Author: Nationalmonitor

Ahead of the 2027 election, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Agege Constituency I in the Lagos Assembly, Oluwagbenga Abiola, has urged party to throw out a petition by his contender, Kola Egunjobi for lack of merit and violation of due process. He said Egunjobi’s petition was a desperate and meritless attempt to mislead party leaders and distort the facts surrounding the recently concluded primary election of the party. Abiola, in a statement on Friday, maintained that the claims contained in the petition by Egunjobi “are fictional, false, inaccurate, misleading, unsubstantiated, and amount to nothing more than the…

As the world marks World Environment Day, the most consequential climate-finance decision Nigeria and much of West Africa can make is closer to home than Baku: how we choose to finance the land and the people who feed us.By Mannir U. Ringim (PhD)Long before the satellite forecasts and the seasonal advisories, the African farmer learned to read the sky. He watched the colour of the clouds, the behaviour of the birds, the first scent of rain on hot ground, and he planted accordingly. For generations, that knowledge was reliable enough to feed nations. Today, it is faltering not because the…

By DARE ADEJUMO “As I saw the remains of the man of God prophet TB Joshua looking at him on the television inside a transparent coffin, my goose flesh wildly arose. I was shaken and immediately overwhelmed with guilt and fear! The revelation came to me straightaway without any ambiguity, piecing my heart like a thunder: ‘here is a beloved son of God who has accomplished his assignment on earth’. My eyes were opened. I knelt down in tears and wept profusely asking God to forgive me because I was misled by our church leaders about his divine identity making…

In today’s crowded fintech ecosystem, building a great product is no longer enough. Across markets from Lagos to London and San Francisco, dozens of startups are solving similar problems in payments, remittances, digital banking, and wealth management. What truly separates the winners from the also-rans is not just innovation, but communication. In fintech, how you say what you do can be as important as what you actually do.At its core, fintech operates at the intersection of money and trust. Unlike social media or entertainment platforms, users are not just sharing photos or watching videos; they are entrusting companies with their…

From Left: Santosh Rao, Managing Director, Middle East and Africa (MEA), Temenos, and Mitchell Elegbe, Group Managing Director and Founder, Interswitch Group, at the signing ceremony of a strategic partnership between Interswitch and Temenos to scale digital banking services across Africa, held recently during the Temenos Community Forum (TCF) 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Interswitch will use Temenos solutions to deliver managed services to banks and financial institutions across Africa  Interswitch Group, one of Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce companies, andTemenos (SIX: TEMN), a global leader in banking technology, today announced a collaboration, wherein Interswitch will adopt Temenos technology to enhance its digital…

Ecobank Group has launched the world’s first ICMA commercial bank-issued Nature Bond on the London Stock Exchange, creating a new route for international and African capital to protect Africa’s biodiversity. Moody’s awarded the transaction its highest possible sustainability quality score, SQS1 Excellent. The bond will support African farmers, sustainable agriculture businesses and water systems, protecting some of the planet’s most important ecosystems. Impact on the ground in Africa Africa is home to some of the world’s most important natural capital, including arable land, tropical forests, freshwater systems and biodiversity across hundreds of millions of hectares. But, until now, private nature…

Participants at the She-Powers Energy Initiative training organised by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) held at the the Technology Incubation Centre, Farm Centre, Kano yesterday. The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), under the leadership of its Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, has trained 50 women in Kano State on inverter and battery technologies through its She-Powers Energy Initiative. The three-day programme, held at the Technology Incubation Centre, Farm Centre, Kano which ended yesterday, was designed to equip participants with practical renewable energy skills, promote women-led enterprises, and enhance sustainable livelihoods. The initiative…

Oladapo Sofowora As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu marks three years at the nation’s helm as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; the “Renewed Hope” agenda has found one of its most reliable engines in the most unexpected of places, not in the marbled halls of policy think-tanks nor in the headline-grabbing press releases of the Presidency media team, but in the methodical, grinding and increasingly sophisticated operations of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), under the quiet but relentless command of Professor Ahmed Abubakar Audi mni OFR. The NSCDC has undergone a transformation so radical, so structural…

The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Professor Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, OFR, has reaffirmed that the Corps occupies a distinct and indispensable role within the nation’s security architecture. Professor Audi stated this while declaring open a two-day strategic training workshop on the implementation of operational deliverables and research methodology. According to the CG, the NSCDC’s core mandates including the protection of critical national assets and infrastructure, disaster management, intelligence gathering and community engagement, place it in a unique position that no other security agency can replicate. “This programme is designed to drive the…

Zedcrest has launched its Investment Banking offering, expanding its capabilities beyond traditional financial services and positioning itself to support businesses, governments and institutions seeking capital, strategic advisory and structured financing solutions across Africa. The new offering, delivered through Zedcrest Global Markets, marks a significant step in the Group’s evolution into a broader capital solutions provider at a time when demand for sophisticated financing and advisory services continues to rise across the continent. Africa’s economic growth ambitions are driving increased demand for long-term capital, infrastructure financing, and transaction advisory services. Yet many businesses and public-sector institutions continue to face challenges accessing…