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Sanwo-Olu Flaged Off FNITCC 2025 at Georgia State Capitol The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, officially launched the 2025 edition of the Fidelity Nigeria International Trade and Creative Connect (FNITCC) at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on Thursday, 18 September 2025. In his keynote address, Governor Sanwo-Olu reaffirmed Lagos State’s readiness to collaborate with corporate organizations and sub-national governments across the globe to unlock the state’s vast economic potential. He spotlighted Lagos as a powerhouse of non-oil revenue, noting that in 2024 alone, the state attracted $5.95 billion in foreign capital inflows—over two-thirds of Nigeria’s total. In Q1 2025, Lagos maintained its lead, drawing $2.56 billion despite global economic headwinds. He further emphasized Lagos’s trajectory toward becoming the ninth-largest city economy in the world by 2030, with a population exceeding 30 million and one of Africa’s most vibrant consume...

Polaris Bank Hosts Global Trade Forum to Strengthen Trade Relationships and Drive Growth Lagos, Nigeria – September 18, 2025: Polaris Bank, Nigeria's leading digital retail, and commercial bank, on Tuesday hosted corporate customers in the non-oil sector at its Global Trade Forum. The event was designed to foster stronger stakeholder relationships, address trade-related challenges, and explore innovative solutions to drive business growth. The forum, with the theme: “Trade Export: Partnering for Growth”, brought together key players in Nigeria’s trade and export ecosystem, including business leaders, exporters, regulators, Nigerian Customs and policy influencers. Participants engaged in robust discussions on the challenges and opportunities shaping the global trading landscape.  Kayode Lawal                                      Managing Director/CEO, Polaris Bank Speaking at the event, Po...

  African Foundation For Peace and Love Initiative (APPLI) In conjunction with TKPPI/ IKEVI/ TKCC presents " INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE (IDP).... A United Nations Global Event....."PEACE AND TRUST".                             Emphasizing the need for Peace and Love in the world. This year 2025 Annual International day of peace built to hold every 21st of September was marked by the African Projects/Foundation for Peace and Love Initiative (APPLI/AFPLI) at TimeOn Karios Polythenic at 326 Lagos Abeokuta expressway, Abule Egba, Lagos State in a grand style. Attended by Students drawn from several parts in Lagos, Dignitaries, Director of Schools and others special guests/artists not relegating the gentlemen of the media....it witnessed a showcase of United Nations President and other international foreign officials who briefly took turns to summarize the International Peace Day theme for this year 2025 tagged '...

 NNPP members not part of Kwankwaso's intentions to join APC -Secretary The National Secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Comrade Ogini Olaposi on Monday clarified that plans to join the APC is by Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso and his Kwankwasiya movement and not the party. The NNPP scribe stated this on Monday in Lagos. Kwankwaso, a former Kano State governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the NNPP on Saturday declared that he and his supporters are now  ready to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Kwankwaso  warned that his political movement will not allow itself to be used to win elections and then abandoned afterwards. National Secretary.....Comrade Ogini Olaposi Reacting to the situation, Olaposi said that by the declaration, Kwankwaso has finally admitted that he and his movement are not part of the NNPP. "Our party will now put rest from their resistance after they were expelled for anti party activities. "The NNPP has nothing against the ruli...

PRESS RELEASE Shehu Bamidele Completes 120-Hour 8-Ball Pool Marathon, Pending Guinness World Records Verification.                  Shehu Bamidele Lagos, Nigeria — July 8, 2025 — Nigerian cue sports champion Shehu Bamidele has completed an extraordinary 120-hour marathon of continuous 8-Ball Pool, a performance that, if verified, would see him shatter multiple Guinness World Records.  The historic attempt took place at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos, running from Tuesday, July 2, 2025, to Sunday, July 7, 2025. At approximately 9:30 p.m. local time on Sunday September 7, 2025, Bamidele surpassed the current Guinness World Record for the Longest 8-Ball Pool Marathon by an Individual (80 hours and 1 second, set by Rene Moors of the Netherlands in 2005). He went on to reach a total of 120 hours, a duration that, if confirmed, would also eclipse the Longest Singles Marathon Record of 111 hours, achieved by Colin Pilcher and M...

 PRESS RELEASE  6TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025  WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH NUPENG AGAINST DANGOTE GROUP’S  ANTI-UNION, ANTI-WORKER AGENDA AND MONOPOLISTIC CAPITALIST STRATEGY   The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has received and carefully studied the petition and alarm raised by our affiliate union, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on the crude and dangerous anti-union practices, monopolistic agenda, and indecent industrial relations strategies being pursued by Alhaji Aliko Dangote and his associates. It must be realized that this is not the first complaint we are receiving against Dangote group. We have received several from other Unions with jurisdictions over the companies owned by the group. All of them verges on the same acts of impunity and unfair labour practices.   We state without equivocation that the revelations contained in NUPENG’s statement represent not just an attack on petroleum workers, but a full-blown declara...

  NNPP holds emergency closed door meeting in Lagos     Dr Boniface Aniebonam                                     Chairman, Board of Trustees NNPP The National Working Committee of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Thursday held an emergency meeting in Lagos. The closed door meeting had the party’s national executives nationwide in attendance. The closed door meeting which was not open to journalists had the party’s Chairman,  Board of Trustees, Dr Boniface Aniebonam,  the National Chairman, Dr Agbo Major and the secretary general, Dr Oginni Olaposi   in attendance. The Meeting which began at about 10.a.m,  ended at about 3.p.m. Speaking with journalists at his office at NAGAFF Headquaters in Apapa  after the meeting,  Aniebonam who is also the NNPP Founder, said the executives met to discuss urgent issues affecting the party nationwide. ...