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Investments: Court Bars Banks From Releasing N11.79b To Ajetunmobi Family And Company
A Lagos State High Court sitting at Osborne, Ikoyi has restrained all commercial banks in Nigeria from releasing funds to Imagine Global Holding Company Ltd, Imagine Global…
FULL LIST: FEC approves NNPC’s request to fix 21 federal roads at N621bn
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved N621.2 billion for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) to take over the reconstruction of 21 federal roads across the six…
Your picture of Nigeria selective, unfair to readers – Envoy slams The Economist
The Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola, has described the article about Nigeria published by London-based magazine, The Economist,…
Why EFCC detained me ― Ex-senate president Anyim
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has explained he went to the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja, on his own…
Complaints mount as eNaira app tops 100,000 downloads
Less than 48 hours after its official launch by President Muhammadu Buhari, the individual wallet for eNaira has recorded more than 100,000 thousand downloads on Google Playstore alone.…
Sheik Gumi Is a venomous snake, Worse Than Shekau & Al Barnawi – Femi Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has described the controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi as a dangerous snake, saying he is worst than the former Boko Haram leader,…
Southern Governors, Leaders Begin Fresh Moves To Get Kanu Out From Detention
Political leaders and eminent personalities from the South-East region have begun moves to ensure the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Sun…
Bandits’ ‘Informant’ Beaten To Death, House Set On Fire
Abdullahi Mohammed Gobirawa, a suspected informant of bandits terrorising residents of Kaduna, has been beaten to death. Angry youths were said to have stormed his residence where…
2023: Tinubu as President will be a disaster – Primate Ayodele predicts
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Ayodele, has warned Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against contesting for president in 2023.…
Atiku has intelligence, experience to win presidency in 2023, says Fintiri
Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, says Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has the “intelligence” to win the 2023 presidential election. In recent times, there have been…
Inconclusive poll can’t be ruled out in Anambra – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission says an inconclusive election cannot be ruled out in Anambra State governorship poll next week. INEC’s National Commissioner for Voter…
IPOB Must End Sit-At-Home Now, Business In Southeast Crumbling – Ohanaeze
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, has warned against the harsh effects of the planned one week sit-at-home directive by the Indigenous People of Biafra…
Osun APC Crisis: Heat On Aregbesola As Tinubu Backs Oyetola
As the feud between Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State and his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior festers, there are reports that their…
22 govs apply as FG begins model ranch fund’s disbursement next week
No fewer than 22 states have written to the Federal Government to indicate interest in the National Livestock Transformation Programme. The Senior Special Assistant to the…
Nigeria will heave a sigh of relief when I take over from Buhari – Yahaya Bello
Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says he is ready to take over the leadership of the country from President Muhammadu Buhari come 2023. Speaking during an Arise TV programme on…
Notorious Bandit Who Burnt Resident Alive Shot Dead
A notorious bandit and cattle rustling kingpin simply identified as Damina has been shot dead in Zamfara state. Daily Trust reported that the slain bandit had a base in Kuyanbana…
Forfeited Assets: FG lists Diezani’s buildings, jewellery, bras for sale
1,620 items including cars, houses, phones, laptops, vessels listed The Federal Government has begun the process for the valuation of property belonging to several politically exposed persons, including the embattled former…
Tinubu’s capable of leading Nigeria — South-West govs
Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu(SAN), has said that former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Nigerian media bullying government – Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the Nigerian media is “bullying” the government. The minister spoke on Tuesday at a session of the Nigerian Economic Summit on…
Anambra poll: IGP deploys DIG, five AIGs, 14 CPs
Ahead of the November 6 governorship poll in Anambra, the Inspector-General of Police, Baba Usman, has ordered a major overhaul of the security architecture in the state. He has…
Tribunal orders MultiChoice to pay $342m VAT, as appeal fails
The legal battle between a South African Company, Multi Choice Africa Holdings B.V with the Nigerian government owned Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) over the disputed $342M tax…
It’s Illegal To Pay Petrol Subsidy From Federation Account, Sanusi Tells FG
Former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has said the federal government is indulging in illegality by paying petroleum subsidy from the federation account. The former Central Bank of…
Crisis: Nigeria Will Find A Solution When Buhari Leaves Office – Afenifere
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Tuesday, said neither President Muhammadu Buhari nor his party, the All Progressives Congress, can solve the problems facing the…
New Lagos APC Chairman And Other Leaders Visit Asiwaju Bola Tinubu In Bourdilon (Photos)
Yesterday, the newly elected APC Lagos State Chairman Hon Ojelabi Oyefolu and Leaders of Badagry Division led by the Lagos West Senatorial Leaders, Prince Rabiu Adio Oluwa, Chief Akinsanya Sunny…