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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 ...

Nigerian singer, Tems, is billed to perform at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards In a post via X , Billboard revealed that Tems will perform at the event scheduled for March 6 at the YouTube Theater in California, USA. ...

A 43-year-old man, Mikail Osundiji has died while watching the semi-final football match between Nigeria and the Republic of South Africa in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It was gathered that Osundiji went into shock and died while watching the match at ...

  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 ...

Nigerian singer, Timaya, has confessed to never doing drugs until 2020 when COVID came, and there was a lockdown Speaking in a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, the ‘Dem Mama’ crooner described his experience as a “tough ...

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 ...

Two persons have been confirmed dead while two others were hospitalised in Isanlu, headquarters of Yagba East council area of Kogi State after drinking concoction The event happened on Tuesday evening when the four of them decided to experiment on ...

Two students of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, have died after reportedly inhaling fumes from a generator The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya confirmed this in a telephone interview with DAILY POST on Thursday evening. ...

The rapid deployment of special forces has led to the arrest of a suspected kidnapper along the Ikere-Igbara Odo Ekiti axis The operation, based on intelligence, culminated in a gun duel with the suspected kidnappers, leading to the capture of ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has denied any imminent hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol   Recently, some motorists have been experiencing difficulties buying petrol in filling stations amid fears ...

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered the state Commissioner of Police, CP Ayilara Adedamola, to arrest and keep a father of three one, Henry Edet Unung, at the Uyo Correctional Centre for one month for ...

President Bola Tinubu has directed the mandatory recitation of the National Pledge after the National Anthem at every official and public engagement Tinubu who spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of the 3,112 housing-unit Renewed Hope City at Karsana, Abuja, on ...

The Federal Government yesterday moved to stem rising food prices in the country by directing the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention to immediately wade in Assuring Nigerians that there was no food shortage, the government alleged that saboteurs ...

Stanley Nwabali was the hero in Nigeria’s penalty shoot-out win over South Africa Nigeria reached an eighth Africa Cup of Nations final after winning a drama-fuelled last-four clash with South Africa on penalties. Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali was the hero for ...

Russia has begun buying bananas from India and will boost such imports, its food safety watchdog said on Tuesday, after a spat with its biggest supplier Ecuador over the latter’s decision to swap Russian-made military hardware with the United States. The first batch of ...

The Michael Okpara University, Umudike, Abia State has suspended indefinitely its ongoing academic activities following the protest by students against the increment of school fees in the early hours of Tuesday Punch Metro learnt from a statement by the Vice ...