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Why I Don’t Have Respect For Tinubu — Catholic Priest, Fr Kelvin Ugwu Reveals After The Nigerian President Met The Pope One On One

  Why I Don’t Have Respect For Tinubu — Catholic Priest, Fr Kelvin Ugwu Reveals After The Nigerian President Met The Pope One On One He wrote: “Don’t tell me about respecting the president. I am not stopping you from ...

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Enugu Man K!lls Ex-Girlfriend Who Visited To Invite Him To Her Wedding

  Enugu Man K!lls Ex-Girlfriend Who Visited To Invite Him To Her Wedding A man known as Ogbonna “Mourinho” has been arrested after allegedly murdering his former girlfriend, Chisom Ayogu, at his residence in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu ...

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Pastor Allegedly Murd£rs 4 Siblings In Enugu Community

  Pastor Allegedly Murd£rs 4 Siblings In Enugu Community A pastor in Eche Ezema community in Ibagwa Aka, the headquarters of Igbo Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been accused of k!lling four siblings. The children, Kamsiyochukwu ...

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EFCC Arrests Ex-Government Contractor For Alleged N30b Fraud In Kaduna

  EFCC Arrests Ex-Government Contractor For Alleged N30b Fraud In Kaduna The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Bashir Bello Ibrahim, a former Kaduna State government contractor and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, ...

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Alaafin Of Oyo and Wife pay courtesy visit to President Tinubu

  The newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade, and his wife, Olori Abiwumi Owoade, paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu on Friday This visit marks one of the monarch’s first official engagements since his coronation ...

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FirstBank Retains Retail Dominance By Boosting Businesses With Its Temporary Overdraft (TOD) Product

  By Tosin Ajayi In a dynamic and often unpredictable financial landscape like Nigeria, the ability to access funds at critical moments makes all the difference.  For entrepreneurs, financial agility is often the key to unlocking growth and success. With ...

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FG kicks as Pat Utomi forms shadow govt

  Prominent economist and political activist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has inaugurated a shadow government composed of members from various opposition parties. According to Utomi, the “Big Tent Coalition Shadow Government,” launched virtually on Monday evening, will function as a credible ...

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Senate to pass Tinubu’s tax bills today

  The leadership of the 10th Senate has postponed the passage of President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills to Wednesday for proper scrutiny and debate. The four bills, Nigerian Tax Bill, Tax Administration Bill, Revenue Tax Board Bill, and Nigerian ...

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FirstBank and EStars Forge Innovative Partnership to Elevate Esports Education

  FIRSTBANK AND ESTARS FORGE INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP TO ELEVATE ESPORTS EDUCATION   FirstBank, the West African premier bank and financial inclusion service provider, is proud to announce a strategic collaboration with EStars Education Africa Limited (EStars), a global leader in ...

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Eight arrested in Ghana-Nigeria joint operation as police rescue two women in viral kidnapping video

  Eight arrested in Ghana-Nigeria joint operation as police rescue two women in viral kidnapping video The Ghana Police Service, in a joint operation with the National Signals Bureau (NSB) and the Nigerian Police Force, has successfully rescued two female ...

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Court sentences BRT driver to d3ath by hanging for k!lling Bamise

  Court sentences BRT driver to d3ath by hanging for k!lling Bamise Justice Serifat Sonaike of the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has convicted and sentenced to de@th, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominikoron, ...

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Wike, Fubara to begin dialogue after Osoba’s mediation

The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and his predecessor and estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike, have initiated peace talks to resolve their longstanding feud. Sources close to both politicians confirmed that the two recently met at Wike’s residence ...

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AfDB launches $650m yearly economic support for Nigeria

  The African Development Bank Group has approved a new five-year Country Strategy Paper for Nigeria, committing about $650m annually between 2025 and 2030 to drive economic transformation, build resilience, and foster broad-based prosperity. The Bank disclosed this in a ...

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FBI, DEA seek 90-day extension to release Tinubu’s records

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration have requested a 90-day extension from a United States District Court to produce documents relating to an alleged drug investigation involving President Bola Tinubu dating back to the 1990s. ...

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Petrol landing cost now N870, higher than Dangote’s price

  The landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) has now averaged N870 per litre, reports by the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria have shown. This is even as the price offered by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery threatened the ...

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Federal Colleges of Education to now award Bachelor’s degrees

  The Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday said it has officially commenced the implementation of the Dual Mandate Policy across all Federal Colleges of Education, following the enactment of the Federal Colleges of Education Act, 2023. According to a ...

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Obi doesn’t need PDP, Atiku coalition to defeat Tinubu – NLC

  The Nigeria Labour Congress has declared that  the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, does not require any coalition with the Peoples Democratic Party  or support from political figures like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or ...

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Hurricane Tinubu: PDP NWC, govs meet next week to avert defections

  Barring any last-minute changes, the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee and the Governors Forum are scheduled to hold a strategic meeting on May 11 to address the wave of defections and other challenges facing the party. A trusted ...

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Anticipation builds as Wema Bank clocks 80 in 8 days

  Anticipation builds as Wema Bank clocks 80 in 8 days. All roads lead to Lagos on May 2nd 2025, when Wema Bank, Nigeria’s oldest indigenous bank, leading innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, will ...

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Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro’s health worsened

  The health of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has worsened after intestinal surgery earlier this month, according to his medical team The 70-year-old remains in intensive care and will undergo new tests. Bolsonaro was visited in hospital by a court official ...

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Youths are paid to attack advocates of good governance online – Peter Obi

  Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has expressed concern over the growing trend of Nigerian youths accepting money from politicians to attack and insult advocates of good governance online Speaking at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., Obi said, “In ...

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