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Fayose speaks on Afe Babalola’s attack on ex-Ekiti governors
A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has responded to a comment by the founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Afe Babalola (SAN) who described former governors of the state as having underperformed…
Special Investigator, Jim Obazee Requests Over N2Billion From Central Bank Governor As Apex Bank…
A letter addressed to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, by the Chairman of the Special Investigative Committee, Jim Obazee, requesting…
R Kelly Appeals 30-Year Jail Sentence
R&B icon R Kelly has launched an appeal to overturn his 30-year racketeering sentence, issued in 2022. The musician was convicted of racketeering and trafficking after a high-profile trial in New York in 2021,…
UAE Visa update: Only Mauritius, Seychelles in Africa get easy entry, sorry Nigerians
In a move designed to boost tourism, the United Arab Emirates has significantly simplified its visa regime, granting visa-on-arrival access to citizens of 87 countries. Notably, Mauritius and Seychelles are the only…
Ondo 2024: Shelve your ambition, APC chieftain tells Ayedatiwa
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, Sola Olatunji has urged Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to shelve his plan to contest the forthcoming governorship election to prevent reduction of tenure of the…
Senate okays Gbenga Alade as MD of AMCON
The Senate on Tuesday, March 19, confirmed the nomination of Gbenga Alade for appointment as the managing director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). The Senate also confirmed the nomination of…
Shaibu’s impeachment: Edo lawmakers direct CJ to set up seven-member panel to investigate petition
Members of Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday, March 19, directed the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-member panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct and perjury, among…
CBN intervention funds: Lagos state borrowed N196 billion for rail projects
The Lagos state government borrowed around N196 billion via the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervention funds for the Redline and Blueline rail projects across the state. This is contained in the CBN development…
Dangote, BUA, Laferge Post N254bn Operational Losses
Analysis by Daily Trust has shown that the three major cement producers in the country, namely Dangote, BUA and Lafarge, posted a combined loss of N254bn in the year 2023. The development is a direct reaction to the…
Ethiopia’s largest Commercial Bank loses millions as technical glitch allows excessive withdrawals
The largest commercial bank in Ethiopia, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) recently lost millions of dollars when a technical glitch in its system allowed customers to withdraw more money than they had in their accounts.…
Take me to Kuje prison before I die in DSS custody, Kanu tells court
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, whose request for bail was refused by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, has pleaded to be transferred to Kuje prison. Kanu, who is…
NYSC INTRODUCES DIGITAL TECHNIQUES IN STORE MANAGEMENT
The National Youth Service Corps has restated it's commitment to modern techniques and good stock keeping practices as enshrined in the Federal Government adopted…
BREAKING: Zenith Bank to announce Adaora Umeoji as GMD/CEO
Zenith Bank, one of Nigeria’s largest banks, is expected to announce Dame (Dr.)Adaora Umeoji as its new Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (GMD/CEO). She replaces Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu whose 5 year tenure as…
BREAKING: Killers of 16 soldiers may be mercenaries, not Nigerians – Akpabio
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, said those involved in the killing of soldiers in Delta State may be foreigners. Some armed men had on Thursday, March 14, attacked and killed 15 personnel of the Nigerian…
BREAKING: Court denies Nnamdi Kanu bail
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday rejected the bail application by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, however, granted an accelerated hearing…
After sacking seven ‘Emefiele directors’, Cardoso moves against 12 more CBN senior executives
Following the sack of seven on Friday, twelve more Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directors have been scheduled for dismissal. The Nation reports that two of the affected directors were said to have accepted their fate.…
Stop The Proliferation Of Illegal Mining On OAU Campus!
The Nigerian government has been paying lip-service to unregulated and reckless mining activities which are constituting damage to the land. In fact, as against the image government is portraying, I don’t want to believe…
JUST IN: Army rescues 16 Tantatu Kidnap Victims In Kaduna
Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in the 1 Division Area of Responsibility in Kaduna State have successfully rescued 16 kidnap victims in the Kajuru Local Government area. According to a statement released by the…
Shehu Sani reveals why bandits can’t attack Kano, Jigawa
Former Kaduna central lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, says that Kano and Jigawa states have become insulated against terrorist attacks. Politics Nigeria reports that Kano and Jigawa states have not recorded any bandit…
N2billion Fraud: How Nigerian Agency, FIRS Top Official, Eteta Ita Allegedly Diverted Funds To Her…
Mrs Ijeoma Maltida, a sixth Prosecution Witness, in the ongoing trial of the Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, Emmanuella Eteta Ita, has told Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal…
Dollar supply rises to $11bn, naira closes 1,572/$
Forex turnover at the official foreign exchange market has increased to $11.43bn within over two months of trading following fresh reforms by the Central Bank of Nigeria, findings by the PUNCH have shown. An analysis of…
Famine imminent in north Gaza, an ‘unprecedented’ crisis – UN
Half of Gazans are experiencing "catastrophic" hunger, with famine projected to hit the north of the territory by May unless there is urgent intervention, a…
Debt Stock Rises As DMO Raises Fresh N588bn From Bonds
The Debt Management Office (DMO) said it raised N588.85 billion from the March 2024 Federal Government (FGN) Bond offer which it opened last week, slightly…
Tinubu begins plan to clean up cabinet
President Bola Tinubu is set to flag off a three step approach to the assessment of his Ministers and heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies MDAs, ahead of his first year in office. The aim is to provide a platform…