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Nigeria's biggest lender acquires National Bank of Kenya

Nigeria, June 2 -- Access Holdings Plc, Nigeria's biggest lender by assets, completed a buyout of National Bank of Kenya (NBK), the financial services group announced on Monday, firming up its grip on... Read More


We're losing our identity in Afrobeats - ID Cabasa warns

Nigeria, June 2 -- Nigerian music producer Olumide Ogunlade, popularly known as ID Cabasa, has warned about the subconscious influence of R&B on Afrobeats. While appearing on the Sunday edition of Ch... Read More


EDITORIAL: ECOWAS at 50: Charting a compass for sturdier integration

Nigeria, June 2 -- West African leaders converged on Lagos on 28 May to commemorate the golden jubilee of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It was deeply introspective and invari... Read More


Indecent Dressing: Rita Edochie blasts colleague Nneoma Ukpabi, spills AGN secrets in viral feud

Nigeria, June 2 -- A heated exchange has broken out online between Nollywood actress Rita Edochie and her colleague Nneoma Ukpabi over allegations of indecent dressing, with both entertainers trading ... Read More


Bill Gates pledges majority of $200 billion foundation fund to Africa's future

Nigeria, June 2 -- Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has announced that the majority of the $200 billion his foundation will disburse over the next two decades will be allocated to improving healt... Read More


Ratel Gang Movie: "It felt like caricature" - VDM disowns biopic, says it misrepresents him

Nigeria, June 2 -- Social media sensation Martins Vincent Otse, known as Very Dark Man or VDM, has reacted to the biopic Ratel Gang (VDM), shot in his honour. Directed by Chukwuebuka Onuma and starri... Read More


Taba Peterside speaks on intentional leadership, mentorship, building confidence in women's rights

Nigeria, June 2 -- Taba Peterside, Founder and CEO of Waveline Growth Partners, believes empowering women requires more than access - it demands intentionality, confidence, and strategic action. In t... Read More


Help, the fore is dying out, By Ayo Akerele

Nigeria, June 2 -- History has shown that often, only a remnant survives, says Erwin Lutzer. Nine years ago, I visited a senior servant of God in Nigeria for an important discussion. Before I delved ... Read More


Tinubu: A critical second half, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, June 2 -- Nigerians are so divided and their partisan preferences so cast in concrete that, in most circles, there is hardly any room for dissent or alternative viewpoints. The biting economi... Read More


Mexico becomes first country to elect all its judges

Nigeria, June 2 -- Mexico has become the first country in the world to elect judges on every court by popular vote. Citizens of the country trooped to the polls on Sunday to elect the nearly 2,600 ca... Read More