Dangote Cement overtakes MTN as NSE’s biggest firm
Dangote Cement Plc has regained its position as the biggest listed firm on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as sell-offs were witnessed in MTN Nigeria Communication Plc’s shares on Tuesday.On Monday, MTN Nigeria…
Nigerians can’t get US visa appointment dates despite payments
Travel agents charge desperate applicants N100,000Student visa application fee now over N200,000Samson Folarin and Tobi AworindeNigerians applying for visas to the United States are currently in a fix as they cannot…
Why attack on Igbo leaders will continue – Nnamdi Kanu
Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has given reasons why his members would not retreat in attacking Igbo leaders in foreign countries. He blamed the death of…
Our operatives were attacked by Ambode’s hoodlums – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives were attacked by hoodlums loyal to Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos, on Tuesday. The anti-graft agency had gone to execute a search…
Update On Nigerian Killed In Ukraine – NIDCOM
The Nigerian Embassy in Ukraine has formally petitioned the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Police Department in Kharkiv and demanded full investigation into the circumstances…
How we foiled EFCC’s plot to plant foreign currency in Ambode’s house – Lawyers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) tried implicating Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos state, with some foreign currency, according to some lawyers.…
EFCC raid: Ambode should come out clean – Lagos PDP
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State has urged former governor of Lagos, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to come out and set the records straight over the alleged N9billion.Speaking with Vanguard, the party’s Publicity…
Ibbi residents relieved as news of Wadume’s arrest spread
Deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari left Ibbi on Tuesday with vehicles and loads of farm produce retrieved from the re-arrested suspected kidnap kingpin Hamisu Bala Wadume’s houses in Ibbi.A source from Ibbi who spoke…
Davido, Coldstone, Obasanjo Farms… FIRS publishes 19,901 accounts ‘owing’ taxes
Accounts belonging to Iyiola Omisore and Obasanjo Farms are some of the accounts that have been placed under lien for owing taxes. In a list published on Monday, the Federal Inland…
UK to end EU free movement after Brexit
Britain said Monday it will immediately end freedom of movement for people from the European Union after Brexit on October 31, in a policy shift under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.“Freedom of movement as it currently…
Court orders wife to return carpet, mattress to husband
A Sharia Court in Kaduna on Tuesday ordered a housewife, Hauwa’u Zailani, to return the carpet and mattress she received as part of her dowry from her former, Akilu Yakubu.The judge, Muhammad Shehu-Adamu, gave the order…
Donald Trump becomes grandfather for 10th time
US President Donald Trump has become a grandfather for the 10th time after his son Eric’s wife Lara gave birth to a girl.“@LaraLeaTrump and I are excited to welcome Carolina Dorothy Trump into the world. We love you…
How we re-arrested billionaire kidnap kingpin Wadume – Police
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the re-arrest of a notorious kidnapper in Taraba State, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume in a hideout in Hotoro area of Kano. The suspect,…
Meet Seun Fakorede, 27-year-old picked for commissioner
The Speaker of the House, Adebo Ogundoyin, Monday confirmed the nomination of Seun Fakorede as commissioner by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state. Here are some of the profile of…
Ekweremadu: German police rule out arrest of IPOB attackers
GERMAN police authorities, Landespolizie in Nuremberg, Germany have disclosed that no arrest has been made and will be made in connection with the Saturday attack on Ike Ekweremadu, the…
video: How I was rearrested, by billionaire kidnap kingpin Wadume
Alleged Taraba state kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala popularly known as Wadume, has been reportedly re-arrested and taken to the Louis Edet House Force headquarters in Abuja. Police…
Meet Lagos new Commissioners, Special Advisers (SEE PORTFOLIOS)
Mr. Rabiu Olowo Onaolapo Commissioner for Finance Rabiu according to his twitter and Linkedln handle profile is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Experienced Chief Audit Executive, Adjunct…
Customs intercepts elephant tusks, buffalo horns, others
The Adamawa/Taraba Zonal Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has seized rare but outlawed items as well as more widely traded but contraband items across the two states…
Giuseppe Conte: Italy’s populist prime minister quits amid coalition government turmoil
Italy‘s populist prime minister has announced his resignation, amid turmoil in the Italian governing coalition.Giuseppe Conte said during a parliamentary debate on Tuesday afternoon that he would go to the president to…
Nobody is above the law – APC reacts to EFCC raid on Ambode’s home
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the search conducted by the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) at the Epe home of a former governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode.Mr Ambode left office on May 29…
EFCC hasn’t contacted me on any matter – Ambode
Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos state, says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has not reached him on any subject matter. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Habib Aruna, his media aide,…
Suspected Taraba kidnap kingpin Wadume arrested
Hamisu Wadume, a suspected kidnap lord in Taraba State, has been re-arrested, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt from official sources.It was not immediately clear when and where Mr Wadume was taken into custody, but a source…
Supreme court rejects Atiku, PDP’s request to inspect INEC’s server
The supreme court has refused an application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking to inspect the central server of the Independent National Electoral…
Girl found dead in Delta hotel room after checking in with boys
A yet-to-be-identified girl has been reported dead three days after she was allegedly gang-raped by some boys in a hotel room in Amukpe community in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area…