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‘INEC suspends 205 staff over roles in 2015 elections’
The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) has suspended 205 staff over various unwholesome roles in the 2015 general elections. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this in his keynote address at national…
Bank CEOs target 60m new customers by 2021
Body of Bank Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) on Tuesday set a three-year target of 60 million new customers for all the lenders. The Chairman of Body of Banks CEOs, Herbert Wigwe, said the target is in line with the Central Bank of…
Tenure elongation: Buhari has saved APC from serious legal turmoil, says Tinubu
Bola Tinubu, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says President Muhammadu Buhari has saved the ruling party from “serious legal turmoil”. Describing the extension of the tenureof the national working committee (NWC) of…
Son of house of reps member shot dead in UK
Abraham Badru, son of Enitan Badru, a member of the house of representatives, has been shot dead in the UK. Some of his neighbors who spoke with Evening Standard said Badru who had been to church earlier that Sunday was shot around…
APC sets up panel to examine Buhari’s demand, says elongation of Oyegun’s tenure stands
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a committee to advise it on the position of President Muhammadu Buhari that the extension of the tenure of the national working committee (NWC) be cancelled. The decision to extend the…
Easter: FG declares March 30, April 2, public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 30 and Monday, April 2, as Public Holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter Monday. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Tuesday…
Ambode commissions dualized Alapere road
…Approves construction of Ketu-Agboyi link bridge, link roads Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday commissioned the Alapere Road and junction improvement works in Agboyi Ketu area of the State, with an assurance that his…
‘Fruits ripened with carbide can cause heart, kidney and liver failure’ – NAFDAC warns
The general public has been warned in a statement released by The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday, to shun consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide. According to NAFDAC who…
Access Bank confirms it took a N32.8 billion hit on 9 Mobile but there is a twist
Access Bank held its conference call and as expected provided insights into its N34.4 billion net provisioning for 2017. They also provided some interesting explanations for their derivatives income which helped boost non-interest…
Your apology not enough, return looted funds, FG tells PDP
The Federal Government has asked the Peoples Democratic Party to completes its apology to Nigerians by returning all the alleged funds looted from the public treasury during its 16 years in power. In a statement issued in Abuja on…
#BBNaija Drama: Khloe and Nina team up & nearly come to blows with CeeC (Video)
So, it looks as if the drama in the house isn’t going to end anytime soon.. and we can’t just wait for more. Though Khloe said she was going to mess with Cee-C a little, and she’d tell her to calm the f**k down.. But reverse was the…
JUST IN: After rejection by Buhari, senate reintroduces election reordering bill
The senate has reintroduced the bill to amend the electoral act. It passed first reading after the short title of the bill was read by the clerk of the senate on Tuesday. The development comes after the reintroduction of the bill…
VIDEO: ‘It’s a bittersweet time’ — Dangote’s emotional message to newlywed daughter
Aliko Dangote, a billionaire industrialist, says its “bittersweet” for him as his daughter, Fatima, begins life as a married woman. In a heartfelt video message, Dangote described his newly wedded daughter as “an excellent…
Nigeria’s poorest, richest, indebted states
31 states can’t survive without federal allocation The report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on 36 states’ Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has unmasked the financial strength of states, putting them in three…
BREAKING: Buhari kicks against elongation of Oyegun’s tenure
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the national executive committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider reversing the tenure extension of the party’s national working committee (NWC) led by John Oyegun, chairman…
Spy attack: We can’t find Russian spies to expel, New Zealand says
New Zealand said Tuesday it would like to expel Russian spies in retaliation for allegedly poisoning an ex-agent in Britain — only it can’t find any Moscow operatives in the remote South Pacific nation. Scores of Russian diplomats…
NDLEA Impounds 159m Tablets Of Tramadol In Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had seized 159 million tablets of Tramadol at Apapa Port in Lagos. Director, Technical Services of the agency, Mr Femi Oloruntoba, made this known at a public hearing…
‘North Korean train’ in Beijing fuels Kim Jong-un visit rumours
There is widespread speculation that a senior North Korean official who made a surprise visit to Beijing was Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Japanese media outlets first reported that a high-profile figure had arrived via a North Korean…
Lagos to experience blackout today, says TCN
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that it will carry out an annual maintenance of its equipment at the Itire 132KV Transmission Sub-station in Lagos today (Tuesday) for four hours. The TCN said in a statement that…
31-year-old Nigerian man arrested for drug peddling in India
Calangute Police in North Goa, India have arrested one Nigerian National for allegedly drugs worth Rs 1.5 lakh. According to Calangute Police Station In-charge Police Inspector Jiva Dalvi, information was received about a Nigerian National…
Adesua Etomi’s sends touching and sweet birthday message to Banky W
Nollywood actress, Adesua Etomi in a very sweet and touching message celebrated her husband, Banky W as he turns a year older today March 27th. Adesua Etomi in her message told him how lucky she is to have him in her life and how much he…
This is the Heineken ad “everyone” is saying is “racist”
Social Media users have criticized a new Heineken Ad that suggests racist undertones. Heineken is brewed, marketed and sold in Nigeria by Nigeria Breweries Plc. In the ad (see below) a bartender can be seen sliding a Heineken beer to…
Nigerian lady confesses to falsely accusing a guy of rape; says she did it to teach him a lesson
In a period of time where justice for domestic violence can bring an abrupt end to one’s free life if the charges were filed against the individual, a lady has admitted that she indeed falsely accused a guy of raping her. @lafunki…