Shareholders have approved the conversion of Sterling Bank Plc from core banking business to a holding company. The move, experts said, will allow the financial institution to strengthen its subsidiaries, especially its Islamic banking operation which it started months ago. According to a filing made by...
Reports indicates the national grid has collapsed leading to widespread blackout across the country. Although the cause of the grid collapse appears unknown, reports from several handles of electricity distribution companies suggest there is a grid collapse. Available reports also suggest the grid colla...
On October 6, 2022, award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will receive the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University. Chimamanda, who previously served as a Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow (2011-2012) and was the 2018 Harvard College Class Day Speaker, is making another trip back...
The Federal Government has withdrawn the order mandating vice-chancellors of universities to reopen universities. In a circular issued on Monday, the National Universities Commission (NUC), had mandated vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and governing councils to re-open federal universities following m...
Rikhado “Riky Rick” Makhado will be honoured posthumously with the prestigious title his fans have known him to hold ever since he broke into the industry: The Global Visionary Award, during the International Broadcast of the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards. The esteemed award recognises and honours champions o...
The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, in a letter to the VCs and Pro-Chancellors, asked them to ensure the campuses are reopened and...
