•Actors reenact the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday in Mexico, yesterday Scores of penitents whipped themselves bloody under a scorching Philippine sun while others were nailed to crosses in a polarising Good Friday tradition drawing the most extreme of Catholic devotees. The macabre spectacle, officially frowned on by the Church, attrac...
•Tinubu presents 2024 Appropriation Bill to National Assembly There is disquiet over the revelation that the federal government has implemented only 25 per cent of the capital expenditure in the 2024 budget. A report of the Presidential Economic Team led by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, indicat...
The Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX closed last week lower as the stock market reacted negatively to the latest interest rate increase by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Last week, the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC of the apex bank raised the benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate, MPR, by 25 basis points to 27.5 […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of four substantive Commissioners of Police for the Abia, Lagos, Ebonyi, and Akwa Ibom State Commands. According to the PSC, these appointments follow the recent promotion of senior police officers, which created vacancies in several state commands. The newly appointed Commission...
Zenith Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2023, recording a remarkable triple-digit growth of 114% from N620.6 billion reported in Q3 2022 to N1.33 trillion in Q3 2023. This performance demonstrates the Group’s resilience and strong market share despite a very challenging macroeconomic environ...

