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A Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the arrest of Eniola, the son of a telecommunication’s guru, Mike Adenuga. The chief magistrate, Mr T.A. Elias, in a ruling on Thursday, August 16, 2018, said the 28-year-old was in contempt…

…generates N3.5tn from taxes in eight months The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr Tunde Fowler, said on Thursday that the government would sell properties built and developed in corporate names across the country on…

MOBILE giant MTN Nigeria yesterday faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over its insinuation that the conversion of a shareholder loan to preference shares has any relation with the repatriation of dividends. It insisted that the…

•Adeyeye slams governor for ‘looting’, illegal sale of govt property There is unease in Ekiti State over the approval and purchase of a 2018 Lexus LX 570 Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) valued at N75 million for Governor Ayo Fayose as a…

Stanbic IBTC Holdings, in a notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has deducted N1.88 billion from the accounts of its banking subsidiary Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC. This pertains to the…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has just arrived at the venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) mega rally in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, ahead of the September 22 governorship election in the state. The chopper conveying…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state says the decision to elect its candidates for the 2019 elections through direct primaries has not changed. Abiodun Salami, assistant publicity secretary of the party in the state,…

Beware of this fraudster Daniel Egberanmwen Igbinovia, parading himself as Sam Igbinovia aka SS. He operates under different aliases like Daniel, Khal, Egbe, Igbins, etc. He has scammed and still scamming many unsuspecting victims with the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( REC) in Lagos State on Thursday said some 1.38 million Permanent Voter’s Cards ( PVCs) were still uncollected in the state. Mr Sam Olumekun, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC),…

The Imo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ), Thursday, adopted indirect primaries as the mode to elect its candidates for the 2019 elections. The decision was reached at an emergency State Executive Committee (SEC)…

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says fake news is the only weapon used against a performing government like theirs. The minister said this on Thursday when he visited People’s Daily newspaper in Abuja. Mohammed alleged that…

Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), has approved the dismissal of three of the four police officers who searched the Abuja residence of Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader. The officers searched Clark’s residence on…

Officers of the Nigeria police force and some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed at the party headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. The protesters besieged the area as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar submitted…

As more facts continue to emerge about MTN’s recent troubles with the Nigerian authorities, it has been revealed that a whistleblower gave the tipoff that prompted an investigation by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. This was…

Toyota Motor Corporation says it is planning to recall 1.03 million vehicles, including the hybrid Prius model. In a statement released on Wednesday, the company said it discovered an issue with the engine wire harness which puts the…

The federal government has licenced 158 new seed companies to commence production of quality seeds. Philip Ojo, the director general of the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), made this known at a press conference in Abuja on…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the aspiration of Senate President Bukola Saraki to be the country’s number one citizen is a huge joke. Saraki, who dumped the ruling party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had declared…

MTN, Nigeria’s largest telecommunications company, lost 999,891 subscribers between June and July. According to the latest industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the total number of active lines…

No fewer than 41 suspected homosexuals  have been arrested by security operatives in Bauchi State. The suspects were arrested during a joint operation by men of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,…

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has reiterated its commitment to champion and execute initiatives that would boost the growth and performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) through increased lending, capacity building,…

The family of late Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu has vowed not to support wife of the Igbo leader, Bianca even if she emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, ahead of the 2019 general elections. According to them,…

The process to pick All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearers for the 2019 general elections has started. Three options – direct, indirect and consensus – are open to the local chapters of the ruling party. DUKU JOEL, JUSTINA…

A lady went naked for her 24th birthday photo shoot, but if her intention was to have people drooling over her body, she failed woefully. The woman had on no clothes, except for pasties covering her nipples and lady parts. Her naked body…

The operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested some Nigerian men after they defrauded a foreigner to the tune of €15,000. The men are reportedly undergraduates of a university in the state and they are identified as…