Author: Adejuyigbe Adegoke

It’s not every day that two financial giants fight over a credit card deal with a $100 million bid on the table, but that’s exactly what’s happening with the Apple Card. Visa has reportedly offered Apple a staggering $100 million to replace Mastercard as the payment network for the Apple Card. Apple’s sleek credit card, launched in 2019 with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard, has grown into a major player, but with Goldman Sachs looking to exit after racking up billions in losses, Apple is now restructuring its card program. Visa wants in, Mastercard wants to stay, and American Express is…

The second quarter of the year 2025 is rolling-out on the highs as Nigerians wake up to the news of the sack of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited – NNPCL, Mele Kyari by President Tinubu. The shock was perfected with immediate replacement of Kyari with the appointment of Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the new GCEO and Ahmadu Musa Kida as non-executive chairman. President Tinubu has also sacked all board members who were appointed alongside Akinyelure and Kyari in November 2023. Adedapo Segun, who took over the role of chief financial officer from…

US Secretary of States, Marco Rubio and First Lady Melania Trump, will honour a group of extraordinary women selected for the 19th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award Ceremony on Tuesday, April 1, at 1:00 p.m. EDT at the Department of State. The Secretary of State’s annual #IWOC Award recognizes women from around the globe who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, and the empowerment of women and girls – often at great personal risk and sacrifice. Since 2007, the Department of State has recognized more than 200 women from over…

The United States President, Donald Trump seems to have an idea of the path he is routing the country through despite speculations of recession in the face of falling stock prices that unfolded on Monday. President Trump dismissed concerns of the US heading for a recession even while stock prices fell amid trade war of tariff on Canada, Mexico and Canada, which are now faced with additional surcharges. While briefing at the White House as Elon Musk delivered Tesla vehicles at his request, Trump declared that America’s economy “is in for a boom.” The US President was asked whether the…

The bottleneck between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates affecting visa issuance to Nigerians may soon be resolved in a jiffy. This visibility was made possible after the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Nigeria, Salem Saeed Alshamsi, paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, in her office at the Tafawa Balewa House, Abuja. Nigerians currently experience difficulties in obtaining UAE visas especially tourism visas. The minister acknowledged the warm diplomatic relations and strategic partnerships that Nigeria has had with the United Arab Emirates, noting that Nigeria has remained faithful in…

From God we were privileged and formed in the express image of Him, and temporarily allowed to live on earth in flesh to prove if we should or not, live with God in eternity. Nothing else matters once life drops, but all that was done thereafter goes with the dead, either good or bad, the next expectation is reward. It’s a moment of reflection. It’s a sad one this morning following early Friday uncertainty around the health of a former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe. Unfolding reports has it that the former Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign for 2023…

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer delivered President Trump’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda, 2024 Annual Report, and World Trade Organization at Thirty report to Congress. The agenda lays out the Administration’s vision for trade, describing the economic and national security challenges facing the United States and articulates a plan for rebalancing trade to address those challenges, including the work required by the President’s America First Trade Policy Presidential Memorandum. The 2024 Annual Report gives a summary of the activities undertaken by the Office of the USTR during the previous year. The WTO at Thirty report assesses U.S. interests at the WTO, in…

Aleph Group, a leading global enabler of digital advertising, fintech services and education technology, proudly marks its 20th anniversary with the launch of a bold company manifesto and video campaign, celebrating two decades of innovation, growth, and its mission to make the digital world more accessible for everyone. From its humble beginnings in Miami in 2005 to becoming a global leader in the digital advertising ecosystem, Aleph has consistently challenged the status quo, breaking down barriers and creating opportunities in over 150+ markets worldwide, with 60+ exclusive partnerships, serving more than 26,000 advertisers globally and 1500+ employees worldwide. The company’s…

As President Donald Trump continues to trend global since assuming office 24 days ago, the world has also been rudely shocked with so many cankerworm revelations that the administration has exposed so-far. As the president’s policies appears not friendly with the global order, its however, if critique closely poses a great wake-up call challenge on Africa, and Nigeria in particular to define it path of development and self sustenance. The latest from the United States White House is the dismissal of Paul Martin, the inspector-general of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is believed that Martins was…

If the Peoples Democratic Party – PDP, would be a party to stand up to the occasion of real opposition come 2027, then, there is need to come-off all this internal wobble. We’ve lately seen and heard of the opposition party’s members defected, while more are expected to follow suit. This should be issues to engage and get its house in order ahead of the 2027 general elections. This route, if continue would only lead to more woes for the party. News earlier yesterday, Tuesday, saw the Abia State Working Committee – SWC, of the party suspended the chairman, Board…

The people’s Representative in the face of the impending hike in telecommunications tariffs is Oforji Oboku, as he adopted a motion of urgent public importance at the plenary on Tuesday, which led the House of Representatives to direct the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani and the Nigerian Communications Commissions, NCC, to suspend the hike in telecommunications tariffs until services are improved. While presenting the motion, Oboku speaking after a stakeholders’ meeting with Mobile Network Operators in Abuja on Wednesday, 8th of January, 2025, Tijani disclosed that telecommunication tariffs would soon increase. The lawmaker stressed that…

The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK), has signed the amended Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA), between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The landmark agreement was executed during the ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) 2025, in a high-level meeting with H.E. Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE’s Minister of Economy, solidifying mutual aviation ties between both nations. Accompanying the Honourable Minister as part of the Nigerian delegation were, Capt. Chris Ona Najomo, Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),…