The market capitalisation of Fidelity Bank has crossed the N1 trillion mark as the share value of the company appreciated by 1.27 percent at the close of trading, a report by TheCableNG said. According to data from the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), the bank’s market capitalisation hit N1 trillion after …
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President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill, 2025, recently passed by the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill proposes granting the NDLEA the power to retain a portion of the proceeds from drug related crimes …
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A former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, Dr Augustine Alugbala Nwazunku is dead. Dr. Nwazunku, a one-time governorship aspirant on the PDP platform during the 2023 general election, was until his death, a consultant and Associate Professor of Environmental Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences, …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled bye-elections in 16 constituencies across 12 states for August 16, 2025. The announcement was made on Thursday by INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, during a meeting with leaders of registered political parties in Abuja. According to Prof. Yakubu, the bye-elections would involve …
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President Bola Tinubu has signed the four tax reform bills recently passed by the National Assembly into law. The ceremony took place at the Presidential Villa on Thursday. The ceremony was witnessed by top government officials including the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of the House of …
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A high court in Lafia, Nasarawa state, has sentenced Timileyin Ajayi, a gospel singer, to death by hanging for killing Salome Adaidu, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who was allegedly his girlfriend. Simon Aboki, the judge, pronounced Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide punishable by death, in …
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These ones are just blocking the road. I have started thinking that they just might be working for Tinubu sef especially Atiku Cos I don’t understand how they can’t see that they have passed their sell-by dates and are blocking the emergence of robust opposition See Atiku for an example, …
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A High Court in Calabar has convicted and sentenced a self-proclaimed cleric and church founder, Apostle Favour Mexy Okoise, to life imprisonment on multiple counts of rape and false pretences in a case that has shocked the Christian community in Cross River State. The church founder, an indigene of Esan …
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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), in partnership with the Ministry of Youth Development and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has commenced the training of selected Youth Corps members to drive the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment in all the wards in the country. According to a statement by …
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Special Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will host an advanced-level course for 35 law enforcement, prosecutors, magistrates, and training personnel from Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Togo. According to a statement by the U.S. Embassy, “the training addresses the growing threat of transnational …
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