordable housing to military personnel during a high-level courtesy visit held on 1 July 2025 at the FHFL headquarters in Abuja. The meeting brought together the leadership of both organizations to strengthen an...

Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has reiterated his commitment to the peace and unity of all residents in the state regardless of political affiliations. Eno gave the reassurance on Wednesday during the monthly covenant service at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Uyo. “Although, I was elected on the Peoples Democratic...

China in partnership with Federal Government has chosen Iragbiji in Boripe Local Government of Osun State as an agro-business hub for its proposed smart farming industrial estate. Speaking at the palace of Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Rasheed Olabomi Odundun IV, Chair of China International Business and Development Corporation (CIBDC), Mr. Chang...

Neveah Limited, a player in the export and commodity trading sector, has been ranked 21st on 2025 Financial Times Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies list, and first in the Metals and Mining category. The publication recognises the company’s expansion on international markets, its strong operational capabilities, and consistent year-on-year revenue growth, while...

Former Vice President and 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and former Senate President Senator David Mark on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with select PDP leaders in Abuja. The high-level meeting, which began around 2 p.m., took place at the Borno/Anambra/Cross River Hall of the Transcorp Hilton...

**CP Assures Sustained Effort Against Criminality in FCT In the continued effort to rid the Federal Capital Territory and its environs of all forms of criminality, the operatives of the Command, acting on the strategic directive of the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Ajao S. Adewale. The Police in Abuja...

All Progressives Congress National Youth Leader, Dr. Dayo Israel, has said the “Progressive Youth Resource Centre” in Wuse 2, Abuja, will mobilise for President Bola’s Tinubu re-election. He said the centre, built in his first tenure, is a multifunctional facility to redefine youth engagement in the party and Nigeria’s political...

Fintech firm,  VeendHQ, has said its artificial intelligence platform,  Vida AI, will redefine credit decision. Designed for Africa, Vida AI delivers speed, accuracy, and fairness in credit assessments. Vida AI has a machine learning engine that processes alternative data to generate real-time insight into borrower behaviour and risk to assess those...