Following a viral report, the management of First Bank Plc has admitted the culpability of one of its ex-employees in the missing N550m fixed deposit fund belonging to Abia Businessman, Dr Agbai Eke. The bank admitted the wrongdoing in a…
An Abia State High Court sitting in Umuahia has adjourned the case between Dr Eke Agbai and First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. to March 26 and April 2 for the commencement of the hearing. The case, marked HU/233/2024, centres on…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo has said that everyone joining the party already knows that he would be running for presidency in 2027. Speaking on the Arise TV Morning Show on Friday, Adebayo said…
A Popular Nigerian comedian, Obinna Simon aka Mc Tagwaye has announced his resignation from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mc Tagwaye in a statement released on Friday, March 14, 2025, said he decided the resign from the party after…
The Osun state police have confirmed the arrest of a suspected cultist, Segun Ogunfunmilayo, who shot a grocery seller in Ede, Osun state for demanding her money for drinks. According to the acting Osun state Police Public Relations Officer Adeola…
A pro-good governance group, Abia Good Governance Coalition ( ABGGC) has urged Abia State Governor, Alex Otti to immediately relocate to any of the two Government Houses or its annexe in the State and discontinue conducting government business in his…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Youths and Supporters Coalition has strongly rejected the defection of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, into the party, describing his membership as a threat to the party’s democratic values and progressive ideology. In a…
By Ogochukwu Isioma The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has approved the appointment of Dr. Loretta Oduware Ogboro-Okor as the Director-General of the Edo State Diaspora Agency (ESDA). The appointment was confirmed in a letter addressed to the new…
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, an ally of former Governor Nyesom Wike on Friday adjourned its legislative activities indefinitely, a move that raises political tension in the state. The decision to adjourn sine die…
The Vice Chairman of Awgu local government area of Enugu State, Dr Stanley Ezediuto has blasted the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barr Nyesom Wike over the minister’s invectives at the governor of Enugu State, Barr Peter Mbah. Wike…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Committee has approved the appointment of Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles. NEWMAX NIGERIA reports that the decision was formally endorsed by…
On Tuesday during the swearing in of Ghana’s president-John Mahama where president Bola Tinubu was a special guest of honor, he said African leaders were committed to lifting the nation’s out of poverty. However, during the speech, he mentioned that…
President Bola Tinubu met with former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday during the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana. NEWMAX NIGERIA reports that the inauguration took place at the Black Star Square in Accra. At…
For over a year now, England has been experiencing something mysterious which has left people talking and in wonder as a plate of peeled bananas usually appears by the road side every month. Since 2024, at the intersection of Wensor…
Recall that recently, gas explosion took the lives of over 18 people including a couple, children and a pregnant woman as they were burnt to ashes. Following that incident therefore, Chijioke Ihunwo, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area chairman has placed a…
Suspected bandits have imposed a staggering levy of N172.7 million on 25 communities in the Tsafe West area of Zamfara state, prompting hundreds of residents to abandon their homes out of fear of violent reprisals, NEWMAX NIGERIA has gathered. According…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, the Edo House of Assembly, and other parties involved in a suit filed by the 18 suspended local government chairpersons to maintain the status quo. NEWMAX…
Governor Bala Mohamed of Bauchi State has reshuffled his cabinet and sacked five Commissioners, NEWMAX NIGERIA has learnt. The development was disclosed in a press release issued to journalists on Tuesday by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the…
Abia South Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed his willingness to stand as a guarantor for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, NEWSMAX NIGERIA reports. Abaribe made the remark while addressing journalists after his visit to Governor…
•to oversee Operations and Sports Development As Edo State officially kick-starts the 2025 working year in full fledge, Mrs Sabina Chikere made a historic return to the Edo State Sports Commission on Monday, 6th January, 2025, resuming her role as…
