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The suspect being led away from the court The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned one Sennaike Opeoluwa before Justice O.A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. He was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining …

Timaya, 9ice, and Sean Tizzle featured at a gathering of who is who in the Nigerian social circle on Thursday, May 1st, 2023, when Lagos big boy, Sodiq Babatunde Rufai, who is the CEO and Managing Director of Wear It All Luxury and Ruffy Realty Investment celebrated his birthday in …

The Northern Governors of the APC did not necessarily support Bola Tinubu becoming President of Nigeria when they backed the transfer of power to the southern region of the country, according to Simon Lalong, the Governor of Plateau State and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum. Lalong, who was also …

President Muhammadu Buhari led the opposition party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), in vehement opposition to the withdrawal of petrol subsidies before he won the 2015 presidential election.   He claimed at the time that there was no petrol subsidy and that the administration at the time, led by President Goodluck …

Ex-Super Eagles players have urged Victor Osimhen to leave leaving Napoli this summer, after helping the Partenopei clinch their first Serie A title in 33 years. Osimhen has enjoyed an outstanding campaign with Napoli scoring 27 times for the Italian side – form that has seen him linked with a …

Senator Godswill Akpabio Members of a diaspora group, Diaspora Support Network have unanimously adopted the Senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the President of the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Convener of the group, Mr Paul Manner disclosed this to newsmen …

The World Bank Nigeria’s borrowing from the World Bank has reached $14.34bn as of March 31, 2023, This was an increase from the $13.93bn debt recorded by the Debt Management Office as of December 31, 2022. This means that fresh disbursements on approved loans added $410m to Nigeria’s debt from …

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria said it has increased the maximum housing loan for participants to N50m. But the review is exclusively for higher income earners that subscribed to the scheme. The disclosure was made by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FMBN, Ayodeji Gbeleyi during the …

PSC Chairman, Dr Solomon Arase The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved salary payments for the 2021/2022 set of Police recruits who passed out of the Police Colleges and have been functioning in the various commands and formations without salaries. The officer’s salaries were held for six months due to …

A fresh batch of 425 Nigerians have been successfully evacuated from war-torn Sudan, and have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. This brings the total number of Nigerians evacuated to 1,471. According to the Twitter page of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NidCom), the latest batch of evacuees …