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There is a version of the Nigerian economy that the banking sector has always served well. It is the economy of salaried professionals, corporate treasurers, documented collateral, and monthly pay cycles. It is the economy that fits neatly into conventional credit models, standard account structures, and the risk frameworks that Nigerian banking inherited from its colonial and post independence institutional architecture. That economy is real, and serving it matters. There is another version. It is the economy of the cooperative chairwoman in Ogun whose members pool contributions weekly. The textile trader in Balogun who turns inventory four times a month but has never had a formal credit history. The agro dealer in Kaduna whose working capital needs spike in planting season and collapse in the dry months. The artisan in Aba whose business has been profitable for fifteen years, but whose collateral is her workshop and her reputation. This economy is also real. It is, by most measures, ...

The Movement for Credible Elections (MCE) has intensified calls for the immediate stepping aside of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, over what it describes as a deepening credibility crisis and allegations of partisan association ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a press statement issued on Sunday, 19th April, 2026, and signed by its Media Coordinator, Comrade James Ezema, the organisation said it was “compelled, in the overriding public interest, particularly in defense of Nigeria’s electoral integrity, to issue this statement as touching the deepening crisis of confidence surrounding the office of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).” The group warned that Nigeria’s democratic process was facing a dangerous test of legitimacy, insisting that “at this crucial period in Nigeria’s democratic evolution, it is evident that the hands presiding over INEC are, at best, under grave distru...

Civil Society Organisation has raised concern over a disturbing sequence of events that point to an alleged high-level conspiracy within the Nigeria Police Force led by Jimoh Moshood Olorundare (AIG Zone 2), targeted at Mr. Hammed Tajudeen Akanbi. The CSO in a press conference addressed by its leader Com Kolawole Emmanuel , gave the Inspector General of Police a 24-hour ultimatum, demanding the immediate transfer of Mr. Hammed Tajudeen Akanbi to a neutral and independent investigative unit and unrestricted access to his legal representatives and family members. It said: "Our findings reveal that this matter is not isolated but deeply rooted in the long-standing crisis within the Ojomu Royal Family of Ajiran in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State; a crisis that predates the tenure of Jimoh Moshood Olorundare as Commissioner of Police, Lagos State. "At the core of this crisis is the control and allocation of vast ancestral lands spanning over 22 communities. This dispu...

L-R: Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi; Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Ogun State, Chief Yemi Sanusi; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; the Olu of Owode, Oba Kolawole Sowemimo; the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo; and the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, during the commissioning of the 5.5-kilometre Elega–Miliki–Saje–Bode-Olude–Alhaji Sugar Road in Abeokuta North/Abeokuta South Local Government Areas of the state on Thursday. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Giwa Balogun Benjamin, has commended Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for what he described as a visionary and people-oriented leadership style that has significantly transformed the state’s economic and social landscape. Speaking with journalists during the week, Giwa noted that Governor Abiodun’s administration has remained consistent in its commitment to economic development, infrastructur...

L-R: Team Lead, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Fidelity Bank Plc, Victoria Abuka; Deputy Controller of Corrections, Enugu Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Dr. Sunday Igwe; Team Lead, Human Resources and Business Partner, East & South, Fidelity Bank Plc, Osayi Uwumarongie; and President, Legacy Inductees Class of 2026, Fidelity Bank Plc, Darlington Okereke; during Fidelity Bank’s donation of food and essential items to Enugu Maximum Security Custodial Centre, in Enugu State recently.   Tier one lender, Fidelity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to health and social welfare with the donation of food and essential items to inmates at the Enugu Maximum Security Custodial Centre.   The outreach was carried out by the newly inducted Legacy Class of 2026 and executed under the bank’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) platform known as the Fidelity Helping Hands Project (FHHP). Through the FHHP, staff identify areas of critical interventions in their im...

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has commissioned the 5.5-kilometre Elega–Miliki–Saje–Bode-Olude–Alhaji Sugar Road and announced plans to commence the reconstruction of the Ago-Odo–Lafenwa Road in Abeokuta. The governor disclosed this during the commissioning ceremony of the road, which traverses Abeokuta North and Abeokuta South Local Government Areas, noting that the project is part of his administration’s commitment to improving road infrastructure and boosting economic activities across the state. Abiodun described the Ago-Odo–Lafenwa Road as one of the abandoned projects inherited by his administration, adding that its reconstruction would enhance connectivity and stimulate commerce within the axis. He further revealed plans to construct a one-kilometre link road, including a bridge connecting the area to Lafenwa, following requests from community leaders and the Alake of Egbaland. He observed that the newly commissioned Elega–Saje corridor has already begun to positively...