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Fidelity Bank Set to Disburse NCGC N5bn Credit Guarantee Facility to Boost MSME Financing
Fidelity Bank Set to Disburse NCGC N5bn Credit Guarantee Facility to Boost MSME Financing L-R: Executive Director, South Directorate, Fidelity Bank Plc, Pamela Shodipo; Executive Director, Lagos & South West, Fidelity Bank, Dr. Ken Opara; Executive Director, Strategy and Operations, National Credit Guarantee Company Limited (NCGC), Mrs. Tinuola Aigwedo; Executive Director/Chief Risk Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Kevin Ugwuoke; MD/CEO, NCGC, Mr. Bonaventure Okhaimo; Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka On…
FULL LIST: UI emerges Nigeria’s best varsity for 2026
FULL LIST: UI emerges Nigeria’s best varsity for 2026 9th October 2025 University of Ibadan University of Ibadan, Oyo State, has been ranked Nigeria’s best university in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026. The ranking, published on THE’s website on Thursday, placed the Ibadan-based federal university between 801 and 1,000 globally and ahead of other leading Nigerian universities, a spot it last held in 2023. THE surveyed 2,191 institutions from 115 countries and assessed them based on 18 performance indicators across fiv…
IG suspends enforcement of tinted glass law
IG suspends enforcement of tinted glass law Tinted-glass FILE: A tinted-glass car The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has temporarily suspended the enforcement of the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Tinted Glass) Act, 1991. A statement on Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the decision followed a meeting between the police chief and a delegation of the Nigerian Bar Association led by its President, Afam Osigwe (SAN), at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. He said the discussion focused on the o…
Presidency rejects World Bank’s poverty report
Presidency rejects World Bank’s poverty report Tinubu President Bola Tinubu. Photo: State House The Presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million citizens were living in poverty, describing the figure as “unrealistic” and detached from the country’s economic realities. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday that the poverty figures must be “properly…
Union Bank Strengthens Media Ties at Informal Mixer Event
Union Bank Strengthens Media Ties at Informal Mixer Event Lagos, Nigeria – Union Bank of Nigeria recently hosted an informal and engaging meet-and-greet session with leading media professionals at The Stallion Plaza, its headquarters in Marina, Lagos. The event, held at SpaceNXT, the Bank’s purpose-designed co-creation hub for innovators and creators, was conceived as a relaxed platform to foster personal connections and deepen mutual understanding between the Bank and media partners. Rather than a formal media briefing, the gathering offe…
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc strengthens team unity with Annual Cultural Day celebration
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc strengthens team unity with Annual Cultural Day celebration Top-tier engineering and construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, on Friday, October 03, 2025, held its annual Cultural Day celebration across its corporate offices, regional headquarters, and project sites nationwide. The event once again highlighted the company’s commitment to promoting Nigeria’s rich cultural diversity as a vital tool for fostering unity, peaceful coexistence, and socio-economic development. This year’s Cultural Day was marked by…
NCC Urges States to Align on Right of Way, Infrastructure Protection to Boost Broadband Investments
NCC Urges States to Align on Right of Way, Infrastructure Protection to Boost Broadband Investments Abuja, Nigeria – October 8, 2025 The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has called on state governments to harmonise policies on Right of Way (RoW) charges and strengthen protection of telecom infrastructure, describing them as critical enablers of broadband expansion and national prosperity. Dr. Maida made the call while delivering remarks at the Business Roundtable on Improving Inves…
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