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NBC’s N5m fine against Channels TV: Akinnola chides Onanuga for masterminding fine, undermining press freedom

Following a N5 million slammed on Channels Television by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the prompting of a senior journalist, Mr Bayo...

OPEN LETTER TO BAYO ONANUGA

  By Richard Akinnola II My dear Bayo, I hope you are now happy and satisfied, that the National Broadcasting Commission(NBC) has sanctioned...

DSS arrests Eze Ndigbo in Lagos over threat to invite IPOB members to Lagos

  The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has arrested Chief Fredrick Nwajagu, the Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos for threatening...

Interview with Peter Obi’s running mate, Baba-Ahmed: NBC slams Channels TV with N5m fine

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N5 million on Channels Television over alleged violation of the broadcasting law or...

Less than two months to end of Gov. Ikpeazu’s tenure, court freezes Abia State Government accounts

A Federal High Court in Apo, Abuja, granted an order freezing all the accounts of the state government domiciled in the financial institutions....

Abia State Gov Ikpeazu accuses INEC Returning Officer, Nnannaya-Oti of favoring Labour Party

He said he had carried out some background checks on Nannaya-Oti before the election and filed a complaint to INEC that she won't...

Barely 58 days to go,  Minister resigns from Buhari’s cabinet

With less than 58 days to the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, a minister of cabinet rank has thrown in the...

NSIA’s Audited Financial Results: Net Assets Grow By 10.5% To N1.02trn and volatility, headwinds across markets

In spite of volatility and headwinds across markets, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), managers of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, has recorded net...

Again in upward swing, UBA records gross earnings increase from N660.2bn in 2021 to N853.2bn in 2022

In an upward swing, Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has released its audited financial results for the full year...

New PDP National Chairman nullifies suspension of ex-Senate President Anyim, ex-govs. Shema, Fayose, others

Barely 24 hours after assuming office as Acting National Chairman, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday...

Forgery allegation against MD, other officials untrue, spurious – First Bank management

“The bank operates by the highest standards of ethical conduct and will under no circumstances involve itself in any act of illegality just...

States compound nation’s erosion problems by “arm-twisting’’ Buhari to take their “share’’ of ecological funds – Minister

The Minister of Environment, Mr Mohammed Abdulahi, has blamed state governments for the gargantuan erosion problems across the states particularly in the Southeast....

Nigeria’s debt shoots up to N46.25trn

Nigeria’s debt has skyrocketed to N46.25 trillion from N39.56 trillion in 2022, the Debt Management Office (DMO) disclosed in Abuja on Thursday. The...

Special Purpose Vehicles: CCB launches probe into petition against former Vice- President Atiku

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says it is set to commence investigations into a petition against former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar over diversion...

Just in: Yul Edochie loses first son

Actor, Yul Edochie is currently grieving following news that his first son, 16-year-old Kambilichuwku, has passed on during a brief illness. Per Seconds...

Pay rise for federal civil servants awaiting Buhari’s approval — Labour Minister Ngige

The pay rise for federal civil servants especially those that enjoy peculiarity allowance is ready, awaiting President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval, Labour and Employment...