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NINE NIGERIAN BANKS GENERATE N14TRN IN REVENUE FROM CUSTOMERS’INTEREST IN 2024 Nine Nigerian banks generated a combined interest income of N14.26 trillion in 2024. This is according to an analysis of the audited financial results of the financial institutions. In contrast, the manufacturing sector, referred to as the real sector, laments increasing operational costs amounting to a combined figure of …

TRIBUTES AS POPE FRANCIS DIES AT 88 Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican has confirmed. The Argentinian national was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, when he was elected the Catholic …

TRIBUTES AS POPE FRANCIS DIES AT 88 Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican has confirmed. The Argentinian national was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, when he was elected the Catholic …

10TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WEAKEST IN NIGERIA’S HISTORY – TUNDE BAKARE Pastor Tunde Bakare, the presiding overseer of the Global Community Citadel Church, has raised an alarm that the country under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is descending into tyranny and brazen abuse of power. He also stated that under the watch of the President, the legislature a bastion of democracy is …

WHERE IS OUR PRESIDENT? BY SULEIMAN SULEIMAN Of course, everyone knows that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is in France. He has been there since the second day of this month, just about three weeks now. That one is clear. What is unclear is precisely what Nigeria’s president is doing in a foreign country for three weeks, or who is in …

BABA-AHMED: FROM PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER TO CRITIC Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, former political adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says based on current developments in the North, the region will no longer vote blindly or repeat the mistakes of the past. Baba-Ahmed, a former spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), stated this during an interview with journalists in Zaria at the …

CHINA TURNS TO NIGERIA, OTHER EMERGING ECONOMIES AS US MARKETS FREEZE Product manufacturers in China have turned their attention to Nigeria and other emerging markets following the imposition of trade tariffs on their products by the US President, Donald Trump. Trump, on April 2, slapped a 46% tariff on Vietnam and a 17% levy on the Philippines before paring those …

ABIA TEACHERS TO COMMENCE STRIKE OVER UNPAID SALARIES The Abia State Standing Committee of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has concluded plans to embark on strike action on Thursday over what they described as “stringent measures on teachers” by the state governor, Alex Otti. This decision follows deliberations held during an enlarged meeting of representatives from the national, state, and …

STOP PLAYING GOD, NIGERIA BECOMING A MAFIA STATE – BAKARE TELLS TINUBU Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, has asked President Bola Tinubu to accept advice and “stop playing God”. Speaking on Sunday during his state of the nation broadcast at the church in Lagos, Bakare said the president should implement a “coordinated programme” to steer …

SOME OPERATIVES OF SOLUDO’S SECURITY OUTFIT ARE ARMED ROBBERS, KIDNAPPERS – AIDE The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on community security, Chief Ken Emeakayi, has lamented the alleged infiltration of criminally – minded people into the state’s newly established Agunechemba security outfit. Reacting to reports that some operatives of Agunechemba are now extorting people, using guns, Emeakayi said that …