Fidelity Bank Plc opened its N127.10bn rights issue and public offer on Thursday, becoming the first bank to go public following the recapitalisation directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria issued in March. Fidelity Bank on Thursday commenced its ...
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The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects for alleged conspiracy and theft of a vehicle in Minna, the state capital They were reportedly nabbed in the process of selling the vehicle for N6.5 million in Minna. The ...
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The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, on June 11, 2024 arraigned one Usman Mallam for allegedly tearing EFCC’s official Investigation Activities’ letters and obstructing The Commission’s investigation before Justice TG Ringim of the Federal ...
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Representatives of the NNPC and TotalEnergies JV signing the investment deal to boost Nigeria’s gas production. In a significant move to enhance Nigeria’s oil and gas production, the NNPC-TotalEnergies JV has announced a $550 million final investment decision for the ...
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Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative for Africa in collaboration with BUA Foods has donated foodstuffs and N10m as a grant to widows in Lagos to mark the 2024 International Widows’ Day. The N10m grant and products were distributed at the International ...
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Prices of tomatoes and pepper in the North have continued to soar despite the items being in their season. The development has reached an alarming level such that residents say their prices have stripped them to bare bones. Most of ...
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Come July 2nd 2024, Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Ltd, under the leadership of Hon. Dr Saheed Mosadoluwa better known as Mr Ibile will be hosting Bridging Housing Deficit Summit 2024 “BHDSummit2024”, coinciding with the grand launch of Lekki Aviation ...
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A 102-year-old Holocaust survivor whose family was murdered at Auschwitz is the cover star for the July/August edition of Vogue Germany. Margot Friedländer, née Bendheim, was born in Berlin in 1921. According to a brief bio on the website of Berlin’s Jewish ...
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The average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas rose by 70.12 per cent, Year-on-Year, YoY to N7,418.45 in May 2024 from N4,360.69 in May 2023. The National Bureau of ...
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The Lagos chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the d3ath of its former Welfare Secretary, Alhaja Ramota Bankole, as unfortunate and shocking. Bankole, one of the Lagos APC women leaders from the Epe Division, d!ed while performing a ...
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One of Abuja’s largest mechanic villages popularly called “Kugbo Mechanic” located on the Abuja -Keffi Expressway was, yesterday thrown into confusion, following reports that a yet-to-be identified soldier allegedly stabbed an auto electrician to d3ath The incident was as a result ...
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Ogun State has recorded its first case of cholera outbreak with the death of a 62-year-old woman in the Ijebu-Igbo area of the state The outbreak, which occurred three days ago, also left five other persons hospitalised. The deceased, it was gathered, ...
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Justice Okechukwu Onunkwo of the Anambra State High Court sitting at Otuocha located in Anambra East Local Government of the state, on Wednesday, sentenced one Obinna Oraezue to 90 days imprisonment for impersonating as a lawyer. Oraezue was remanded at the ...
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Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma says he is sure the policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration will lead to Nigeria’s economic prosperity. Uzodimma said this at an interactive session with journalists in Owerri on Wednesday. He noted that journalists needed to ...
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The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced the expulsion of Dan Orbih, Hon Philip Shaibu and Hon Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama from the party The Anthony Aziegbemi-led state executives announced the purported expulsion of the trio ...
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The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, said that the suspected cholera cases in the state have increased to 401 with 21 fatalities. The statement noted that Lagos Island, Kosofe, and Eti ...
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An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has declared the creation of the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) by the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as unconstitutional and illegal. According to the presiding judge, Justice A.O ...
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An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced three persons to d3ath by hanging for the offences of armed robbery and conspiracy. The men convicted by the court presided over by Justice John Adeyeye are: Akingbade ...
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A Federal High Court in Kano, on Thursday, nullified the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano The court also nullified all the actions taken after the controversial reinstatement. The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Liman, said, ...
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The Federal Government has announced plans to send the first Nigerian to space. The Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency Dr Matthew Adepoju announced this during a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum ...
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fresh application the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing drug trafficking charge, filed to be released on bail, pending the conclusion of his trial The court, ...
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South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in for a second full term as president in Pretoria on Wednesday, after his weakened African National Congress (ANC) struck a government coalition deal. Chief Justice Raymond Zondo led Ramaphosa’s oath of office ...
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President Bola Tinubu has stated that while poverty and suffering exist in the country, Nigerians are not the only ones facing these challenges. The President said this in Lagos when he received a delegation from the National Assembly who ...
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A currency trafficker, Onuigbo Chibuzor, who was arrested around Otigba, in New Heaven, Enugu State for selling N40,000 new Naira notes for N60,000 by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has bagged three months imprisonment. Chibuzor was ...
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The family of Adekolure has been thrown into mourning after their daughter, Idowu Glory’s remains was dropped close to her parent’s house. Glory is said to be a recent graduate of the University of Benin. She was said to have left home ...
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