APC carpets Atiku for ‘instigating anarchy’
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of making statements capable of inciting public…
CBN sets six-month deadline for successor bank chiefs
The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a fresh directive compelling all Domestic Systemically Important Banks to obtain regulatory approval for the appointment of successor managing directors at least six…
Troops nab IPOB commander ‘Gentle De Yahoo,’ rescue multiple kidnap victims
Troops of Nigerian Army have arrested a notorious commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta, widely known…
Soldiers deployed on poly campus as lecturers attempt to disrupt exam
The crisis rocking the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, escalated on Monday as soldiers were deployed to examination halls following threats by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). The…
Private depots deserted as Dangote Refinery begins direct fuel supplies
Private depots in Lagos and environs were deserted, yesterday, as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery rolls out its direct petrol supplies. According to Vanguard, private depots were deserted because the operators…
Court refuses to free UK businesswoman detained by EFCC over N500m fraud
The federal high court in Lagos has rejected an application by Aminah Momoh-Orimoloye, a businesswoman, seeking release from the custody Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Musa Kakaki, the presiding…
NAMA seeks upward review of N11,000 airline flight charge
Farouk Umar, director-general (DG) of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has called for an upward review of the N11,000 fee currently charged airlines per flight. According to NAN, Umar…
Bagudu: Nigeria needs $100bn investment yearly to become middle-income country by 2050
Atiku Bagudu, minister of budget and national planning, says Nigeria must attract at least $100 billion in investments annually to achieve its ambition of becoming a middle-income country by 2050.…
From Globacom to Conoil, Adenuga’s daughters take the lead
Nigerian entrepreneurs and billionaire business moguls are increasingly involving their children in their businesses in what observers describe as a strategic succession plan for the businesses to continue to flourish…
Fire breaks out at six-storey building on Lagos Island
Panic gripped broad street on the Lagos Island on Tuesday after a fire broke out at Afriland Tower. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) said the blaze started…
