Nigeria

One year after making a decisive break from industry norms, Sterling Bank is marking the anniversary of its Zero Transfer Fees policy, an initiative that has returned over N1.6 billion

In a major political shift that could redefine Nigeria’s 2027 elections, leading socio-political groups—Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum and Northern Elders Forum—have jointly endorsed the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The endorsement

James Sowole in Abeokuta The Ogun State Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Project (IFAD) and Special Agricultural Processing Zone (SAPZ), has advised farmers in the state to

Linus Aleke in Abuja The Nigeria Police  have apprehended a suspect over an alleged $550,000 fraud and identity theft case involving a United States-based victim, in a breakthrough by the INTERPOL National

Ebere Nwoji The Nigerian pension industry is shifting  its investment strategy  away  from  low-risk government securities towards  infrastructure and   equities, Director-General of the National Pension Commission( PenCom), Omolola Oloworaran, has disclosed. Before now, industry players  rather starched  their

Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan The leader of the Oduduwa (Yoruba) self-determination movement, Prof. Banji Akintoye, yesterday called for an unprecedented peaceful separation of the Yoruba and Igbo regions from Nigeria, describing

• Market size of African banks now around $107 billion, says report  •Fintechs tighten competition, scale rapidly, rival banks  •Continent’s banks lead global profitability despite currency pressures Emmanuel Addeh in