Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi
Adeniyi Ifetayo Moses is an Entrepreneur, Award winning Celebrity journalist, Luxury and Lifestyle Reporter with Ben tv London and Publisher, Megastar Magazine. He has carved a niche for himself with over 15 years of experience in celebrity Journalism and Media PR.
Nigerian banks resume naira card payments for foreign tuition using CBN’s Form A Nigerian banks have resumed processing international tuition payments from Naira accounts through the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Form A platform, marking a significant relief for students and parents seeking to fund education abroad. The Form A portal, managed by the CBN, enables customers to purchase foreign exchange at official rates for service-related transactions, including tuition payments, medical bills, and professional fees. The resumption comes roughly a month after commercial banks began allowing limited international transactions on Naira-denominated cards, following the easing of foreign exchange restrictions. In…
At UN summit, Shettima talks on Tinubu’s ‘state of emergency on agriculture’ A file picture of Vice President Kashim Shettima. | Credit: Premium Times Vice-President Kashim Shettima has shed more light on the reasons for the declaration of the ‘State of Emergency on Agriculture’ by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Shettima spoke at a session on: Country Perspectives: Government-led Strategies and Regional Framework’, at the ongoing UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the session brought together African leaders and policymakers to share experiences and strategies on strengthening national and local…
TikTok, content growth platform, not a social media – official TikTok speaks on Tuesday that its platform should not be considered as a social media network but rather as a content growth platform driven by high-quality content. TikTok is a short-form video platform where users create and share videos ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes. Keagile Makgoba, TikTok’s Head of Communications for Sub-Saharan Africa, made this known at a media workshop organised for journalists in Lagos. According to her, contrary to public speculation, TikTok’s algorithm relies on a content graph rather than a social graph, meaning that…
Providus Bank reiterates support for SMEs Providus Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to Nigeria’s small and medium-sized enterprises as it marked the fifth anniversary of its SME support programme in partnership with the Enterprise Development Centre. At an event in Lagos, the bank’s Deputy Managing Director, Kingsley Aigbokhaevbo, declared that supporting entrepreneurship remains a strategic priority, with plans to strengthen the programme and position ProvidusBank as a leading force in SME banking across the country. The Providus Bank DMD, who spoke after listening to the testimonials some of the programme’s alumni gave, assured of the sustenance of the programme. He…
CHAN: CAF announces $10.4m summation prize money CHAN: CAF announces $10.4m summation prize money The Confederation of African Football has announced a record total prize pool of $10.4m for the 2024 African Nations Championship to mark a major financial boost and signals the organisation’s desire to elevate the competition’s stature. For the first time in the tournament’s history, the eventual champions will pocket a staggering $3.5m, an increase of 75 per cent from the $2m awarded to the winners of the last edition. The runner-up will receive $1.2m, while the third and fourth-place teams will walk away with $700,000 and…
IGP decorates new senior officers, demands innovative policing The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in an handsake with one of the decorated senior officers. Photo: Nigeria Police Force. / Facebook The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday, decorated 28 newly promoted senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the event took place at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. Those decorated include 12 officers elevated from the rank of Commissioner of Police to Assistant Inspector-General of Police and 16 officers promoted from Deputy Commissioner of…
US against Nigerians on birthright citizenship trip President Donald Trump The United States Embassy in Nigeria has sent a strong warning to Nigerians about traveling to the U.S. with the main aim of giving birth, a practice commonly referred to as “birth tourism.” This warning was shared by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria on its official social media account on X (formerly known as Twitter). Following the statement, the U.S. government will not allow people to misuse the visa system to secure American citizenship for their children by giving birth in the United States. The embassy stressed that U.S. visas…
Lagos First Lady Ibijoke empowers 87 resident with N11.4M in RHI-ASP L-R: Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Alli-Balogun; Wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Oluremi Hamzat; First Lady of Lagos State and Renewed Hope Initiatiave (RHI) State Coordinator, Dr. (Mrs.) Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu; Commissioner for Agric and Food Security, Ms. Abisola Olusanya; and APC Lagos State Women Leader, Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, during the official launch of the RHI 2025 Agricultural Support programme, held at Lagos House Ikeja, on Monday, 28th July, 2025. In a bold step toward food security and grassroots empowerment, the First Lady of Lagos…
NiDCOM, Sydani, FirstBank launch ‘Home and Abroad’ platform to empower diaspora Nigerians In a landmark partnership for development, Sydani Group, in collaboration with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and FirstBank Plc, has officially launched the Home and Abroad Platform, a secure and tech-enabled solution designed to help Nigerians in the diaspora own verified real estate properties in Nigeria with ease. The launch took place at the Presidential Villa on Friday, July 25, 2025, the first day of the National Diaspora Day and National Diaspora Merit Awards. The event, with the theme “Optimising Formidable Diaspora Potentials for National Development and…
Transactions on e-payment channels reach N285 trillion in Q1 • Total registered BVNs by accounts is 66.2 million as of July 2025. In spite of increased network glitches across networks in the first three months of 2025, electronic payment transactions, across various platforms, rose by 22 per cent to N284.9 trillion in the first quarter of 2025. Latest data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) showed that within the same period in 2024, the transaction value was N234.4 trillion. These electronic payment transactions cut across Internet banking, mobile apps, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), POS, ATM, among others. Indeed,…