IWD: ‘Women play crucial roles in Dangote Group success story’- Fatima Aliko Dangote
Executive Director, Commercial, NASCON Allied Industries, Fatima Aliko Dangote…
Orji Kalu loses phone to robbers in Abuja
A former governor of Abia State and the incumbent Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu on Thursday said some yet-to-be-identified persons have stolen his mobile phone. POLITICS NIGERIA…
MURIC attacks Cardinal Onaiyekan over 2023 election
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Thursday criticised the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, for describing the victory of President-Elect in…
$9.6bn P&ID fraud: Nolan’s sureties at risk of losing N50m bonds to FG
Justice Modupe Oso-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja, has ordered sureties to James Nolan to produce him before the court in September 2023, or risk forfeiting their bonds…
Lagos APC reacts to Afenifere’s endorsement of LP’s Rhodes-Vivour
The Lagos chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC has reacted to the public endorsement of the Labour Party candidate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for the March 18 governorship election in state by…
Appeal Court reserves verdict on bid to disqualify Tinubu, Shettima
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, reserved its judgement on a suit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed to disqualify the president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives…
FCT Monarch Slumps, Dies In Palace
Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, the traditional ruler of Yaba in Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is dead. A member of the deceased family, Shuaibu Abdullahi, confirmed the…
PDP Demands Arrests Over Burning Of Lagos Auto Parts Market
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday called on security agencies to immediately apprehend suspected hoodlums responsible for the burning of Akere Motor Parts and Allied Dealers Market in Lagos…
Politicians Collected Our Account Numbers Without Paying, Niger Voters Cry Out
Voters in Niger State have accused politicians of deception by collecting their account numbers before the presidential and National Assembly elections without paying them. Mrs Felicia Sunday told…
Nigeria’s Oil Production Rises By 3% To 1.30mbpd In February – NUPRC
Nigeria’s oil production increased to 1,306,304 barrels per day (bpd) in February 2023, data from the latest crude oil and condensate production report of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…
Lagos Train/Bus Accident Distressing – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy over the accident involving a train and Lagos State BRT staff bus Thursday in Shogunle area of Ikeja. In a reaction to the incident, President Buhari in a…
Woman Jailed 24 Years For $298,000, N48m Property Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured a 24-year jail term against a property owner, Mercy Yusuf and her company, T.M Properties Limited for fraudulently obtaining the sum of…
Man defrauds Ondo sex worker with fake alert
The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Thursday, arraigned a man, Samuel Oni, before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure, for allegedly defrauding a sex…
Crisis In IPOB Camp, Kanu Seeks To Replace Senior Lawyer
Barring any last-minute change, the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, will replace one of his most senior lawyers as he has concluded plans to relieve him of his duties…
Ogun SDP gov candidate quits, backs Adebutu
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Ogun State, Tony Ojeshina, has stepped down and endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, ahead of the March…
Gbajabiamila Tops List Of Contenders For Tinubu’s Chief Of Staff
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila is a leading…
Visa revocation: Court bars CEO from running Seplat
The Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy Plc, Mr Roger Brown, from parading himself as the firm’s CEO, pending the determination of a suit filed against…
We Will Rebuild PDP Into Formidable Party – Wike
Rivers State governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said conscientious effort will be made to rebuild the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the general election. He hinted that irrespective of the antics of…
Pension payment not to buy votes, says Lagos
The Lagos State Government has said the N1.2bn paid as pension to retirees was not done to seek support ahead of the governorship election scheduled for March 18. The news of the payment to 534…
Lagos Market Inferno: Ohanaeze Warns Against Threats On Igbo
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the inferno at Akere Spare Parts Market, Lagos which destroyed billions of naira worth of goods. The national publicity secretary of…
More banks dispense old notes, customers reject deposit conditions
More Deposit Money Banks have begun to dispense old N1,000 and N500 notes to their customers, about three days after a few banks started doing so. Findings by The PUNCH on Thursday revealed that Polaris…
FCMB Lauds Founder For Impactful Investment In Banking Sector
First City Monument Bank(FCMB) Group Plc has applauded its founder, Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun for its Impactful investment in the group which has a positive trickle down effect on the entire…
Nigerian Cinemas Generate N278m In February
The National Chairman of Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), Mr Ope Ajayi, said it realised N278 million as ticket sales across cinemas in the month of February, nationwide. The CEAN’s Boss,…
UK plans to ease visa policy amid labour shortages
Britain on Thursday said that it was planning to ease access to visas to help address labour shortages, which have been partly sparked by its tighter post-Brexit immigration rules. The government adopted a…