Fidelity Bank Plc at the weekend clinched the award for Commercial Bank of the Year at the 2020 edition of BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards held in Lagos. The bank won the award in recognition of its support for economic activities in the real sectors of the Nigerian economy, particularly for its consistency in enhancing the development and competitiveness ...

Shutterstock Taiwo Afolabi, University of Regina Nasarawa state in the north-central region of Nigeria is known for agriculture, salt mining and one of the higher waterfalls in Africa. It has also consistently registered one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Nigeria with an HIV prevalence of 7.5% compared to the national average of 4.1%. As part of a strategy ...

By Casmir Igbokwe In today’s Nigeria, the abnormal has become normal. And the line between the country and a failed state looks very thin. The recent verdict of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on insecurity in the North is as revealing as it is disturbing. The Sultan said: “Security situation in northern Nigeria has assumed a worrisome situation. Few ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Chairman Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Sports, Youth Entrepreneurship and Creative Economy, Hon. Chukwunonso Noble Igwe, says that from all indications the state sports commission is ready for action. Igwe said that the budget interface with the sports commission revealed that the commission was ready to revamp sporting activities in the state, judging from ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Head of Service of the Anambra State Civil Service, Barr. Harry Uduh, has said that in spite of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and the recent recessionary trend in the country, Governor Willie Obiano still pays workers’ salaries on the 25th of every month undaunted. Uduh said how the governor met ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka As part of efforts to address the housing needs of Ndi-Anambra, the state commmissioner for housing, Arch. Michael Maduakonam Okonkwo, has revealed government’s decision to kickstart social housing scheme. He stated this while speaking on projects the present administration plans to complete and also commence new ones for the overriding purpose of bridging the gap between housing ...

… as SPF is unveiled with great fanfare in the community By Christian Aburime The unveiling of the Soludo Promoters Forum (SPF) chapter in Igbo-Ukwu on November 28, 2020 marked the climax of the series of activities embarked upon by the Promoters of the Forum. The enthusiasm, excitement and passion shown by the Igbo-Ukwu community people were profound and visible ...

Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are in a pitch battle for the soul of the party. They are also divided over which zone should produce its next presidential standard bearer. Sources told Vanguard, yesterday, that 2023 is at the heart of the renewed battle for the control of the party hierarchy as party leaders in South-West and South-East ...

The police in Rivers State have arrested three suspects for allegedly detonating devices suspected to be dynamite at the Christian Universal Church Incorporated located at No. 25 Azikiwe Street, Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt. The church, which is also known as ‘God’s Power House’, is allegedly owned by Governor Nyesom Wike’s father, who is a cleric. This is ...

Tears flowed freely as over a thousand residents of Zabarmari, a farming town near Maiduguri, Borno’s capital, gathered round the bodies of the 43 murdered farmers wrapped in white clothes near the mass grave at the outskirts of the community, yesterday morning. The farmers were slaughtered on Saturday by Boko Haram insurgents during an attack on a rice farm. Governor ...