Nigerians abandon 4m bank accounts in one year
INACTIVE bank accounts rose by four million or 10 percent to 45 million in one year period ending October 31, 2019 from 41 million as at same period of 2018.Financial Vanguard analysis of industry…
Malabu oil block: INTERPOL gets charges against Adoke
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sent charges against the detained former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr.…
UK expresses concern over violence in Hong Kong campus
The United Kingdom (UK) said it is concerned by the escalating violence from both police and protesters occupying university campuses in Hong Kong. A…
Man arrested for allegedly killing brother over Music player
A young man simply identified as Gabriel Chimaeze is now cooling off his heels in the custody of the Abia State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) after he reportedly…
Taskforce relocates ‘Maiguard Lion’ to Lekki zoo
The two-year-old lion used as a guard by an Indian national at his Victoria Island residence, has been tranquilised and relocated to the Omu Resort Zoo in Lekki, the Lagos State…
Danish double-murder suspect to re-visit crime scene
Lagos High court sitting in Igbosere on Monday granted an application by Danish man Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his wife and daughter, to re-visit the scene of…
AMCON takes possession of Demola Seriki’s properties over N1bn debt
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over some properties belonging to Ademola Seriki, a former minister of state for defence, for debts totalling N1…
Why we visited Jonathan in Bayelsa – APC leaders
Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum; led some leaders of the All progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa to the residence of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in…
Indian Using Smuggled Lion As ‘Maiguard’ On The Run, Animal Tranquilised
The Lagos State Government has tranquilised the lion found in a house of an Indian national at the Victoria Island area of the state.Head of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences…
Adaeze and Joseph Yobo step out with their children in matching outfit (photos)
Ex-beauty queen Adaeze Yobo, and her former footballer husband, Joseph Yobo, looked very stylish as they stepped out with their kids in matching outfits. Photos below....
Car dealers protest ‘invasion’ of premises by customs, ask Buhari to intervene
Car dealers in Lagos on Monday staged a peaceful protest over the continued sealing of their business premises by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).The dealers under the aegis of Automobile Dealers’ Friends…
Governors’ demand for dollar payments: The Way Forward!
THE discussion, in last week’s column, was about the intention of State Governors to, henceforth, demand payment of their monthly portion of fiscal allocations, in the currency in which the revenue was earned.…
PHOTOS: Jubilation in Kogi over Bello’s victory
There was wild jubilation among supporters of Governor Yahaya Bello over his re-election as Governor of Kogi state. The Independent National Electoral Commission…
BREAKING: Bayelsa election results were manipulated, says YIAGA
YIAGA AFRICA, a civil society organisation (CSO), says there are indications that the results of the Bayelsa state gubernatorial election were manipulated. The…
Senate disowns hate speech bill, says it’s Abdullahi’s idea
Worried by the spate of criticisms that have greeted the Hate Speech Bill which passed first reading last week, the Senate has distanced itself from the proposed legislationThe acting spokesperson for the red…
Senate President congratulates APC, Kogi, Bayelsa governors-elect
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates on their victory in the governorship elections in Kogi…
Ex-Militants Beg Akpabio not to go to senate, pledge support to him, Buhari
Ex-militants from the Niger Delta region have said that the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio is the only one who has the magic wand to turn around the fortunes of the coastal zone for the…
CLOSE-UP: Lyon, the oil magnate who swept PDP out of Bayelsa
Forty-eight hours to the election, David Lyon, candidate of the the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa governorship poll, was not sure of…
BREAKING: INEC declares Yahaya Bello winner of Kogi governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Yahaya Bello as the…
Kogi elections: Yahaya Bello has ordered my assassination – Natasha Akpoti
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti, has claimed that Yahaya Bello has ordered her assassination. Akpoti said…
‘I couldn’t speak because I was weeping’ — Fatoyinbo reacts to rape case dismissal
Biodun Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), has reacted to the dismissal of the rape case brought against him by Busola…
NIN is free – NIMC
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) candidates for 2020 to be wary of fraudsters…
Bayelsa Governor-elect David Lyon can still be removed by court – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said David Lyon, the Governor-elect of Bayelsa state can still be removed by the court depending on the…
I don’t like to be substituted, but I wasn’t fully fit for Juventus – Cristiano Ronaldo
After Maurizio Sarri subbed off Cristiano Ronaldo in two successive Juventus’ games, the Portuguese star has admitted that he doesn’t enjoy being replaced.…