In December 2015, the share price of First Bank of Nigeria Limited was trading around N4.8 band. About seven years later, precisely last December, the value held tightly to N15, growing by over threefold amid general asset and economic doldrums. The steep rise in the valuation of the financial institution deviates remarkably from the average…
…. .As Bank battles liquidation, struggles to stay afloat A seeming boardroom crisis that may rock troubled Heritage Bank to its foundation is currently brewing in the bank, THE WITNESS exclusively reports. Competent sources within the bank told THE WITNESS that the imbroglio involves the current managing director and chief executive of the bank, Mr. Akinola George-Taylor…
President Bola Tinubu met with former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday at the presidential villa, Abuja. The purpose of the meeting was not known as at press time. After the meeting with Jonathan ended, the president received some government officials, including the newly inaugurated Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Hope Uzodimma, Imo state governor, is also…
A candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Senate presidency, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected as President of the Senate. The former Governor of Akwa Ibom served as a Minister for Niger Delta Affairs from 2019 to 2022, represents Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial zone.
Leadership at any level is not a one size fits all kind of deal. At every point in Nigeria’s history, and in the different arms of government, we need different kinds of leaders. In legislating particularly, only those who truly understand the concept of governance know that in this new dispensation, it takes a certain…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the student loan bill into law. Tinubu signed the bill on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In November 2022, the legislation, which seeks to provide financial assistance to Nigerian students in tertiary institutions, was passed by the national assembly. The bill was sponsored by Femi Gbajabiamila, immediate-past speaker of…
Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, has confessed how his, wife Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, retired President of Court of Appeal, help politicians win election cases. Sen. Bulkachuwa is notorious for collecting bribes from politicians on behalf of his wife and other corrupt Judges to help them win case’s
As Nigeria marked the 30th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election believed to have been won by the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state, Dr Abisoye Fagade, has stated that the new administration of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu would…
THE Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Monday, urged Nigerians to stop consumption of hides (pomo), smoked meat and bush meat over outbreak of Anthrax in some neighbouring countries. The alert was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Ernest Umakhihe. Umakhihe said it…
Heavily armed security personnel stormed the residence of a former Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mattawalle, in his hometown in Maradun and recovered 40 vehicles. Recall that Matawalle’s successor, Governor Dauda Lawal, had during his inaugural speech expressed disgust that his predecessor took away many vehicles and left an empty treasury. In a statement…
