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Lagos State commends The Alternative Bank on environmental responsibility
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has commended The Alternative Bank (AltBank) for its leadership in environmental sustainability following the successful Walk4ZeroPlastic march. The bank which started as non-interest banking window in Sterling has since…
Scientists discover two cancer drugs that reverse Alzheimer’s
(Agency reports) Two drugs already approved by the FDA for cancer treatment may hold the key to reversing Alzheimer’s disease in patients, experts say. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) believe that letrozole, a hormone-based breast cancer…
One-year-old baby bites cobra to death
(Agency report) A one-year-old boy in the northern Indian state of Bihar is in observation at a local hospital after he bit a cobra to death after the snake coiled around his arm. The incident occurred on the afternoon of…
Emefiele suffers setback in recovering seized estate
Moves by former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reclaim massive Abuja housing estate suffered a crucial setback on Monday when an Abuja High Court declined his application to recover the properties. The property sitting on significant…
Rivers govt blasts NBA over confab relocation, demands N300m refund
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Rivers State government has berated the Nigerian Bar Association for excoriating the new administration in the state and subsequently relocating its planned conference to Enugu State. The state government also demanded refund of the N300 million earlier…
PFN celebrates Archbishop Emmah Isong’s appointment to VP
Ani Bassey Chairman of the Cross River State Chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Dr. Trinity Ogar, has welcomed the appointment of Arch Bishop Emmah Isong as the South South Vice President of the organization. The state chairman…
Japa: ISDEVCOM partners NAPTIP on sixth international conference
The Institute of Strategic and Development Communication (ISDEVCOM) of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have forged a partnership with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) towards addressing the pressing issues of migration and human trafficking….
Access Bank Wins Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2024
• Receives accolades for ‘Best Bank’ and ‘Best Bank for ESG’ Access Bank has announced winning the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2024, after being named Nigeria’s Best Bank and Ghana’s Best Bank for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices. The…
FG welcomes back bureaux de change into forex market
Sopuruchi Onwuka The federal government now allows unofficial foreign-exchange trading back into market in a measure to narrow the gap with the official rate the Naira. And the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given the Association of Bureaux…
Fayemi to headline SIRA’s lecture on Africa’s Global Direction
Sopuruchi Onwuka Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, is slated to deliver the keynote at the annual lecture organized by the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) on Wednesday in Abuja. Dr. Kayemi who is also former Chairman…
