BusinessDay newspaper has reported that about 612 may licensed Microfinance Banks (MFBs) in Nigeria may close shop if they fail to meet the recapitalisation deadline the first threshold of which is due by the end of April, although the final deadline will be in 2022. The banks were established to meet the financial needs of…
Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited, at the weekend in Kaduna, launched its much-anticipated Tomato Jos paste variant into the Nigerian market. Speaking at the event which held at the weekend in Kaduna, the Managing Director of the company, Mira Mehta described the introduction of the product into the Nigerian market as “a dream come…
In this episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu takes a deep dive into Nigeria’s worsening security challenges. Drawing from conversations with Nigerians across the North and South, the video explores the recurring claim that politics is fueling insecurity. Supporters of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu argue that violence is being orchestrated by opponents determined to…
The Arewa Youth Vanguard (AYV) has alleged of plots by Yahaya Bello, outgoing governor of Kogi state to influence the removal of the Chief Gabriel Aduku, Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), who doubles as the acting chairman of Kogi East Elders’ Council (KEEC). In a statement on Monday in Abuja, the group, alleged…
Benue state governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has implored the ministry of livestock development to lead the calls for the enactment of laws prohibiting open grazing across the country. Alia spoke on Friday in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, during the opening of the 2025 Benue livestock summit. The governor said the summit marked a…
“Who is the Presidency?”, an obviously irritated Babachir Lawal asked the excited journalists, who crowded him after emerging from the Federal Executive Council meeting sometimes in 2016, to inquire whether it was true he had been suspended from office by the Presidency. The journalists’ enquiry resulted from the allegation against Lawal that he cut the…
