Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Delta decides: Reviews dress code for civil servants, bans bushy beards, indecency while on official duty File photo: Governor Sherrif Oborevwori of Delta State The Delta State Government has reviewed the dress code for civil servants, warning that improper dressing in the public service will no longer be tolerated. The circular, signed by the Office of the Head of Service and released by the New Media Office of the Governor on Thursday, said the move was to “uphold decency in the appearance of Public Servants across the State.” It recalled that the old dress code was contained in a circular…

FG’s 5% telecom tax on voice, data services, reversed File: Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida The Federal Government has erased the 5% excise duty tax previously imposed on telecommunications services, including voice calls and data usage. The National Orientation Agency made this known in a post via its official X (formerly Twitter) page on Thursday. The post said the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Aminu Maida, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu declared the removal of the tax during discussions on the recently passed Finance Act. The NCC boss stated that the move…

Benue Assembly renames state varsity, amends law File: Benue House of Assembly * Lengthy words in the name caused new renaming. The Benue State House of Assembly made correction to the law that renamed Benue State University, Makurdi, as Rev. Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi. With the reamendment, the university would now be known as Father Adasu University, Makurdi, instead of Rev. Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi. The latest amendment followed the debate on the report of the House Standing Committee on Higher Education during plenary in Makurdi on Thursday. In a lead debate, the Majority Leader, Mr…

Access Bank Kenya: Nigeria’s Opara announced managing director Ralph Opara Ralph Opara, a Nigerian banker, has been appointed Managing Director of Access Bank Kenya (ABK), following approval from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). Opara joins ABK from his position as Group Head of the Commercial Banking Division at Access Bank Group, where he managed the lender’s largest commercial business, overseeing a balance sheet of more than $1.2 billion and risk assets exceeding $1.3 billion. He succeeds Lillian Odhiambo, who had been acting as Managing Director since 2024. Odhiambo will continue at the bank as Executive Director, Wholesale Banking, and…

FG, Chinese Firm Enter Historic Deal to Erect Local Insulin Production Centre … opportunity for job creation. … better healthcare system. The Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology has made public the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Shanghai Haiqi Industrial Company Ltd. of China to establish Nigeria’s first local insulin production facility. Dr Robert Ngwu, the Minister’s Senior Special Adviser, in statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the agreement was the first of its kind in Africa. “This milestone initiative is the first of its kind in Nigeria and possibly in Africa representing a bold…

New Dawn In Isara-Remo: Aare Adetola Emmanuelking Felicitates With Odemo-Elect Of Isara History and tradition converged in Isara-Remo, Ogun State, as the Otun Asiwaju of Remoland and Chairman/CEO of Adron Group, Sir Aare Adetola Emmanuelking KOF, paid a courtesy visit to Bashorun Oluwole Ogunbayo, the Odemo-elect of Isara, who was recently chosen as the 38th Odemo, and is presently undergoing the customary rites ahead of his coronation. The visit was both a gesture of honour and an opportunity for Aare Adetola Emmanuelking to extend his heartfelt felicitations to the monarch-in-waiting and his close friend on his historic emergence. He described…

Fidelity Bank Distributes Food Items in Ondo State L-R: Branch Leader, Akure, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Angela Akeju; Team Lead, CSR, Fidelity Bank Plc, Victoria Abuka; Regional Bank Head, Southwest 1, Fidelity Bank Plc, Folaranmi Jemirin; and Chairman, Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), Prince Biyi Poroye, at the Fidelity Food Bank distribution event held in Igbokoda Community, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, recently. As part of its commitment to improving lives and supporting communities, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has distributed food items in Ilaje and Ese-Odo Local Government Areas of Ondo State. Speaking…

FG gives approval of 26 trades for technical schools under revised curriculum The Federal Ministry of Education has published the full list of 26 trade areas approved under its revised technical-education curriculum. According to a statement signed on Wednesday by the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Bon Folasade, the revised curriculum will convert all Federal Science and Technical Colleges to Federal Technical Colleges from the 2025/2026 academic year. Announced by Education Minister Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, CON, and Minister of State Professor Suwaiba Sa’id Ahmad, the overhaul requires each college to offer a minimum of six and a…

CBN presents global payments system to secure financial ecosystem The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has inaugurated a payments system for a more inclusive, innovative, and globally competitive digital financial system. At the launch meeting of the PSV 2028 Project Committee in Lagos, the Director of the Payments System Policy Department (PSPD), Musa Itopa Jimoh, said the initiative tagged, ‘Payments System Vision 2028 (PSV 2028)’ has the potential to transform how individuals, businesses and governments interact within the financial ecosystem. While reflecting on the journey from the early reforms of 2006 through the milestones of PSV 2020 and PSV 2025,…

Sterling HoldCo projects N149.27 billion earnings in Q4 Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc (Sterling HoldCo) has projected gross earnings of N149.27 billion for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2025, to sustain the growth momentum recorded in the first half of the year. The group, in a filing on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), said it expects profit after tax to close at N16.25 billion for the period, supported by stronger operating income and disciplined cost management. Sterling HoldCo had earlier reported a 157 per cent rise in profit after tax in the first half of 2025, with gross earnings climbing…