The Managing Director of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim has expressed concern on the increasing wave of non-performing insider loans in banks. A statement issued by the NDIC said  Ibrahim expressed the concern while receiving a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) led …

Mrs Taiwo Oluwanisola, 42, on Wednesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State how she stumbled on a message where her friend was begging her husband, Olajide Oluwanisola,45, to return her pant. Taiwo said this in an application she filed before the court seeking the dissolution of her 18-year-old …

The Nigerian Navy said it had arrested a suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers. This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, and made available to newsmen in Abuja. According to Ezekobe, the suspect who was picked up on July 11 at …

The Kastina State Police Command is holding a family of five in its custody for allegedly feeding a day-old baby boy to a dog as meal.The incident happened at Saika village in Batsari Local Government Area. The suspects include 15-year-old Wosila Halilu, her three stepbrothers and her mother. It was …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun will attend the 2016 International Leaders Forum (ILF) during the United States Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania scheduled for July 25-28, 2016. This follows the National Chairman acceptance of an invitation by the President of the National …

The long-awaited African Union (AU) passport was on Sunday launched at the opening ceremony of the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. The Assembly is made up of heads of states and governments of the 54 member states of the AU. The AU …

Newly appointed Super Eagles’ technical director, Paul Le Guen, has rejected the job offer by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. This was revealed by a top French journalist Herve Penot, via the verified Twitter handle (@hpenot_lequipe). According to the tweet, Le Guen will not go to Nigeria because the NFF …

Rapper Nick Cannon joined Black Lives Matters protesters outside the Republican National Convention on Monday – and attacked both political parties. The former husband of singer Mariah Carey stood in front of banners and posters calling for justice and an end to shootings of black men by police. He said …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command on Tuesday seized three bullet-proof cars with a Duty Paid Value of N76million. The Area Controller, Mr Victor Dimka, a Comptroller, disclosed this at a briefing held at the vehicle seat in the command. He disclosed that individuals who desired to import bullet-proof …

A former Nigerian envoy to the Central African Republic, Amb. Yahaya Tabari is dead. Tabari died in an auto-crash on Monday night on Kaduna-Zaria expressway. A close relation to the family, Alhaji Abdurrahman Nuhu-Bayero in Zaria on Tuesday said that the deceased died at the age of 64. He said …