The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed the discovery of N258million stashed in the head office of a bank in Abuja. The operation was part of efforts to get the institutions to comply with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive on the distribution of …
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The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Olubunmi Adelugba, has urged the Ekiti in Diaspora to key into the blueprint of the administration of Governor Biodun Oyebanji to boost the industrial and investment profile of the state. Adelugba made the call in her office in Ado Ekiti on …
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Zenith Bank has closed some of its branches in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and some states of the country due to alleged attacks on its staff and network. NAN correspondent who monitored some of the bank’s branches in the FCT, and environs and other states on Tuesday, reports that …
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The chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. John Joseph Hayab has accused Governor Nasir el-Rufai of diverting attention from burning issues of the day. In a statement issued in response to El-Rufai’s statement that Christians are insignificant in the North, Rev Hayab …
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The younger brother to a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Isaac has alleged that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is working for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Wike has been at loggerheads with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after losing …
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Barely 17 days to the commencement of the 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has been assured of over one million votes in Benue State. This was as Atiku was predicted to emerge winner of the February 25th presidential election. Atiku held …
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One person was reported shot in Sapon, a neighbourhood of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, following attempts by some persons to rob a branch of the First Bank of Nigeria in the area. It’s was reported earlier that the crisis started on Tuesday when some bank customers spent hours at …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has met with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over, among other things, the naira note redesign and withdrawal limit. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the Commission is encouraged by the continuing willingness of the apex bank to support its determination to …
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Some gun-wielding men, suspected to be cultists on Tuesday morning shot and killed a lecturer with Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra state. A source identified the victim as Dr Anthony Eze, a lecturer with the faculty of education in the university. According to the source, the lecturer was just driving …
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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his persistent failure to secure the lives and property of citizens nearly eight years of his administration. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress …
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