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We Have Sufficient Funds To Pay Distressed Banks’ Depositors, Says NDIC

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)
The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said it has sufficient funds to pay depositors whose monies were trapped in 23 distressed banks across the country. Managing Director, NDIC, BelloRead More

Governors Doubt NNPC’s N287bn Profit, Call For More Transparency

Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF)
Bemoan oil firm’s inability to contribute to Federation Account in January The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) yesterday questioned the veracity of the profit recently declared by the Nigerian National PetroleumRead More

Russia-Ukraine War: Air Peace Deploys Aircraft To Evacuate Stranded Nigerians

Air Peace
Air Peace airline has deployed its aircraft to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Europe amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, many residents, including Nigerians,Read More

Confusion As Families Of Alleged Killer Businessman, Adedoyin, Murdered OAU Postgraduate Student, Adegoke Clash In Osun Court

Murdered master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke and Dr Ramon Adedoyin, the owner of Hiltons Hotel, Ile-Ife
There was confusion at the premises of Osun State High Court, Osogbo on Thursday as the family of murdered master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke Thursday clashedRead More

Police Arrest Nigerian Music Star, Timaya Hours After Being Accused Of Hit And Run

Nigerian music star, Inetimi Timaya Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya, has been arrested for allegedly leaving a lady hospitalised in a hit-and-run accident.
Nigerian music star, Inetimi Timaya Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya, has been arrested for allegedly leaving a lady hospitalised in a hit-and-run accident. On Wednesday, March 2,Read More

Court Remands Owner Of Hilton Hotel, Adedoyin, Others Over Murder Of OAU Postgraduate Student In Osun

The owner of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Dr. Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State Capital, has remanded the owner of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Dr. Ramon Adegoke Adedoyin, over the death of Timothy Adegoke,Read More

Boko Haram Terrorists Flee As Nigerian Troops Set Camps Ablaze In Borno

Nigerian troops
Troops of Operation Desert Sanity have destroyed several camps belonging to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at AhlRead More

Nigerian Government Agrees To Extradite Disgraced ‘Super Cop’, Abba Kyari To The US

Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari
Nigeria has approved the request by the United States government for the extradition of the disgraced Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari. Kyari was accused of committing wife fraud,Read More

Constitution Review: National Assembly Okays Autonomy For LGs, State Legislature, Judiciary

National Assembly
Senate passes 49 out of 68 constitution bills •Moves prisons, railways, power generation from exclusive to concurrent list •Rejects pension for parliament presiding officers •Says states free to collect VATRead More

Buhari Seeks Fresh Amendment To Electoral Act, Wants Clause 84 Expunged

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday wrote to the National Assembly, seeking fresh amendments to the Electoral Act he signed into law last Friday. He eventually signed the reworked bill into lawRead More