SterlingLaunches Imperium Platform for SolarEnergy Consumers

SterlingLaunches Imperium Platform for SolarEnergy Consumers Lagos, Nigeria, May 30, 2022 : Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria's leading digital bank, has launched a new and innovative digital product, known as the Imperium Platform, in a bid to connect consumers and providers of renewable energy (solar solutions) as a viable solution to Nigeria's electricity crisis. The Imperium Platform was launched following the unveiling of the Nigerian electricity industry report entitled, "Powering Nigeria: How Solar Energy Can Become a Sustainabl…

2023: Zoning not part of conditions for Nigeria’s presidency — Olu Falae

2023: Zoning not part of conditions for Nigeria’s presidency — Olu Falae The Former Minister of Finance, Olu Falae, has faulted the calls that the presidency should be zoned to a particular region, saying there is no provision for zoning in the Nigerian Constitution. Falae, a former National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), stated this during a visit by the executives of the Ondo State chapter of the party in Akure. The newly-elected executives were led on the visit by its chairman, Mr Dele Thomas. Falae, while speaking on the co…

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, is shocked by recent killings in Anambra State especially the murder of a woman and her four children.

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, is shocked by recent killings in Anambra State especially the murder of a woman and her four children. Soyinka spoke in a statement titled, ‘Drawing the Red Line on Infanticide’, yesterday. The statement reads: “So, it has happened!   No one can claim it was nowhere fearfully expected, but one dared hope that the ugly, abominable word “reprisal” would remain locked down within the dark pit of primitivism hidden in the Nigerian psyche. I decided to edit out the warning expression of that fear from my rece…

INCOMPLETE TRANSACTION’ MORE HEADACHES FOR MIRIAM OLUSANYA AS CUSTOMER CALLS OUT GTBANK OVER MISSING N95K

INCOMPLETE TRANSACTION’ MORE HEADACHES FOR MIRIAM OLUSANYA AS CUSTOMER CALLS OUT GTBANK OVER MISSING N95K   Racheal Olaleye, a nurse based in Osun State, has narrated how N95,000 went missing from her account after her debit card got stuck in a Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) ATM at Uniosun Teaching Hospital. Racheal said she initiated a transaction with her debit card around 8:30 pm on April 26, but due to poor network, her card was stuck and she couldn’t complete the transaction. Olaleye left the premises as it was late in the evening, but she inf…

Soyinka cancels Anambra school appointment over murder of Harira, children Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has announced cancellation of a school engagement in Anambra State to empathise with the brutal murder Harira Jibril and her children. Pregnant Harira was killed along with her four children by gunmen in Anambra State recently, a killing that has ethnic undertone. Soyinka, in a statement on Saturday titled: “Drawing the Red Line on Infanticide,” condemned the murder of Harira and her children and cancelled his appointment at a school i…

Kwara: Man hacks brother to death in bloody fight

Kwara: Man hacks brother to death in bloody fight A bloody fight between two Fulani brothers of the same parent in the early hours of Friday ended in tragedy at a village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara state. It was reported that the bloody fight ensued between Umar Bello and Abdullahi Bello at Dogonruwa village of Woro in Kaiama Local Government Area. Umar Bello, allegedly hacked Abdullahi Bello to death during the bloody encounter in which dangerous objects were reportedly used. Spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence C…

N96b alleged fraud: I’ve been vindicated – Amaechi

N96b alleged fraud: I’ve been vindicated – Amaechi The last may not have been heard on the report of the Rivers State Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor, Nyesom Wike as a former governor of the state, Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, claimed that the Friday judgment of the Supreme Court on the matter has vindicated him. Amaechi, one of the leading presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said that his stance on the report of the commission has been justified by the apex court decision. His position was co…