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FIRSTTHOLDCO PLC has reaffirmed its commitment for regulatory compliance, undertaking to resolve all the outstanding issues relating to the prudential requirements of the Nigeria Central Bank (CBN), including violations of the limit to the sole debtor (Sol) and the loss on credit lines. The financial company has also ensured shareholders with its intention to support dividends payments from 2025 and …

Former candidates and aspiring for the positions of the assembly, of the presidency and the councilor, in the previous elections under the Democratic Party of the people (PDP) in Katsina, they unloaded the party. Freedomonline reports that the competitors, numbered 287, made the decision to join the coalition of political parties. Speaking at a meeting in Katsina Thursday, Malam Jamilu …

Investors at the Nigerian equity market obtained the N677 billion at the close of trade on Thursday. This follows the surge in stock prices such as Ikeja Hotel PLC, Beta Glass PLC and Legend Internet, among others, on the trading floor. The Benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) increased to 117,861.13 points from 116,786.87 points recorded on the previous day. After five …

… Flame checkpoints, taxes, poor infrastructures Daud Olatunji The Nigeria governors forum has expressed deep concern for the persistent increase in food prices across the country, attributing the tendency to a proliferation of illegal places, unauthorized taxes and dilapidated transport infrastructure. This was disclosed in a press release issued at the end of the third meeting of the forum held …

By Ayo Kehinde The former security director of the deceased General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza al-Mustapha (Retd.), He formally declared his intention to challenge the presidential elections of 2027 under the Social Democratic Party platform (SDP). Al-Mustapha made the announcement on Tuesday during a strategic meeting with the ESDP executive committee and Minna’s supporters, the capital of the Niger state. …

SSDC: Senate Fencing Rt. Hon. Nwuche, Usoro Akpabio as president, MD, others By Raphael Ekpang Abuja (Core reporter) Nigerian Senate on Wednesday 18 June 2025 Screened, Rt. Hon. Chibom nwuche (Rivers State as President) and Usero offiiong Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State as CEO) of the South South Development Commission (SSDC). They were also undergoing screening of the commission executive directors: …

The Senate will monitor the implementation of the sector for the 2025 rivers’ budget sector for significant development, guaranteeing transparency, responsibility in the execution of the project to guide significant growth and progress in the state. President of the Senate’s ad hoc committee for the supervision of the emergency of the rivers, the Sen.opeyemi Bamidele undertaken on Thursday in Abuja …

Two decomposed bodies of victims of the devastating flood that crossed the city of Mokwa, the headquarters in the area of ​​the local government of Mokwa in the state of the Niger, on May 29, were recovered on Thursday. Daily Trust had reported that Flash floods submerged buildings and wiped out many people from their homes following a torrential rain. …

LR: Ecuadorian ambassador and permanent representative of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Ecuadoriana Gabriel Villafuerte; Ecuadorian Alternative Permanent Representative of IMO, Mrs. Luisa Burgess; The honorable minister of Nigeria for the Marine and Blue Economy, his excellence Adgboyega Oyetola, with and the permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of the Navy and Blue Economy, Olufemi Oloruntola, during the launch of …

Two drones crashed into Jordan, a 12 -year -old girl wound in the eastern district of Azraq and the other causing damage to property in the north of Amman, said the direction of public security (PSD). In the first accident, a drone went down before Thursday in the north of Amman near a commercial area, damaging a civil vehicle and …