Calls are once again ringing out in Canada and the United States for action to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls, a persistent problem that has devastated communities across North America for decades. Friday marks Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the US, while it is the National Day of Awareness for…
COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a “global health emergency”, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. The announcement on Friday came more than three years after the United Nations health agency declared its highest level of alert over the devastating virus, which triggered lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide.“Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met…
German sportswear giant Adidas reported Friday a hefty first-quarter loss, acknowledging its split from controversial US rapper Kanye West was “hurting” its bottom line. The company booked a net loss of 39 million euros ($43 million) from January to March, compared to a profit of 482 million euros in the period a year earlier. The…
The Senior Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, says public interest is the reason the Vice President contested for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).Osinbajo eventually came third at the primary behind former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; and Bola Tinubu, who emerged the party’s…
By Rukayat Moisemhe Lagos, May 4, 2023 (NAN) The Institute of Directors Nigeria (IoD), Nigeria’s foremost corporate governance institute, has announced the appointment of Dr Segun Alabi as its new head of corporate affairs and programs. Mr Dele Alimi, Director General, IoD, made this known in a statement to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. The…
The Managing Director of Wema Bank, Moruf Oseni, has said that his goal for the bank is to get it into the tier-1 category of banks in Nigeria. Oseni said this on Tuesday at the bank’s head office in Marina Lagos, during a celebration to mark the 78th anniversary of the bank.He said, “This bank…
Access Bank, the flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings Plc has received the approval of the Central Bank of Angola, Banco Nacional de Angola for the acquisition of majority equity stake in Finibanco Angola S.A. This was disclosed in a corporate notice filed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday.Access Holdings had earlier announced the deal…
Zenith Bank has confirmed a fire incident at its storage facility located in Victoria Island, Lagos State. The management of the bank confirmed the unfortunate incident in a post on its verified Facebook page on Wednesday night. The statement said the incident which led to a temporary power outage in the facility, occured on Wednesday…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has named a block in the newly-inaugurated Justice Iche Ndu Magistrates Court Complex in the state after his wife, Justice Eberechi Nyesom Wike. The governor, who disclosed this during the inauguration of the complex on Thursday, also named other blocks after some top judicial officers in the state….
