No plan to revoke Wema, Polaris, Unity, Fidelity licenses — CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday said there are no plans to revoke the operating licenses of Fidelity Bank, Wema Bank, Polaris Bank
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Senate confirms Agama as SEC DG, 2 other commissioners
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of Dr. Emomotimi Agama as the substantive Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC. The
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JUST IN: Senate passes anti-doping bill
The Senate, on Thursday, passed a bill seeking to prohibit Nigerian athletes from consuming performance-enhancing substances during or after sporting competitions. President Bola
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TSTV CEO, three others arraigned on alleged tax evasion, money laundering charges
Two senior officials of Telecom Satellites Limited (TSTV) – Bright Ikechukwu Echefu and Felix Nnamdi Igboanuga, were on Thursday, June 6, arraigned before
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BREAKING: Wale Edun submits minimum wage cost to Tinubu
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has submitted the projected cost implications of implementing a new national
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Osun directs schools to begin recitation of reintroduced national anthem
The Osun State Government has directed public and private schools in the state to start reciting “Nigeria, We hail thee” the returned old
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Change of national anthem my priority – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said that returning the old national anthem was a priority for him. Tinubu made this known during a meeting
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Billionaire to pay $1bn to ex-wife in divorce settlement
South Korean billionaire and chairman of SK Group conglomerate, Chey Tae-won, has been ordered to pay his ex-wife 1.38 trillion won ($1bn) in
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Declare May 30 public holiday, IPOB tells S- East Govs
The Indigenous People of Bisfra, IPOB, has asked the South East Governors to declare May 30th a public holiday in their states to
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Slovak PM returns home to recover from shooting
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has left hospital and will continue his recovery from a gun attack at his Bratislava home, the interior
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I almost killed myself over failed IVF, says Stephanie Coker
Television host and filmmaker Stephanie Coker has shared her harrowing experience of almost contemplating suicide following a failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) attempt. In an
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Court remands man for allegedly beating woman to death
An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife, on Friday remanded a 25-year-old man, Adebisi Kola, for allegedly beating a woman to death. The
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Military vows to retaliate IPOB’s killing of soldiers in Abia
The Military High Command has promised to bring overwhelming military pressure on the proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra over the killing of five
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I ‘ll sack non-performing minister – Tinubu vows
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vowed to sack any non-performing member in his cabinet. Tinubu made the promise, yesterday at a meeting with
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IPOB insists on May 30 sit-at-home in South-East
The Indigenous People of Biafra has insisted that the May 30 sit-at-home remains sacrosanct across the South-East and that every resident in the
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Ondo guber: Why I withdrew suit against Ayiedatiwa – Jimoh Ibrahim
The senator representing Ondo South Senatorial district and governorship aspirant in the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election last April
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DANA Air workers seek payment of entitlements
Dana Air staff recently laid off by the airline management on Tuesday, May 21, staged a protest at the carrier’s headquarters in Lagos,
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Finland proposes new border law to block migrants
Finland’s right-wing government proposed on Tuesday a new law that would allow frontier guards to turn away asylum seekers at the border, following
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BREAKING: One dead, many injured as deadly turbulence hit Singapore-bound plane
One person died and multiple people were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that experienced “severe turbulence” while heading from London to Singapore
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Reps seek exemption of armed forces from paying airport access fees
The House of Representatives has asked the Ministry of Aviation to exempt members of the Armed Forces from tollgate fees and parking payments in Airports
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Again, armed men invade Plateau community. Scores feared dead
Multiple sources confirmed scores of residents were killed, others injured and many property including houses burnt on Monday evening Neither the Operation Safe
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‘I spend N400m on orphanages annually’, Davido reveals
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, received Afrobeat star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, during a courtesy visit. Welcoming his guest
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I have lofty dreams for Isuochi, says Chief Orji
The new President General of Isuochi Development Union, IDU, Chief Ochi Orji and his executives were inaugurated for a four-year term at the
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Again, warlords kill two in Ebonyi, 10-yr-old boy missing, 3 houses burnt
TWO persons, 79-year old Paul Idu and 47-year old Elizabeth Amos Agbudu, natives of Igede village, Akparata, Effium, in Ohaukwu Local Government Area
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Just in: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leader in
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63-year-old nabbed for operating baby factory in Abia, says NAPTIP
A sixty-three-year-old woman, Chinyere Nkwocha, has been arrested for operating a baby factory in Abia State. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking
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Nine LASU law graduates emerge Lagos high court judges
Nine alumni of the Faculty of Law of the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos have been appointed judges of the Lagos High Court.
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I made $900m while sleeping -BBNaija star Ka3na boasts
Big Brother Naija reality star, Ka3na, has claimed that she recently earned $900 million while asleep. According to her, the money was made
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Minimum wage: Labour agrees to attend Tuesday talks
The Organised Labour has agreed to attend the ”negotiation” meeting of Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage slated for Tuesday. Mr Etim Okon,
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Again, court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s house arrest, fresh bail request
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the request of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for
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