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Banks, telcos meet as USSD debt hits N100bn
The accumulated debt from Unstructured Supplementary Service Data which Deposit Money Banks owe telecommunication firms has risen to over N100bn.…
Northern oil search under spotlight as Buhari’s exit nears
The push by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for oil and gas in the northern part of the country has come under spotlight as the end of its second and final tenure nears. Since coming to office in May 2015,…
Flights Grounded In Abuja Over VIPs Movement
Flights were delayed for over 50 minutes at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja Tuesday evening due to “Very Important Personalities (VIPs)” movement. An airline operator said the cost of the delay…
Apapa faction speaks on ‘blocking’ Peter Obi’s petition as Labour Party crisis deepens
The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party has dismissed the claim that it approached the Election Tribunal asking for withdrawal of cases, including the petition brought against the ruling All Progressives…
Money Laundering: EFCC To Commence Fresh Proceedings Against Fani-Kayode, Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to commence afresh the prosecution of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others at the Federal High Court, Abuja on alleged misappropriation…
Google Earnings Top Expectations As AI Battle Heats Up
Google parent company Alphabet beat market expectations in the first quarter of 2023 with a net profit of $15 billion, the company said on Tuesday, in a sign that the search engine behemoth is regaining its footing. The…
Nothing will stop Tinubu’s inauguration on May 29, except God – Keyamo
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) said only God can stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29th. Keyamo made this assertion in statement on Tuesday.…
Scores injured as ‘Yahoo boy’ kills police officer in Ibadan
A police officer was killed on Tuesday by an internet fraudster also known as a Yahoo boy at the Moniya area of Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan. According to eyewitness accounts, the deceased police officer was…
Actor Saint Von Colucci dies at 22 after twelve surgeries to change his looks
Canadian Actor Saint Von Colucci has passed away at the age of 22 after undergoing twelve cosmetic surgeries to look like BTS singer, Jimin. Colucci died on Sunday at a South Korean hospital after complications from his…
Taraba APC recommends expulsion of Senator-Elect, Jimkuta from party
…Expels former Governorship Aspirant, Kente The State Working Committee, SWC, members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Taraba state, has ratified…
Oil: How North can avoid Niger Delta pitfalls
As Nigeria expands its oil and gas reserves, through the Ebenyi-A Exploration Well, the first oil drilling well located in the Benue Trough in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, the government must take measures to…
EFCC arraigns Ondo speaker over ‘N2.4m fraud’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned Bamidele Oloyelogun, speaker of the Ondo state house of assembly, over allegations of fraud. Oloyelogun was arraigned alongside Felemu…
Obi did NOT say ‘no serious leader will go on rest’ during Eid-el-Fitri holiday – Aide
Valentine Obienyem, media adviser to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says his principal did not say “serious leaders do not go on rest”. Obi, on Sunday, joined the Muslim community to…
‘1,044 petitions have been filed’ – NGO launches dashboard to monitor tribunal…
Kimpact Development Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, has launched a platform where citizens can have access to information on proceedings and the outcome of the election petition tribunals. The…
Tinubu’s return: Intense lobbying commences
•Govs, APC leaders, clergymen, others keep vigil at Tinubu’s residence •Adamu visits Tinubu, party keeps mum on zoning, NEC meeting A day after President-elect, Bola Tinubu, returned from an over 30-day vacation…
Illegal firearm possession: Absence of counsel stalls trial of Abuja pastor
The trial of the presiding Pastor, House on the Rock, Abuja Chapter, Uche Aigbe, and two others over alleged illegal possession of prohibited firearms was stalled yesterday at the Zuba Magistrate Court, following the…
Justice in Nigeria, slow, costly, says HIIL report
The Hague Institution for Innovation of Law (HIIL) has decried the costly and slow nature of getting justice in Nigeria, saying about 81 per cent of Nigeria’s population currently have prevailing legal and justice…
PSC approves new police commissioners for Kano, FCT, Delta, Kaduna, Ogun, 8 others
Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the deployment of new commissioners of police for 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, announced…
Why I close my nightclub during Ramadan— Shina Peller
A member of the House of Representatives, and founder of the popular Quilox nightclub in Victoria Island, Lagos State, Shina Peller, has said that the period of Ramadan is one of rebirth, and that is why the…
May 29 committee: Tinubu inherited Igbo hatred from Buhari – Ohanaeze Ndigbo
Following the non-inclusion of Igbo in the committee set up by the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for the May 29 handover activities, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, said on Tuesday that Tinubu…
Global Partnerships and Investments saved 12m lives from Malaria deaths – Dangote
As the World Malaria Day is marked globally, President of Dangote Group and United Nations’ Malaria Ambassador for Nigeria, Aliko Dangote…
Is Japa to the UK on a student visa greener pasture or self-imposed hardship?
I have seen different videos of students in the UK complaining about life in the UK. I have tried to look the other way, but I think some people may be truly ignorant about coming to the UK using the student route. My…
I won’t recognise anyone as president-elect — Methodist Archbishop
.Says ‘obedients’ dissatisfied Nigerians not just LP members. Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, Most Rev. Dr Chibuzo Raphael Opoko, has said that he would not yet recognise anyone as Nigeria’s President-elect until the…
Our suspended members trying to scuttle Obi’s case – LP cries out
The Labour Party has raised the alarm over a plot by a breakaway faction of the party to scuttle its ongoing suit challengeing the electoral process which led to the declaration of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s…