Two customers of Alpha Morgan Bank Plc-NEM Insurance Plc and Extension Publications Limited, have joined the bank in suing 19 financial institutions over the alleged disappearance of N230,978,536 during what the bank described as a system glitch. The suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeks urgent orders to block multiple bank accounts…
Cyril Ndifon, suspended law faculty dean at University of Calabar (UNICAL), has been sentenced to five years imprisonment without an option of fine. James Omotosho, the presiding judge in the case, handed down the sentence at the federal high court in Abuja on Monday. In 2023, Ndifon was removed as a UNICAL dean over alleged…
Kabiru Turaki, the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced that his leadership will hold its inaugural National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Mr Turaki, a former Minister of Special Duties, disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the FCT Police Command…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on the Sokoto State Government to include traditional rulers in the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage. The appeal was made on Sunday during a Town Hall meeting organised by the State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning ahead of the submission of the state’s 2026…
Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke may have to seek an alternative platform for re-election in 2026, Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Engr. Kamoru Ajisafe has stated. He said this is because the PDP cannot nominate a candidate for the governorship poll owing to internal crisis. Ajisafe, while featuring on a private radio…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has vowed sanctions against Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, and comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, alias Mr Jollof. The duo fought aboard a United Nigeria Airlines flight at Asaba International Airport on Monday morning. NCAA spokesperson Michael Achimugu described the altercation as “unacceptable behaviour” that endangered passengers and crew. “There is no…
President Bola Tinubu said his administration’s economic and institutional reforms are designed to equip Nigerian youths with globally competitive skills to secure their future. “Our goal is to use education to drive down poverty,” Tinubu said when he received the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, at the State House, Abuja, on Monday. Special Adviser to…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as an irresponsible madman who belongs in the zoo. Mr Obasanjo, while speaking at Mr Fayose’s 65th birthday held in Lagos during the weekend, had lambasted the ex-governor over their disagreements over the years. In a press statement issued by Kehinde Akinyemi, special assistant…
President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to immediately rescue the 25 female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State. The gunmen attacked the school in the early hours of Monday, killing the Vice Principal, Hassan Makuku, and injuring a security guard, Ali Shehu. He sustained gunshot…
The Federal Government has opened the application portal for the Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG). The programme aims to fund student-led ventures with up to ₦50 million in equity-free grants. This was disclosed in a statement by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education. “The President has challenged…