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Alleged money laundering: Ex-Skye Bank Chairman, MD get N50m bail

Alleged money laundering: Ex-Skye Bank Chairman, MD get N50m bailBy Edwina Ajuma Ogiri, Persecond News Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court...

Nigeria bans 39 public servants from traveling abroad as crackdown on corruption widens

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Funds (SPIPRPP), revealed that it has submitted names of 39 alleged treasury looters to...

After denial, Diamond, Access bank announce merger

Diamond Bank has confirmed that is its being acquired by Access Bank, following weeks of speculations and denials. The bank, in a written...

Nigeria capital importation shrinks 31% in 2018

Nigeria’s capital importation declined by as much as 31.1% year-on-year and 48.2 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Q3’18 to $2.9 billion, the lowest since...

2019: Elections will determine Nigeria’s fate – Clark

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) leader, Chief Chief Edwin Clark, has said the 2019 elections will likely determine the fate of the country...

N800bn Subsidy Claim: Buhari’s enemies plotting to return fuel queues, Marafa warns

All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kabiru Marafa, representing Zamfara Central, has warned that if marketers are not paid the outstanding of N800 billion,...

Dozie’s Diamond Bank now acquired by Access Bank

Access Bank is said to have officially acquired Diamond Bank, although no official statement has been released confirming this development at the time...

Military lifts UNICEF suspension hours after accusing staff of spying for Boko Haram

The Nigerian military on Friday lifted a suspension of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund activities in the northeast, hours after it was...

Nigeria’s Military suspends UNICEF work, alleges ‘clandestine’ activity

Nigeria’s military on Friday suspended the activities of UNICEF in the extremist-threatened northeast, accusing the U.N. agency of “training selected persons for clandestine...

We will all have to tighten our belts, as economy is in bad shape, says Yari

The chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state, has said President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told them that the...

Magu denies buying luxury homes in highbrow Maitama

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has denied reports that he bought two luxury homes in Maitama,Abuja....

2019: Hard work, loyalty will be rewarded this time around, Buhari assures supporters

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday night assured his numerous supporters that come 2019, hard work and loyalty would be rewarded. Speaking during the launch...

Thousands of Nigerian refugees in Chad, Niger IDPs will not be denied voting rights, INEC says

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), in the neighbouring countries of Niger and Chad, who fled their homes due to...

2019: Secondus accuses EFCC, NPF of plotting to cripple PDP govs

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the...

Dasukigate: Court fix date to hear Dasuki’s application for trial suspension

The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed January 9, 2019, for the hearing of a motion filed by the former National Security...

Good Election Practices: Buhari Signs Peace Pact.

I did not receive invitation – Atiku President Muhammadu Buhari at exactly 4:26pm signed the National Peace Accord Agreement ahead of the presidential...