See what customers will lose for deposits or withdrawals above N500k in Nigerian banks

Nigerian banks have notified customers about the extra cash they will lose to the treasury when they make cash withdrawals above N500,000 as individuals or N3million as companies in six states and Abuja. It is a Central Bank of Nigeria directive, meant to give the existing cashless policy a big leap and enhance the efficiency […]

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Bisi Akande asks Nigerians to focus less on religion, ethnic biases

Ex-Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has called on Nigerian leaders to work together in unity. Chief Akande made the call on Thursday during the public presentation and launch of a book in his honour which was held at the University of Lagos, Akoka. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

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Osinbajo: Are they ‘killing’ him softly?, By Fola Ojo

The sickening state of the nation’s economy is his bother. The widespread brutish stratum of insecurity is a nauseating nag on his neck. Kidnappings here, killings there will always be unsettling for a patriot like him. For Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, the anointed man of God, and the man of the law, there are now surreal […]

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Pleasant lady, Linda Ikeji marks her own birthday with stunning Photos

A few hours after beautiful Linda Ikeji joined her son to celebrate his first birthday in Dubai, the mama blogger herself has marked her own birthday with stunning photos that can cause ‘roforofo’ fight among eligible men. Men should not be scared because of the tiger-coloured type of dress she wore in some of the […]

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P&ID mocks Nigeria’s court ruling, denies knowing persons charged who pleaded guilty to fraud

Process and Industrial Development Ltd (P&ID) has responded to the ruling delivered by Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja forfeiting its assets in Nigeria over charges of fraud and tax evasion. Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned those it said were linked to a controversial oil […]

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The battle Buhari administration is winning, By Abimbola Adelakun

A chain of events in the past one week gave me pause about this unpopular government and an agenda it is executing at our expense. It happened that the co-founder of BudgIT, an NGO that advocates fiscal transparency, Seun Onigbinde, had taken an appointment as a Technical Adviser to the Minister of State for Budget […]

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Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Abuja premises flooded, documents destroyed (Photos)

The recent rain witnessed across the country has left Nigeria’s Court of Appeal premises located at Ralph Shodeinde Street, in Asokoro area of Abuja, Nigeria, flooded. Some properties and hard copies of documents (which may be records of cases) belonging to the court of appeal were destroyed by the flood. See some more photos below: […]

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Buhari, entourage, jetting out to United States

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States to participate in the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74) which opened on Tuesday, September 17. A statement signed and released on Thursday by Femi Adesina said that the President’s participation at this year’s gathering of world leaders is […]

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P&ID to wind up in Nigeria as its representatives plead guilty to fraud, tax evasion

Representatives of the Process and Industrial Development Ltd (P&ID Ltd), on Thursday, pleaded guilty before the Federal High Court in Abuja to charges of fraud and tax evasion instituted against them in respect of the contract leading to the recent controversial judgment of a British court empowering the firm to seize about $9.6bn worth of […]

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Telephone evidence tendered against ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal

Justice Jude Okeke of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, September 18, heard how evidence linking the company used by the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, to allegedly defraud the federal government to the tune of N500 million was extracted from a telephone. Lawal and his […]

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The Rising Menace of Oil Thieves, By Olusegun Adeniyi

With tension brewing between the United States and Iran following last week attack on a Saudi Arabian oil facility which removed as much as five percent of global supplies, there has been an unprecedented jump in the price of crude. With that, there is the temptation to believe Nigeria will benefit from the current ‘harvest’. […]

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Nigerian human trafficker given 6 life sentences plus 129 years

A Nigerian human trafficking kingpin, Ediozi Odi, has been sentenced to 129 years imprisonment in addition to 6 life sentences in Pretoria, South Africa. Underage victims are from poor homes and were promised a better life, but had no idea that they were entering the convict’s brothel – a house disguised as a barbershop. Once […]

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Madam blogger, Linda Ikeji’s son, Jayce celebrates birthday in Dubai (Photos)

Madam blogger, Linda Ikeji’s son, Jayce, turned one year old on Tuesday, September 17. The proud mum threw her adorable son a destination birthday party in Dubai. The party was well attended by family members as well as friends of the ace blogger. See more photos of the event below:

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Folashade Yemi-Esan replaces Winifred Oyo-Ita as Acting Head of Service of the Federation

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with immediate effect. Dr. Mrs. Yemi-Esan, who is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources takes over from Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, who has been directed to proceed on an indefinite […]

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Former CJN may face prosecution for acting against Nigeria

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore, who has been a regular visitor at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Headquarters, Abuja for a couple of weeks, might have been indicted by the anti-graft agency for misconduct, THISDAY has learnt. The commission’s conclusion might have arisen from his alleged breach of Section 5 […]

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I did not write, did not ask anybody to write petition against Ag CJ FHC, Justice Tsoho —Fani Kayode

Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode has raised alarm over perceived plot to implicate the Acting Chief Judge of Nigeria’s Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho. Fani-Kayode raised the alarm in a statement he personally signed and released to newsmen on Wednesday. In the statement, the former Aviation Minister said that one “fake […]

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Woman and her three children killed in motor accident in Nigeria buried (Photos)

The remains of the wife and three children of Nigerian man, Tervershima Jebe, who died in a  fatal accident in Benue state on Sunday September 15, were laid to rest today September 18. The deceased woman and their three children were traveling in the Benue state owned transportation buses, Benue Links, when they died.  The […]

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Kerry Katona goes topless, displaying surgery scars after 4th boob job (Photos 18+)

Kerry Katona went topless while soaking up the sun with her boyfriend Ryan Mahoney in Thailand and the results of her recent boob job was on display for all to see. The ex-Atomic Kitten singer, 39, flaunted her newly uplifted boobs. Photos of Kerry’s boobs showed painful-looking surgery scars that seemed far from healed. She confidently […]

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Ikubabayeye, The Alaafin of Oyo and his young wives vacation in London (Photo)

Kabiyesi, Ikubabayeye, The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who will be 81 next month, is pictured above with some of his young wives (Oloris) in London. Usually, the wives (Oloris) wear traditional ‘iro and buba’ uniform whenever they are on outing with him, but this time they all wore different types of english […]

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University student stabs boyfriend to death in Nigeria for refusal to give her N2,500 to make her hair

A 300-level student of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Bukola Odeyemi, has been arrested by men of the Ekiti state police command for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, John Iju, to death at Treasure Base Hostel, Iworoko-Ekiti on Monday September 16. According to reports, the suspect who is in the Department of Biology Education, got […]

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