No fewer than five firms have been linked with former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele in the latest 26-count charge of alleged fraud and corruption filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). At least four of the firms have Lagos addresses, our investigations …

The Honourable Mohammed Ibrahim Idris, a former member of the House of Representatives and the son of a former governor of Kogi State, Ibrahim Idris, died today, Wednesday, in Abuja.   He represented Ankpa, Olamaboro and Omala federal constituencies at the lower chamber of the National Assembly. It was gathered …

Information reaching TheCommentNG has it that Moruf Oseni’s led Wema Bank PLC has incurred over N9 Billion in court cases as at December 2023. This was revealed in the bank’s full year 2023 financial statement which was released recently. It was also gathered that the previous year’s litigation claims was …

Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore, a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal (JCA), has passed away. The news of Belgore’s demise was announced on Tuesday night by the chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, Kwara State, Kamaldeen Gambari, Esq. “Information reaching me now indicates that Hon. Justice Ahmad …

Onyema, while featuring on Channels TV on Tuesday night said that there was an “unspoken alliance” among foreign airlines to use lower pricing to eject Air Peace from the Nigeria-London route it recently started. Allen Onyema, Chairman of Nigeria’s indigenous carrier Air Peace, has berated foreign airlines operating the Nigeria-UK …

The Director of the Financial Policy and Regulatory Department (FPRD) at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Haruna B. Mustafa has said that the reason for the exclusion of retained earnings is for banks to inject fresh capital into the system. Mustafa said this in a podcast titled ‘Banking Sector …

  Rivers CP, Tunji Disu   Controversy now surrounds the killing of Uche Orukwo, the 30 years old member of a vigilante group allegedly killed in Mile 2 Diobu,Port Harcourt Rivers State last Saturday by cultists. Orukwo, according to earlier information, was allegedly killed by suspected cultists when members of …

The coalition in a statement by its national coordinator, Comrade Chinedu Bosah, demanded its immediate reversal of the tariff increase and urged the privatisation of the power sector. The Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) has faulted the recently announced increase in electricity tariff by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory …

L-R, Comedian Ay and wife, Mable Mabel Makun, the wife of popular Nigerian comedian Ayo ‘AY’ Makun, has pleaded for privacy from the public as she navigates her marital crisis. Her plea comes three days after AY confirmed in a statement that their marriage of 20 years was slipping out …

Yomi Fabiyi   Actor Yomi Fabiyi has joined to mourn Jumoke Aderounmu, a popular Nollywood actress renowned for her portrayal of ‘Esther’ in the hit TV series Jenifa’s Diary who recently passed on Recalling the tragic death of the 40-year-old actress in the early hours of Saturday, Fabiyi took to …