Sequel to a court-ordered meeting in Lagos, shareholders of Access Bank Plc, on Tuesday, endorsed the merger deal with Diamond Bank Plc.

Spot activity dwindled on Monday as traders awaited the new March Nigerian and Angolan loading programmes that are expected to emerge this week, while India’s IOC mopped up some cargoes via a tender. Less than five cargoes of Angolan crude remained from the February programme. BP was said to be offering a cargo of February-loading…

“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Former British Prime Minister Few weeks ago, the media was awash with video clips showing some food vendors or traders spraying sniper, a lethal chemical, on beans in order to preserve the product. This triggered public outcry and raised fears…

In his speech to mark the 40th anniversary of China’s reforms and opening up, President Xi Jinping said recently that the process is a great revolution that has propelled a quantum leap forward in the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and a great reawakening of the Communist Party of China, nurturing its creativity in…

Three persons have been arrested by the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) for selling fake electrical products to consumers in Rivers State.

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC), yesterday, advised consumers to extensively parboil their beans before consumption and to make sufficient enquiries before engaging in purchases. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), CPC’s Director General, Babatunde Irukera, in a statement, gave the advice on the heels of information that had gone viral on social media on the…

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and some experts in the nation’s insurance industry have advised practitioners to collaborate with religious and community leaders to increase penetration.   The experts, made the call at the yearly Insurance Consumers Colloquial that kicked -off in Lagos, with the theme: “Stimulating Insurance Consumers’ Trust in Nigeria”, organised by organised CPC,…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), have inked an agreement for a joint investigative committee for consumer issues in the telecommunications industry.

Abuse of consumers by telecommunications operators and their agents would henceforth attract serious sanctions.    This is because the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) are collaborating to tackle the ugly trend after thorough investigation s.    According to them,  the scope of the investigation essentially includes service quality, service issues…

Consumers of Digital Satellite television (DStv) in Nigeria, owned by South African multinational company- Multichoice, are angry over their inability...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has insisted that the order it made on August 20 restraining MultiChoice Nigeria Limited from increasing the subscription tariffs for its cable television, DSTv, subsists until it is set aside.

Former Governorship Candidate of Change for Progressives Congress (CPC) in 2011 election and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State, Abubakar Aliyu has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists, yesterday, stated that he took the decision to quit the party to…