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  President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, directed the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to begin groundwork on the construction of at least 2,400 housing units across the country’s six geopolitical zones before December. According to a release on Thursday ...

  Troops of two divisions of the Nigerian Army have uncovered and destroyed a massive illegal refinery in Okoloma, Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State and Umuahale area in Ukwa West LGA of Abia State. The discovery of the ...

  Airline operators have hinted that they may be forced to review fares upward as the aviation fuel surged to above N1300. This was made known in a statement on Friday by the spokesman of local airlines, Obiora Okonkwo, who ...

  Wema Bank has launched its 2024 Love Adventure campaign, with gifts for customers and staff throughout February. In a statement on Wednesday, the bank said that the campaign themed ‘Your Love Adventure Is Possible With ALAT’ would promote a ...

    The Central Bank of Nigeria has removed the ±2.5 per cent cap spread on interbank foreign exchange transactions. The CBN disclosed this in a circular dated February 8, 2024, signed by the Director, Financial Markets Department, Dr. Duke ...

The Kano State Hisbah Board has confiscated no fewer than 8,600 bottles of beer loaded in a van that came from Kaduna to the state The board’s officer in charge of intoxicants, Idris Ibrahim, disclosed this to journalists on Saturday, ...

An Akure-based socialite and filling station owner, Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has reportedly committed suicide after killing his wife, Bolu, in Akure, Ondo state capital The socialite was said to have committed suicide by drinking an insect-killing substance, ...

The Nigeria Customs Service on Friday said it had arrested three men for alleged illegal export of elephant tusks to Asia The men were arrested at different locations in Lagos between January 25, 2024, and February 4 and 6, 2024, for allegedly ...

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Abdulazeez Isah to three years imprisonment for parading himself as a staff of the EFCC. Abraham Adama and Uzoma Isaac Iwu ...

Former Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has called for the review of tenancy laws in states to compel landlords to collect rents monthly The former governor of Lagos State spoke at the launch of his book titled: “Nigerian Public ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Margaret Emefiele and three others wanted for allegedly conniving with former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele to steal huge sums of money from the apex bank The EFCC displayed the mugshots of ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, was actually going to watch Super Bowl when the chopper transporting him and others crashed. The chopper which crashed in California, United States of America, also killed his wife and son onboard with him. ...

Atiku Abubajar has mourned the Group Chief Executive Officer, Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, and his family, who died in an helicopter crash in the US. The chopper had crashed in California near the Nevada border, United States of America on their way ...

Access Bank Holdings Plc has reacted to the death of its Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Herbert Wigwe Wigwe, alongside his wife, son and three others died in a helicopter crash in US on Friday night. Reacting, a statement on Access Bank’s official X page, said ...

A group of youths on Friday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, Osun State, decrying the rising cost of living, with a call on the government to immediately intervene The protesters, who wielded placards with inscriptions such as ‘change the ...

An angry mob in Achoho, a settlement in Gwer East Local Government Area, Benue State, has set ablaze a 22-year-old man identified simply as Botswar Botswar was accused of raping and killing his brother’s wife on Friday last week. Botswar had ...

FIRSTBANK CLINCHES THE PRESTIGIOUS CORPORATE BANK AWARD AT THE 2023 EUROMONEY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE. Lagos, 31 January 2024 – FirstBank, Nigeria’s premier financial institution and financial inclusion services provider, was announced as the Best Corporate Bank at the recent prestigious ...

Nigerians mourn as Access Bank CEO, Herbert Wigwe, five others die in chopper crash. Nigerians on social media have continued to mourn following news of the sudden death of the group chief executive officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe. ...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers in an uncompleted hospital building which is a marked black spot in Utako village According to a statement issued by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP ...

  Why social media must be regulated — Pres. Tinubu President Bola Tinubu says social media has become a societal menace and must be regulated. The president, who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, at a recent event ...

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested the most wanted suspected traffic robber, operating around Ijora Badia area of the state The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

The Senate has assured that the much-awaited population and housing census slated for November this year will take place as scheduled Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja during the screening of 17 out of the 19 commissioner nominees for the National ...

  A member of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, has slumped and died during the penalty shootout stage of the match between Nigeria and South Africa, yesterday evening. NYSC member slumps, dies watching Nigeria, South Africa match The youth, identified ...

The Super Eagles on Thursday night observed a minute silence in honour of the lives of Nigerians lost in the course of Nigeria’s semi-final match against South Africa   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no fewer than ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, former Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) who is undergoing trial for sexual harassment in the sum of N250 million with two sureties in ...