Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Nigeria’s greatest resource isn’t buried beneath the ground. It’s found in classrooms, lecture halls, and campuses across the country. Millions of young Nigerians are in those spaces right now, learning, dreaming, and quietly preparing for futures they can’t fully see yet. Among them are the innovators, entrepreneurs, doctors, engineers, and leaders who will define the country for decades. But talent on its own doesn’t go very far. It needs encouragement, access, and support systems built around it. Without those, even the most promising young minds struggle to find their footing. That’s where Keystone Bank comes in. It’s often said that…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced a landmark increase in prize money for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), with the eventual champions set to pocket a record $2 million as the governing body continues its drive to elevate women’s football across the continent. The new winners’ prize represents a 100 per cent increase on the $1 million earned by Nigeria’s Super Falcons after lifting the previous title, making it the richest reward in the competition’s history. CAF confirmed on Wednesday that the tournament’s total prize fund has also been significantly increased from $3.475 million to…

Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has signed a series of Executive Orders establishing a comprehensive governance framework for education financing, school protection, classification, quality assurance, health, and security across the state. The governor also launched the distribution of the national curriculum to public schools on Tuesday during a high-level meeting with education stakeholders at the Government House in Gusau. According to a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the sweeping reforms cover school governance and operations, feeding programs, student welfare, transportation safety, implementation of safe-school protocols and the regulation of graduation ceremonies. Additional measures include unified…

File photo: DJ Chicken Controversial Nigerian content creator, Ademola Abiodun, popularly known as DJ Chicken, has sparked reactions on social media after changing his Instagram profile picture to that of Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, a day after regaining his freedom. DJ Chicken, who was released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre on Tuesday after meeting his bail conditions, also shared a photo of Seyi Tinubu on his Instagram Stories on Wednesday with the caption, “Hmm ddddy.” DJ Chicken calls Seyi Tinubu daddy, adopts his photo after release He also posted videos of Seyi Tinubu dancing at an event…

Elegbede Abiodun * Both N100 and N200 notes remain legal tender and should continue to be accepted for transactions across the country. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has attributed the apparent scarcity of N100 and N200 notes to the increasing adoption of digital payment channels and the declining purchasing power of the lower-denomination currency. Speaking on Tuesday after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja, Cardoso dismissed concerns that the affected notes had been withdrawn from circulation, stressing that they remain legal tender and should continue to be accepted for transactions across the country.…

L-R: Dr. Eziafakaku Nwokolo, Board Certified Behaviour Analyst; Solape Azazi, International Behaviour Analyst; Oyinade Adegite, Chief Communications Officer, GTCO Plc; Osezusi Bolodeoku, International Behaviour Analyst; and Oluwatosin Onobanjo, Corporate Communications Officer, GTCO Plc, during the press briefing for the 16th Annual GTCO Autism Conference, held in Lagos on Wednesday. Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO”) has today announced full plans for its 16th Annual Autism Conference scheduled to hold on Monday, July 27th and Tuesday, July 28th, at the Muson Centre, Lagos. Themed “Acceptance in Action: From Family to Classroom to Workplace to Public Spaces,” the Conference, which will be…

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will feature 28 teams instead of 24 starting from the 2027 tournament, according to Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe. Motsepe announced the decision during a media briefing in Johannesburg on Wednesday, saying the move is aimed at giving more African countries the opportunity to compete in the continent’s biggest football competition. The 2027 AFCON will be hosted jointly by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It will be the first time the tournament is held in East Africa. Under the new format, the 28 teams will be divided into seven groups of four…

Burna Boy Chartmasters, global music data platform, has ranked Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy as Africa’s best-selling artiste for recording a whopping 14.46 million Equivalent Album Units (EAS). Nigerian music news platform, The Debut Hub, announced the development in a post on its official X handle, @thedebuthub, citing data from Chartmasters. “JUST IN.! Burna Boy returns as the #1 best-selling African artist of all time with 14.46 MILLION Equivalent Album Sales globally! It covers studio albums, other LPs (incl. compilations), physical singles, digital singles & streaming (album track equivalents),” the post reads. According to Chartmasters, Burna Boy’s 14.46 million equivalent…

Zenith Bank Plc has been named “Africa’s Best Bank” and “Nigeria’s Best Bank,” the latter for the second consecutive year, at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026, clinching the biggest and most coveted national and continental awards in banking. The awards were presented to the bank recently at The Peninsula London Hotel, London. This dual recognition was a testament to the bank’s sustained excellence in financial performance, customer service, digital innovation, and its contribution to economic development across Nigeria and the wider African continent. The Euromoney Awards for Excellence are among the most respected in the global financial industry,…

• Otedola’s combine shareholding has hit 9,277,792,037 shares, representing 21.95 per cent of the company. Chairman of First HoldCo Plc, Femi Otedola, yesterday announced a fresh acquisition of 706.13 million ordinary shares worth approximately N77.6 billion in a single transaction on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). The latest purchase further strengthens Otedola’s position in one of the Exchange’s strongest-performing banking stocks this year, with his combined shareholding now rising to 9,277,792,037 shares, representing 21.95 per cent of the company. A regulatory filing submitted to the Nigerian Exchange shows that Calvados Global Services Limited, a company related to the First HoldCo…