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Nkechi Blessing warns media critics after bagging Doctorate degree   Nollywood star Nkechi Blessing has strongly addressed her critics and media outlets following her recent accomplishments. Having recently attained a doctorate degree in Real Estate Management, she took to Instagram to declare her new title and issue a stern warning …

The national electricity grid has experienced another system collapse, leading to a nationwide blackout. Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) confirmed the system collapse in separate statements on Monday. In a statement on Monday, Friday Adakole Elijah, head of corporate affairs, Jos Electricity Distribution Company (DisCo), said the current outage being experienced within …

The rebound in naira exchange rates against the dollar and other global currencies is gradually leading to the drop in some commodities prices in the domestic market, analysts at Financial Derivatives Company Limited, have said. In an email report to investors released at the weekend, Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company …

Adanma Luke, the producer of the ill-fated movie, who had been silent since the day of the accident, in a series of videos on her Instagram page narrated her side of the story, claiming that the late Pope was offered a life jacket, but he rejected it. She also revealed …

NIPCO PLC, an oil and gas company led by billionaire, Chief Bestman Anekwe is currently entangled in a multi-million-dollar bribery scandal with the disgraced former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, thewitnessng.com is reporting. Dr. Anekwe is a former national president of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria …

Ola Olukoyede EFCC chairman The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has so far recovered N32.7billion and $445,000 stolen from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The commission, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Dele Oyewale on Sunday said the EFCC had noticed the rising …

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday jailed controversial cross-dresser and social media celebrity, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky to six months in prison.   It had been reported that Justice Abimbola Awogboro reserved the date for his judgment after Bobrisky pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of …

Gunmen Gunmen kidnapped a journalist and reporter with Channels Television, Mr Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday night. Rogers, who covers the Rivers State Government House for his organisation, was reportedly trailed after he closed from work to his …

In a country with short-lived corporate excellence and a handful of centenary companies, hitting 130 years is undoubtedly a significant milestone for Nigeria’s premier financial institution, FirstBank. Experience, they say, comes with age. Nothing else aptly defines the consistent growth of First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) and its consistent reinvention …

Crude oil production Nigeria’s crude oil production witnessed the second consecutive monthly decline since the beginning of this year, as it dropped to 1.231 million barrels per day in March, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries stated on Thursday. OPEC disclosed this in its latest Monthly Oil Market Report for …