BREAKING: Lagos court grants Emefiele N50 million bail
A High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in…
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Security
BREAKING: Channels TV reporter kidnapped in Port Harcourt
Gunmen have kidnapped Channels Television reporter in Rivers State, Mr. Joshua Rogers.Rogers was reportedly whisked away to an unknown place by the gunmen around 9pm on…
Politics
BREAKING: First Abia governor Ogbonnaya Onu is dead
Former Abịa state governor, Ogbonnaya Onu is deadỌnụ, who was a former Minister of Science and Technology under Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, died in an Abuja Hospital.…
Business
Again, CBN sacks 50 staff
A total of 50 staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were sacked on Monday, April 8 by the current management of the apex bank.…
JUST IN: Ethiopian Airlines reduces London fare from 1.9m to N680,000
Ethiopian Airlines has reportedly reduced its Nigeria – UK route fare from 1.9 million naira to N680,000, this is N400k below Air Peace price. Recall on…
Politics
BREAKING: Former kogi rep dies after Eid prayers in abuja
A former member of the House of Representatives from Kogi State, Hon. Mohammed Idris, is dead. Mohammed, the son of a former Governor of Kogi state,…
Security
BREAKING: NSCDC official “mistakenly” shot woman dead on Eid praying ground
Serious confusion erupted in Gusau, Zamfara State capital as personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC shot a woman to death while attempting…
BREAKING: 2 missing as 18 seater passenger bus thrown into lagoon crashes on Third Mainland Bridge (VIDEO)
A commercial vehicle (Danfo) carrying several passengers crashed on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Wednesday. Confirming the incident, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Territorial Coordinator,…
BREAKING: Lagos monarch dies after Eid prayers
The Osolo of Isolo in Lagos State, Oba Kabiru Agbabiaka, is dead. Leading reporters learnt that the monarch died shortly after observing the Eid prayers on…
BREAKING: Ex-Appeal Court justice, Belgore is dead
A retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore, is dead. Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, Kwara State, Kamaldeen Gambari, announced…