Ebenezer Becomes FirstBank Chairman As Odukale Retires After 12-Year Tenure
The Board of FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Ebenezer Olufowose, a Non-Executive Director, as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank. This follows the successful completion of the 12-year…
Fubara Plotting To Demolish Our Official Residence, Pro-Wike Speaker Raises Alarm
Speaker of the pro-Wike faction of Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule, on Thursday raised alarm that Governor Similanayi Fubara was plotting to demolish the official quarters of the lawmakers.…
‘I Hit Him In My House’, KEDCO Official Narrates How He Killed Colleague Over N3m
Sadiq Zubairu, a staff member of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), has narrated how he killed Bello Bukar Adamu, his friend and colleague, over a debt of N3 million which he could not repay. Daily…
Ademola Dazzles As Atalanta Reach Europa League Final
Atalanta claimed the biggest win in their history on Thursday after sweeping aside Marseille 3-0 and booking a place in the Europa League final. Goals from Ademola Lookman, academy product Matteo Ruggeri and…
2027: Work in progress on mega party to sack Tinubu, APC from Aso Villa — Utomi
A renowned political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, says his plan to form a mega political party with like-minded people and political groups ahead of 2027 general elections is on course.Utomi,…
Chad Junta Chief Deby Wins Presidential Vote
Chad’s junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno won this week’s presidential election in the first round, according to provisional official results released on Thursday, extending his family’s decades-long grip on power.…
Rivers Crisis: Yoruba youths knock Wike for disrespecting Tinubu
The Oduduwa Youths Initiative (OYI) has rebuked the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, for disrespecting President Bola…
Tijani Babangida Involved In Ghastly Accident, Loses Brother
Former Super Eagles forward, Tijani Babangida, was involved in a tragic car accident on Kaduna-Zaria highway, on Thursday. This resulted in the loss of his younger brother, Ibrahim Babangida. Tijani Babangida, renowned for…
Court Dismisses Suit Challenging FG’s N23tn Ways And Means Loan
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to restrain the federal government from securitising the sum of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means Loan support it got from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).…
Tinubu appoints Wike’s man as Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority’s MD
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Chukwuemeka Woke as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development…
GTCO Shareholders Approve $750m Capital Raising
Shareholders of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) Plc on Thursday at the third Annual General Meeting approved the company’s plan to establish a capital raising programme of $750 million either through public…
Debt Service Gulps 70% Of Dollar Outflow In Q1
Nigeria spent about 70% of its dollar payments to service external debts between January and March 2024. According to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), out of the $1.61 billion in total outflows made…
If Ooni doesn’t admit I’m his son, I’ll reveal more secrets — Man gives Yoruba foremost monarch two…
The video of a middle-aged man who claimed to be the son of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has surfaced online.In the video, the man who did not identify himself, claimed the monarch…
Tinubu-Shettima supporters vow to expose appointees plotting against President’s 2027 interests
Some members of the All Progressives Congress under the umbrella of Southwest Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Supporters Movement have called on…
Spotify: Nigerian artists earn N25 billion from streaming in 2023
Music streaming platform, Spotify, has said it paid over N25 billion in streaming royalties to Nigerian artists in 2023. The company disclosed this in its annual Loud & Clear report focusing on the Nigerian…
JUST IN: Tinubu Offers Fresh Appointment To Petroleum Minister
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, as the Co-Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…
“Your appointments lopsided, Nigeria is more than Lagos state” – Borno elders tell Tinubu
Prof Khalifa Dikwa, the Dean of Borno Elders Forum, has criticised the appointments made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying the focus on Lagos indigenes does not bode well for the country. Dikwa also accused the…
Reps Probe Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Contract
The House of Representatives on Thursday set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the procurement process of the contract for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project and report to the House within four weeks. The…
Resist Binance’s blackmail – U.S. Mayor urges FG
A United States Mayor, Mr Mike Arnold, has urged the Federal Government to discountenance the allegation by Binance, a Cryptocurrency platform, that an unnamed Nigerian official demanded a $150 million bribe to frustrate the…
IMF endorses Tinubunomics, commends FG for tax policies, monetary policies
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the financial body has endorsed the economic reforms implemented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, noting significant strides in addressing Nigeria’s economic and…
Senate Okays Death Penalty For Drug Traffickers
The Senate has approved the death sentence as a penalty for drug traffickers in the country, as it passes through the third reading, the 2024 NDLEA Act (Amendment) Bill. The proposal was adopted on Thursday when the Senate…
Northern Elders oppose CBN’s cybersecurity levy
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), a prominent socio-cultural organization representing the interests of the Northern region of Nigeria, has strongly condemned the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent decision to impose a…
NYSC DG VISITS HOSPITALISED CORPS MEMBERS
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Dogara Ahmed has paid a sympathy visit to the Corps Members who were involved in a fatal road…
JUST IN: Former aviation minister, daughter, and two others granted ₦100 million bail each
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail of ₦100 million each, with two sureties, to former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his daughter, and two other defendants. The quartet is facing trial over an alleged…