Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has fired back at the Kano State government over allegations that he masterminded the disappearance of a corruption file from a courthouse. Ganduje denied the allegations, accusing the state government of orchestrating the violence that led to the file’s disappearance. In a statement, Ganduje’s chief…
The federal government has established a disaster relief fund to address disasters such as flooding. This was disclosed to journalists on Monday by Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, at the State House, Abuja, after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to…
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance and a key figure in the global cryptocurrency industry, has been released. He was released from a California correctional facility after serving a four-month sentence for failing to enforce anti-money laundering protocols on his exchange. The 47-year-old, widely known as “CZ,” returned to the US from Dubai earlier this…
A Nigerian landlord has revealed how he ended up marrying his kind-hearted female tenant after his wife repeatedly locked him out of their home for returning late. This was shared in a post on the popular social media platform X (formerly Twitter) by the man identified as @tort_walec. According to him, the turning point came…
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu, on Wednesday revealed that the anti-graft agency recovered diverted public funds to the tune of N13 billion in the month of September only. Aliyu made the revelation in his welcome address at the launch of the commission’s 2024-2028 Strategic Action Plan…
Women in Rivers State have called on the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, his 27 loyalists in the State’s House of Assembly to sheathe their sword and embrace peace. The hundreds of women from the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State, including non-indigenes, who converged in Port Harcourt, Saturday, for a…
The city of Enugu was thrown into mourning on Wednesday after two separate road crashes involving cement-laden trucks claimed 10 and left 10 others hospitalised along the busy Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway. Among the victims was an entire family whose car was crushed beyond recognition in one of the accidents that occurred at the Four Corner…
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the people of the state to do everything possible to support President Bola Tinubu’s administration as the President’s failure will amount to his failure. Governor Oborevwori, while speaking at the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) event held in the…
A former Chelsea and Arsenal goalkeeper, Petr Čech, has revealed that he and his wife, Martina, are parting ways after 26 years of marriage. The 43-year-old football icon shared the emotional announcement on Instagram, accompanied by a black-and-white photo of Martina kissing him on the cheek. In his heartfelt post on Thursday, Čech wrote, “Martina…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the introduction of an Electronic Foreign Exchange Matching System aimed at transforming the country’s foreign exchange market. This new system is set to be operational in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market by 1 December 2024, following a two-week test run scheduled for November. The EFEMS is expected to…
