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Roy Hodgson and Zaha Roy Hodgson lamented the loss of an “iconic figure” at Crystal Palace after Wilfried Zaha left the club to join Turkish giants Galatasaray. Zaha was a free agent after the expiry of his Crystal Palace contract and had revealed he was in Istanbul for talks, having …

Lamidi Apapa Alhaji Lamidi Apapa, the acting National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), has prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja, to compel the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police to eject the embattled LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, from the party’s national secretariat. Apapa, in a fresh suit filed before Justice Ahmed …

Photo: The Cable In a dramatic episode on Tuesday, operatives Department of State Services (DSS) rearrested the embattled Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, shortly after he was granted bail by a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. The DSS reportedly battled operatives of the Nigerian Correctional Service …

James Ibori, ex-Delta State Governor These are not the best of times for former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, as a UK judge has ordered his defence lawyer and accomplice, Bhadresh Gohil, to return £28 million to law enforcers or serve another prison term of 6 years. The London solicitor, …

Ngozi receives $10,000 from Davido. Nigerian star Davido has redeemed his pledge of $10,000 to a hotel staff who returned the money that was misplaced by a customer. Ngozi, a staff of Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos, had returned the sum of $70,000 that was misplaced by one of …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that it is gradually withdrawing old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes from circulation. The Acting CBN governor Folashodun Shonubi made the disclosure on Tuesday at the Monetary Policy Committee meeting. Ha also clarified that there are no plans to withdraw the new notes as being …

Nigeria’s total telecoms solutions provider, Globacom, and top fintech platform, PalmPay have unveiled a new promotion campaign, “PalmPay Bonanza – Recharge Glo and Win,”  which gives Nigerians who purchase Glo data and airtime bundles via the PalmPay platform opportunity to win exciting rewards. The promotion runs between July 21 and …

In the Nigerian banking industry, Wema Bank, Plc is widely acknowledged to be a leader in the realms of innovation and technology, and for constantly seeking to provide seamless financial services to its teeming customers, but is the financial powerhouse a champion of its employees’ best interests? Yes, the most …

Soyinka and Davido Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Tuesday defended singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, over a video he released on his social media handles, which appears to have disparaged the Muslim faith. He said Davido did not need to apologise to the Muslims or anyone over …

The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, has reacted to the planned protest by the Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission do not revisit some high profile …