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Three commercial banks have been identified to have in their balance sheets, 60 per cent of the N700 billion insider-related bad loans bedevilling the industry, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said. Speaking…

No fewer than 350,000 small businesses have benefited from the Federal Government’s interest-free loans, it was learnt yesterday. The beneficiaries of Federal Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) MarketMoni scheme…

Section 1 of the reviewed N134.8 billion Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will include two toll gates, underpasses and flyovers, the Federal Controller in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Adedamola Kuti, has said. Kuti spoke…

The controversy over the $16billion power projects in the country raged on yesterday with a highly-placed source linked with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NPDHC) claiming that between $$8.4billion and  $8.58billion, out of…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on on Thursday voided the 180-legislative-day suspension imposed by the House of Representatives on a former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin,‎ on September 28, 2016.…

Folorunso Alakija, billionaire businesswoman, has narrated how one of her staff defrauded her foundation of N3m. Speaking at an Ikeja high court on Thursday, she narrated how one Vincent Ayewah, a member of staff of her Rose of…

Popular cross-dresser Bobrisky sat down with Samuel Olatunji (Bigsam) on 'Conversation with Bigsam' and disclosed that although she is not sure of her gender considering she is finer than most girls , however …

A lady has taken to social media to share photos of the injury she sustained while enduring domestic violence in the hands of a man. According to her, she kept the whole incident to herself for six months but now she is…

Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women, making him the latest in the long line of popular men who have been accused in the wake of the #MeToo movement. The woman accused the actor …

Senators from Kaduna state have accused Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, of using private companies to procure foreign loans. The Kaduna senator had blocked a $350 million loan from the World Bank requested by the…

A member of one of Nigeria’s popular online forum has revealed whom he believes Linda Ikeji is pregnant for. According to his claim which he says is very credible, the man who is responsible for the celebrity blogger’s pregnancy is…

Festus Keyamo, activist lawyer and Director, Strategic Communications of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign organisation has revealed the greatest mistake ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo made during his regime as Nigeria’s…

A groom in Dubai divorced his bride just 15 minutes after their Islamic wedding because he felt 'insulted' by her father's dowry demands. The man agreed to pay his new father-in-law Dh100,000 (£20,000) as dowry, he paid Dh50,000 (£10,000)…

Nigerians have taken to social media to comment on the “jar-war” between President Muhammadu Buhari and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. On Tuesday, Buhari said a former president has questions to answer over the $16 billion spent on…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two suspected fraudsters/herbalists for defrauding a victim of N31, 000,000 (Thirty One Million Naira only) in the guise of making "money medicine"…

Winners have emerged in the Secure Lagos Hackathon, organized by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) and sponsored by leading lender First City Monument Bank (FCMB). The Hackathon was designed to encourage creation of…

Buhari Support Organisation led by Hameed Ali, the Comptroller-General of Customs Service, President Muhammadu Buhari, said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has questions to answer over the spending of $16 billion on power…

Pandemonium enveloped the Gombe State House of Assembly, on Thursday during an attempt to impeach the Minority Leader, Ahmed Usman Haruna. It was gathered that efforts to impeach the Minority Leader failed after a physical…

US President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying it would be inappropriate at this time. Mr Trump said the summit, which had been scheduled to take place in Singapore on 12 June, would…

The first draws of First City Monument Bank’s (FCMB) latest bumper reward scheme, tagged, ‘ ’FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 5 ”, took place across Nigeria on May 23, 2018 with the emergence of additional four customers of the Bank as…

North Korea appears to have blown up tunnels at its only nuclear test site, in a move to reduce regional tensions. Foreign reporters at the Punggye-ri site in the north-east said they witnessed a huge blast. Pyongyang later said the site…

Mojisola Dada, a judge of the special offences court sitting in Lagos on Thursday declared Innocent Chukwuma, chairman of Innoson Motors Nigeria Ltd, wanted over his failure to make an appearance in court for his arraignment for the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Inspector-General of Police Musiliu Smith as chairman of the Police Service Commission. Smith will succeed former IGP Mike Okiro. Buhari also appointed five others as members of the…

The immediate past governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau North, Jonah Jang has stated that his being in prison is divinely ordained, stressing that nobody should boast of sending him to prison. Jang stated this…