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 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Thursday, December 19, visited family members of an Obidient who were involved in a domestic gas explosion in their home, Newsmax Nigeria reports. In a post made on X,…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama has granted N500 million bail to Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, over allegations of a N110 billion fraud. Justice Maryann Anenih approved the bail application on Thursday, but…
The 18 suspended local government chairmen in Edo State on Wednesday dared the State House of Assembly, insisting that they can’t be suspended or removed from office. Newmax Nigeria recalls that the council chairmen were on Tuesday suspended for two…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to ensure that applicants who meet all the requirements are issued international passports within six weeks, in line with Section 9(4)…
China on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) executed Li Jianping, a former official in the north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, who was convicted in the largest-ever corruption case in the country totalling to more than $421 million. The death sentence of…
Different establishments have been shut down in Lagos state, Nigeria by the Government and charged for noise and environmental pollution. The establishments affected by this action by the Lagos state Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) include; Wimpy hotel, celestial church, the…
In a crackdown on narcotics supply chains, the Mangaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested a Nigerian national involved in supplying cocaine from Goa to Mangaluru. The accused, identified as 44-year-old Michael Okafar Odikpo, was caught with 30 grams of…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos from Abuja ahead of the Christmas celebrations, Newsmax Nigeria reports. The President was received at the airport by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, along with other state officials. He is…
A woman, Malama Abdulkadir-Yanmama on Tuesday, December 17, received N500,000 as reward for returning money meant for the Federal Government’s Home Grown School Feeding programme in Katsina State. The reward was handed to the woman by the Katsina State government…
The suspension of all 18 local government chairmen and their vice-chairmen in Edo State has been tied to an alleged bid by the state governor to control an N800 million monthly Special Security and Environmental Fund. A leaked letter dated…
