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- 28 Jan 2025
The Ekehs: Digital Father and Son Shine at Thisday Awards
By Sola Odumosu History was made on the evening of Monday, January 27, in Lagos at the colourful Thisday Awards ceremony when serial digital entrepreneur, Leo Stan Ekeh, shared the same podium with…
- 28 Jan 2025
UBA Foundation Wins 'Philanthropy of the Year' at Prestigious THISDAY Awards
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has been named "Philanthropy of the Year" at the prestigious THISDAY Awards 2025. Tony Elumelu,…
- 29 Jan 2025
Chike-Obi Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at THISDAY Awards
For his exceptional leadership and contributions to banking and finance, the Board Chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr Mustafa Chike-Obi, has been presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the…
- 7 Jan 2019
Teleology Pulls Out of 9mobile, To Sell Shareholding
Teleology Holdings has expressed its dissatisfaction over the business relationship with 9mobile Nigeria, and has decided to pull out of the project. This according to Thisday is coming two…
- 10 Nov 2016
CBN Fines Standard Chartered Bank N2Bn for FX Infraction
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reportedly fined Standard Chartered Bank N2billion for foreign exchange infraction. The bank, according to Thisday newspaper, drew the apex bank’s anger for buying…
- 17 Aug 2016
Local Market Operators Lobby for Proposed MTN Listing
Some local stockbroking firms have started lobbying to be part of the proposed listing of the shares of MTN Nigeria on the floors of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Thisday reported that though…
- 16 Jun 2017
US, UK Deny Military Officers Visas over Human Rights Abuses
The US embassy and British high commission in Nigeria have reportedly withdrawn and denied entry visa to some serving and retired Nigerian army officers, according to Thisday. According to the…
- 10 Dec 2023
Fidelity Bank, Others Top List of Most Capitalized Banks in Q3 2023
Fidelity Bank, leading financial institution, has been listed as one of most capitalized banks in Nigeria based on Q3 2023 financial results. According to an article published in Thisday newspapers,…
- 5 Jul 2020
MultiChoice Nigeria Has Almost 100 Per Cent Local Workforce, Huge Investments- Ogunsanya
Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya (SAN), chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria, owners of DStv and GOtv, in a recent interview with Thisday, explains that MultiChoice is a Nigerian company. Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya…
- 18 Mar 2024
NBC Approves First Children’s TV in Nigeria
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has granted a license to Idowu Sowunmi, former editorial member of ThisDay Newspapers, to operate Nigeria’s first-ever children’s television station. The new…
- 6 Jan 2014
Ministers, Bank Chiefs Jostle for Sanusi’s Job @ CBN
Mr. Olusegun Aganga, minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and Dr. Yerima Ngama, minister of State for Finance have reportedly joined the high-wired corporate cum political chess game to succeed…
- 25 Aug 2016
NAN Plans to Set up Video, Photo Portal
Bayo Onanuga, managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the Agency plan to set up a video portal, to enhance its multimedia services to clients. Onanuga, who disclosed this during a…
- 21 Dec 2017
Huawei Says More Fibre Optic Cable Deployment Needed To Boost Broadband
By peter oluka Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., has called for improved fibre optic cable deployment to boost Nigeria’s broadband initiative and even deepen economic growth. Mr. Frank Li, the managing…
- 3 Jan 2019
INEC Retains Smart Card Reader, Incidence Form
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will Monday release its revised guidelines and voter register to the nation’s 91 political parties, as part of its strategic plan of action…
- 12 Jan 2014
NCAA Refutes Air Crashes Complicity Claims
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has debunked reports in a local medium insinuating that the Authority was responsible for the last two plane crashes in the country. It said that the…
- 12 Jan 2025
GOCOP Applauds Edo Gov for Appointing Edomaruse, SA, Int'l Development
Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has applauded Mr. Monday Okpebholo, Edo State governor, for the appointment of Mr. Collins Edomaruse as his Special Adviser, International Development…
- 6 Mar 2024
Telcos to Begin another Round of SIM Disconnection March 31
After barring over 40 million phones lines for failure of the owners to link their National Identity Numbers (NINs) to their SIM cards, telecommunications operators are reportedly planning to begin…
- 6 Apr 2021
Rite Foods Seeks Court Order to Send NBC Boss to Prison
Rite Foods Limited, a Nigerian Foods and Beverages Company, has filed an application of committal against the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) and its managing director at a Federal High Court in…
- 3 Mar 2021
Top Journalists Converging in Lagos to Unveil Book on the Making of the Guardian
At least 100 top journalists, media entrepreneurs, opinion molders, and managers shall be among over 200 others expected in Lagos to unveil the epochal book that vividly, and in graphic narration…
- 30 Jun 2016
Diamond Bank, Dangote Foundation, Others Celebrated at NHEA Awards’16
Price Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, founder and chairman of Juli Pharmacy; Professor Olu Akinyanju, chairman and founder of Sickle Cell Foundation; Diamond Bank, Dangote Foundation and the Ondo State…
- 9 May 2013
Osamgbi Replaces Tumaka as NIMASA Deputy Director, Head PR
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has appointed Mr. Isichei Osamgbi, a renowned journalist and public relations expert, as Deputy Director and…
- 14 Mar 2021
Seven Governors To Attend Guardian Book Launch
No fewer than seven state governors are expected to attend the launch of the epochal book on the first ten years of The Guardian newspaper and the celebration of the founding publisher of the…
- 30 Aug 2021
Falana Says Judgement on VAT Will Strengthen Campaign for Restructuring
Mr. Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has, said the judgement of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, which ruled against the administration and collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by the Federal…
- 4 Feb 2020
Konga Makes List of Top 20 Brands to watch in 2020
The Management of e-commerce giant, Konga, has underlined its determination to continually take the lead in elevating standards, improving customer satisfaction and deepening the growth of the…
- 12 May 2020
COVID-19: CBN Dangles N100Bn for Homegrown Vaccine
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that the apex bank is ready to support researchers, science-based institutions, and biotechnology firms with N100…
- 8 Feb 2013
NBC Says Nduka's “Arise News’ is Illegal in Nigeria
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said that ‘Arise News’, a new 24 hours international television news operation launched on February 5 does not have a licence to operate within the country’s…
- 28 Apr 2017
Jonathan Lost to Buhari Because Wife- Mark
David Mark, immediate past Senate President, has revealed that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan lost the support of key members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who discreetly worked against his…
- 26 Apr 2017
2015 Election: GEJ Blames Obama, Jega for Loss to Buhari
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally admitted that his electoral defeat in the 2015 elections was partly caused by former U.S. President Barack Obama and his officials who made it…
- 10 Jan 2013
NCC's Spectrum Saga Gets Messier with Fresh Cans of Worms
It is the story of the alleged frequency racketeering at Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC): for every rebuttal by the commission, fresh cans of worms are being opened. The federal government’s…
- 4 Feb 2017
NITRA Maiden Executives Emerge
New executive officers of Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA) have emerged after the expiration term of the interim leaders. The election which took place at the Nigeria…