BlackRock Hits $11.5trn Of Assets As Private Markets Grow
BlackRock Inc.pulled in $160 billion of client cash to its long-term investment funds last quarter, pushing the world’s largest money manager to a record $11.5 trillion of assets as it seeks to become a one-stop…
Zwingina’s Funeral Activities Begin On Wednesday
The body of Senator Jonathan Zwingina, who died on 12 days ago, will be buried on October 22 in his hometown in Guyuk, Adamawa State after a funeral service. He was 70. According to a statement signed on…
Ladoja’s Son Celebrates Birthday With Renovation, Equipping Of Primary School Father Attended
Adesola, one of the children of the former Oyo State governor and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Ladoja, marked his birthday on Saturday with commencement of renovation and equipping of the Progressive Day…
Rivers Crisis: We Can’t Have Two Captains In One Ship – Secondus Tells Wike
Former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has expressed the hope that the crisis in Rivers State would soon be resolved. Secondus who is also from Rivers State, said…
Import duty: FG may ground 60 private jets today + Top bank chairmen, business moguls to be affected
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Customs Service, will on Monday (today) ground over 60 private jets owned by very important…
Kanye West’s Ex-Assistant Accuses Him Of Sexual Assault
The former assistant to popular American rapper, Kanye West, Lauren Pisciotta has accused the rapper of drugging and sexually assaulting her during a studio session that was co-hosted by Sean Diddy Combs. Sunday…
Man Jump Into River After Taking Colorado
A 45-year-old man, simply identified as Kazeem has committed suicide after taking hard drug, Colorado, he jumped into the river at Alagbado area of Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP…
Fuel Price Hike: Humanitarian Group Raises N500m For 2m Nigerians
Following the hardship occasioned by the hike in fuel prices across the country, a group, the Atum Humanitarian and Charitable said it has raised about N500 million to support two million needy Nigerians. The…
Umahi, Abike Dabiri, Others Risk Warrant Of Arrest From Senate
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, may soon face a…
Edo Govt Writes Okpebholo, APC On Formation Of Transition Team
The Edo State Government on Sunday said it has written to Senator Monday Okpebholo, winner of the Edo State 2024 Governorship election and the All Progressive Congress (APC) to initiate the formation of his…
Confusion As Nine PDP Govs Reportedly Endorsed Damagum’s Suspension
The political crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is taking a different dimension with nine of the party’s 13 elected governors, reportedly endorsing the suspension of the Acting National Chairman,…
Subsidy Removal Has Reduced Arbitrage – NNPC Ltd
The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd), Mele Kyari, has said that the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria has reduced arbitrage. He explained that it has…
Group Lauds Tinubu Over Increase In Foreign Portfolio Investments
Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described as positive development worth celebrating, the 360 per cent growth in Nigeria’s foreign portfolio investments (FPIs) in the first quarter of 2024. The TMSG Chairman,…
Northern CSOs Hail Ribadu, Matawalle’s Actions Against Bandits
A group, the Coalition of Northern Civil Society Organisations (CNCSOs), has lauded the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, for their actions against bandits…
Airpeace’s Onyema Maintains Innocence As US Charges Him With ‘Justice Obstruction’
Air Peace has denied any wrongdoing by its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Allen Onyema, and Chief of Finance and Administration, Mrs. Ejiro Eghagha, who have been charged by the United States for…
Nigerian Tweeps Dare Tinubu Presidency, Say President’s ‘T-Pain’ Label Will Continue As Long As Pain…
Nigerians on X (formerly Twitter) have vowed to continue referring to President Bola Tinubu as "T-Pain" if his administration fails to address the growing…
Rivers Council Chairman Removes Wike’s Name From Secretariat’s Admin Block, Renames It Obi Wali
The Chairman of Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State has announced the removal of former state governor, Nyesom Wike’s name from the council secretariat’s administrative block. This was announced in a…
Thailand returnee arrested with N3.1billion heroin at Lagos airport
….NDLEA intercepts N22.7billion worth of opioids at Lekki, Apapa, Onne seaports The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has…
Examining the president’s T-Pain alias
In Arabian folklore, the genie is a spirit depicted as being imprisoned inside a bottle or oil lamp. No matter how impregnable the walls of its captivity are, the moment it is summoned, the spirit comes out and…
MATTERS ARISING: Why are banks having system upgrades simultaneously?
What began as a routine digital system upgrade exercise by Sterling Bank in September swiftly morphed into an…
Senator builds military base in Kogi to tackle insecurity
Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West, has facilitated the construction of a military base on the outskirts of Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area, to address insecurity in the area. Karimi explained…
Price of egg to hit N10,000 per crate – Poultry farmers
Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has warned that if urgent steps are not taken to support poultry farmers, prices of eggs may increase from the current N5,500 to N10,000 per crate. They attributed the rising cost…
Leadership Crisis: Lagos Country Club holds EGM, constitutes caretaker committee
To resolve the protracted leadership crisis, the Lagos Country Club (LCC) has constituted a Caretaker Committee to oversee the affairs of the club and organise election into the various vacant positions within a period…
Who Is This Israel?
By Femi Fani-Kayode “Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not but do lie — behold, I will make them to come and worship at thy feet and to know that I have loved…