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With the new bench warrant for the arrest of Mr. Innocent Chukwuma issued by an Ikeja Special Offenses Court, Nigerians are once more debating on whether GTBank and Buhari hate Ndigbo or not. At the peak of the Innoso-GTBank saga last year, a friend challenged me to “find Read more via...

Akwa begin Confederation Cup campaign .Enyimba into next round Akwa United, who won Nigeria’s national cup to secure the ticket to the Total CAF Confederation Cup, have vowed to do better than their last outing two years ago in the read more via Vanguard News – http://ift.tt/2C6cxZJ...

The federal government thursday in Enugu State declared that it had compiled data on property, bank accounts, shareholdings and other income sources of individuals and corporate entities, warning that there would be unsavoury consequences for those who failed to regularise their tax status...

Six suspected members of a kidnap syndicate, who carried out the abduction of the Chief Executive Officer of Menakeb Limited, Chief Nemi Adoki, last December in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have been arrested. The suspects Surprisingly, one of them Telkina Silva, 26, was a former … Read...

Assault on female lawyer: NBA gives IGP 14 day to transfer DPO — 8th February 2018 Aloysius Attah, Onitsha The case of alleged assault and detention of an Onitsha-based female lawyer, Chiamaka Nwangwu, by Jane Mbanefo, the Divisional Police … Read more via The Sun News –...

A 47-year old man, Umuna Umuna has been arrested for allegedly defrauding Arik Airline to the tune of about N5m under false pretence in Lagos. The incident happened at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport where the office was located. P.M.EXPRESS gathered that Umuna approached the...

Sterling Bank lifted volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday with 1.75 billion shares worth N3.84 billion achieved in bearish trading. Stock Market The volume of shares traded closed higher with 2.22 billion shares worth N7.49 billion in 5,468 deals majorly due...

The Chief of the Air Staff, CAS, Sadique Abubakar, on Thursday disclosed plans by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, to establish a Forward Operational Base (FOB) in Taraba State, as part of plans to further tackle the incessant herdsmen-farmers clash in the country. The air … Read more via...

A sister in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Mamman, has passed away. Mrs. Mamman reportedly died in the early hours of Thursday in her home state of Katsina. She was 75. This was disclosed by the Information Officer of the Daura Local Government Council in Katsina, Salisu Haro...

Nigeria’s biggest mobile telecommunications operator, MTN is said to be planning to raise about $500 million from the sale of shares on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE). According to a new report from Bloomberg that cited sources, MTN could likely dispose off as much … Read more via...

Nigeria’s Payment Channels Made a Record-breaking ₦86 trillion in 2017 Nigeria’s payment channel transactions hit an all-time high of ₦86.1 trillion in 2017 according to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics. This is a 32% increase from the total transaction value of ₦65.1 trillion...

The Federal Government in January 2016, introduced new electricity tariffs raising rates by a whopping 40%. The government explained that this was necessary to ensure investments into the sector is sustained as no one will put down money for tariffs that are not cost-reflective (enough to cover...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has partnered with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tackle the issue of open votes buying. This is even as the electoral body has called asked the anti-graft agency to help to monitor political parties campaign Read...

The Borno state government has on Thursday said it expended N528 million between January 2017 to date on fueling of its 20 Generators for the generation of street lights in the capital City of Maiduguri. According to the Commissioner of Works and Transport , Mr Adamu Lawan.... Read more via...

The former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), and chairman of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Presidential Review Panel, Amb. Babagana Kingibe will on appear before the House of Representatives committee on public safety and national intelligence on Tuesday, February 13...

Catholic Bishops in Nigeria on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to end the endless suffering, killings and other crimes afflicting Nigerians. They made the plea when they paid a courtesy call on the President at the State House, Abuja. The clerics in an address … Read more via...

A man identified as Mr. Adams has died after he was mauled by a lion in Gamji Gate amusement park in Kaduna. According to a post on Facebook, the lion broke out of the cage and wounded Mr Adam on his neck and he later gave the ghost in … Read more via Nairaland – http://ift.tt/2H0Sj7B Get...

Economic Perspectives On 40-per cent Cassava Bread, By Expert TO stem the tide of increasing annual rice import bill of N350bn, China would lend her expertise in the area of rice cultivation, where it has excelled. Chinese Ambassador, Deng Boqing, ple… Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA –...

Recording legend Quincy Jones claimed that he once dated Ivanka Trump, who is 48 years his junior, in a lengthy, outrageous interview with Vulture Magazine . Of course, the record producer also claimed that Jimi Hendrix was afraid to play with his band, The Beatles were the worst musicians in …...

Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, who made news after her alleged assault case with a National Security officer a few days ago has waded into the argument over cooking and slavery. The actress took to her Facebook account to bemoan the issue and wondered why people would waste time talking about …...