A coalition of minority retail shareholders in FBN Holdings Plc yesterday called on regulatory authorities to wade into alleged attempts by certain individuals to undermine the oldest financial services group in the country. Shareholders who staged a solidarity protest at the Marina, Lagos head office of FBN Holdings, said several …

Sequel to the incessant communal crisis resulting in the loss of lives and property in Nasarawa State, the state governor, Abdullahi Sule has set up an investigative panel to look into the disputed areas for a permanent solution. The committee which commenced sitting in Lafia, Monday suspected the proceeding due …

The Navy has ordered the immediate release of MT Praisel vessel to continue its operations in line with extant approvals. Navy’s spokesperson, Commodore Ayo-Vaughan, said the order was issued around 7am on Monday.   Vaughan told The Nation that the order was issued after the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum …

The French national carrier, Air France, has suspended flights to and from Mali and Burkina Faso. Air France made this known on Monday after the Niger Republic’s junta announced the closure of its airspace following the threat of intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).   Reports …

President Bola Tinubu has sent his goodwill message to frontline businessman and philanthropist, Abdul Samad Rabiu, founder of BUA Group and the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) on the occasion of his 63rd birthday anniversary. President Tinubu praised the entrepreneurial ingenuity of the renowned industrialist and his abiding …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, says he would not back his deputy, Philip Shaibu, to succeed him. Obaseki said an intense politicking would be a distraction to his government, stressing that no amount of blackmail would make him to support Shaibu’s governorship ambition ahead of the 2024 gubernatorial election in …

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, supervised the distribution of food palliative to over 2,000 households in Mafoni ward of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council. The distribution, which is aimed at cushioning the effects of fuel subsidy removal, took place on the premises of Mohammed Goni College of Legal and …

The government of Enugu State has banned the unauthorised use of vehicle tinted glasses in the state. In a statement issued by the secretary to the state government, Prof Chidiebere Onyia on Monday, the government disclosed that the ban shall take effect in September, after four weeks of the notice. …

A mob has beaten a yet-to-be-identified policeman to a stupor after a man identified simply as Yusuf got rammed by a BRT bus from the impact of being allegedly pushed by policemen in the Ketu area of Lagos State. Reports gathered from eyewitnesses at the scene that the policeman and …

Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Monday, presented 32 patrol vehicles and 160 motorcycles to support the mobility of security personnel as government steps up collaborations to improve safety in the hinterlands. The governor also presented three patrol vehicles to Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA) to improve the …