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The federal high court in Abuja has ordered two officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to forfeit their supervisory role in a forensic audit involving Hasal Microfinance Bank. The court said both officials frustrated the…

Some yet to be identified officers of the Special Anti Robbery Squad were recorded drinking and smoking Indian hemp in a hotel room in Abuja.In the video, the SARS officers were seen having…

The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product growth rate report with the size of the economy shrinking from 2.11 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 1.95 per cent in the first quarter of…

Mr. Emeka Etiaba (SAN), a defence lawyer to a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, announced his withdrawal from the case during the Monday’s proceedings of Metuh’s trial before the…

The story of the Trojan horse has long been part of folklore. Its various versions have one thing in common: After 10 years of unsuccessful siege of the fortress city of Troy, the Greeks came up with a ploy. They built a large wooden…

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has started recalling cough syrups containing codeine from its stakeholders in compliance with Federal Government directive. The Registrar of PCN, Elijah Mohammed, revealed this in an interview on…

Olisa Metuh, the former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reportedly collapsed during his trial in an Abuja High Court. According to a report by Channels TV, he was trying to make his way to the…

For the towering magnate, the path to honour doesn’t lay out in flat miles, it’s riddled with trials of fortune and intrigues of commerce. Eventually, it’s the imagination with which he perceives industry and the gestures by which he…

The National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress,APC ,Dr Muiz Banire, SAN has reacted to the report trending on the social media alleging that he is plotting to displace the National leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu…

ASSET Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, has taken over the assets of Sea Petroleum Oil & Gas Limited due to failure to repay N20 billion debt owed Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. The company is owned by former Minister of Aviation,…

SINCE President Muhammadu Buhari formally announced his intention to run for a second time on 9th April 2018, he has always maintained that he will win. Every politician says that, even when they know they do not stand a dog’s chance.…

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, said he can win election in the state, if still a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA Okorocha spoke at the Imo government house, chapel in Owerri, while he was addressing Imo…

SOME key actors in Nigerian politics on Sunday paid solidarity visits to the embattled Senator representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, Jonah Jang, in prison. Their visits came about five days after Justice Daniel Longji of…

The Deputy Inspectors General of Police are up in arms against the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Sunday Tribune is reporting. The infighting, according to the newspaper, has led to the cancellation of the weekly…

•We plan to make Lagos destination of choice for businesses lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday explained why the government and the private sector are making huge investments in the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ). They…

•NWC meeting with Baraje, other ex-PDP leaders ‘not to negotiate’ All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders are to meet today with leaders of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) over their grievances. A group of APC…

•’Those who own the party have spoken’ ALL Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed the congress conducted in Lagos State at the weekend. Congress, he said, was conducted in line with the…

•Fakorede says he was slandered in publications The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the Rivers State Commander of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS), Mr. Akin Fakorede, an Assistant Commissioner of…

The House of Representatives has said that a clean copy of the 2018 budget will be on the table of President Muhammadu Buhari within one week from the date of passage. The National Assembly passed the N9.12tn budget on Wednesday last…

Alcohol has a bad reputation, and Jamie Foxx’ song ‘blame it on the alcohol’ gives credence to that. From reckless acts to texts you wish you never sent, to hangovers that can last for days, there are many reasons to abhor alcohol —…

After the viral story of a Port Harcourt based man, Vaughn Itemuagbor, who was harassed and extorted by operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad in the state, SARS. The Police have invited him and according to new developments, the man…

A doctor has been sentenced to 3 years in prison after he was found guilty of poisoning his girlfriend by slipping an abortion pill into her drink and causing her to lose an unborn baby boy. Sikander Imran had pleaded guilty to fetal…

Garba Shehu,  presidential spokesman, says “changing the change” in 2019 would reverse all the achievements of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In an article he titled ‘The Real Price of Changing the Change (1)’, Shehu said…

The Central Bank of Nigeria said that the Nigeria-China currency swap deal would not cover the importation of the 41 items banned in its 2015 circular on items not valid for foreign exchange. CBN’s acting Director, Corporate…