Sterling Holdco’s Public Offer Gains Momentum…
…as New Investors Rally Lagos, Nigeria: Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc. (‘Sterling Holdco’), the parent company of The Alternative Bank, Sterling Bank, SterlingFI, and a number of other...
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Atiku Abubakar: The Inevitable Victor in the 2026 ADC Presidential Primary
As Nigeria’s political landscape braces for the 2027 general elections, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) stands at the forefront of a burgeoning opposition coalition poised to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC). Formed in 2005 and revitalized in July 2...
We need hospitals more than football stadiums, say Morocco’s young protesters
Morocco is currently building what will be the globe’s largest football stadium in preparation for co-hosting the 2030 World Cup. But for the demonstrators who have taken to the streets each nig...
London police arrest dozens at protest against ban on Palestine Action
London police arrested dozens of protesters for supporting a banned pro-Palestinian group at a demonstration on Saturday which went ahead despite requests to call it off after a deadly attack at a syn...
Polaris Bank, NCF Expand Tree Planting Drive to Lagos, Ogun, and Kaduna States
Polaris Bank, in partnership with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), has extended its nationwide tree planting campaign to three key locations: The Lekki Conservation Centre in Lagos State, th...
Ex-Senator Elisha Abbo is allegedly accused of attempting to rap a 13-year-old Pupil
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Federal High Court dismisses suit against Tinubu over emergency rule in Rivers
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit challenging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s March 18, 2025 proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Justice James Omotosho, in...
Two dead in UK synagogue attack on Yom Kippur, suspect ‘with bomb’ shot by police
At least two people were killed after an assailant drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in England on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, British ...
2027: I am not stepping down for anybody in ADC, says Atiku
Sequel to the news making rounds that a key member of the opposition coalition, African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has given a condition to step aside for a younger presidential candida...
No more account maintenance fees, says Sterling Bank
No More Account Maintenance Fees: …Sterling Bank Gifts Nigerians on Independence Day Sterling Bank has once again redefined the boundaries of customer first banking in Nigeria by scrapping Account M...
Lagos Govt tackles Peter Obi, says you are wrong on Trade Fair Complex
Ex-Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has visited the Trade Fair Complex where Lagos State Government enforced its Physical Planning Laws. He praised the traders for what he called their �...
‘Gen Z protests’ hit Morocco as violence spread across the country
Violent clashes have erupted between protesters and security forces in Morocco, as youth-led demonstrations continued for a fourth day. Hundreds marched through the streets across Morocco on Tuesday n...
South African opposition leader, Malema convicted of firing a gun in public
South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been found guilty of firing a gun in public seven years ago. A 2018 video emerged showing the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader firing severa...