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Access Holdings Plc, Nigeria’s biggest lender by assets, completed a buyout of National Bank of Kenya (NBK), the financial services group announced on Monday, firming up its grip on the East African market, where it already has a substantial presence. The deal, which closed in March, transferred the full ownership of NBK to Access Bank, the group’s commercial banking division after regulators …

JournoTECH, a media-tech innovation company based in the UK and Nigeria, dedicated to equipping journalists with cutting-edge technology, has officially launched NewsAssist AI — a cloud-based AI tool designed to simplify and speed up the content production process for journalists and newsrooms. NewsAssist AI empowers users with a suite of powerful features, including instant transcription of audio and video files, …

By Idahosa Musa The Benin Monarch, HRM Oba Ewuare II, has resolved the leadership crises plaguing Iguoshodin N’ Igbemaba Community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, seven years after the hostility began. This followed the appointment of Pa. Johnson Ahanor, as the head (Odionwere) by the monarch who also warned one of the dissidents of the …

ABUJA – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the federal and state governments for failure to address recurring safety and disaster management issues, following two separate tragedies – road accident that claimed the lives of 21 Kano State athletes; and devastating floods in Niger State that killed over 150 people. In a statement issued last night, Atiku expressed his …

AKURE— Suspected thugs hired by a parent of a student of Complete Child Development College, Aule, Akure, in Ondo State, reportedly beat-up the Vice Principal of the school for preventing his son from cheating in the ongoing West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, exams. The Vice Principal, Mr Rotifa, was said to have prevented the student from cheating during the exam. …

The 16th Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that many members of Nigeria’s elite are out of touch with the reality of poverty in the country. He added that real leadership must be rooted in empathy and service to the people. Making this known on Saturday during a public lecture to mark the 60th birthday of former …

Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr Dennis Idahosa, on Saturday, monitored the reintroduced monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state, expressing satisfaction with the level of compliance by residents. The monthly sanitation exercise was reintroduced by Governor Monday Okpebholo, with the Office of the Deputy Governor supervising it. Major streets such as Airport Road, Akpakpava, Lagos Street, Sakponba Road, and Sapele …

According to the lawyer, the former police officer was frequently used by politicians to carry out politically motivated attacks, branding him as a symbol of police misconduct. Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has described late CSP Ekene Nwosu, the former Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Robbery Squad at the Akwa Ibom State Police Command Headquarters, as a “murderous and callous policeman” who …

The former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has described the rising poverty in the country as the greatest crisis Nigeria has faced since 1914. Speaking in Abuja on Saturday at the 60th birthday lecture of the former Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, El-Rufai said, “One minute is too short to cover our quarrels because we quarrel …

Abdulsalam expressed the state’s deep sorrow over the loss and extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased.  The Kano State government has announced a cash donation of N1million to each of the families of the 22 athletes and officials from the state who tragically lost their lives in a road accident while returning from the National Sports Festival …