Category: News
CBN revokes Skye Bank’s licence, Polaris Bank to take over assets
The Central Bank of Nigeria has withdrawn the operating licence of Skye Bank. Umaru Ibrahim, chairman of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (ND [...]
Coca-Cola set to acquire Chi Limited completely by 2019
President of Coca-Cola West Africa, Peter Njonjo says the company will complete the acquisition of Chi Limited by the end of 2019 first quarter. Coca- [...]
SA to Buhari, Obono-Obla under pressure to resign over ‘fake’ WAEC result
With the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance over certificate forgery, Okoi Obono-Obla, another appointee of President Muhammadu Buhari [...]
Stella Oduah dumps APGA, returns to PDP after three months
Stella Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after she defected to the All Progressive Grand A [...]
“You’re a serial failure” — Liyel Imoke hits Donald Duke over Tinapa
Liyel Imoke, former governor of Cross River state, has described Donald Duke, his predecessor, whom he succeeded in 2007 as a serial failure. There ha [...]
Another Buhari’s minister, Adebayo Shittu busted for skipping NYSC, says, “I deliberately refused to serve”
Barely a week after Kemi Adeosun resigned her position as Minister of Finance following the discovery of the forgery of her National Youth Service Cor [...]
Nigerian nurse who trafficked girls for sex, gets an increase in her sentence
A London-based Nigerian nurse, Josephine Iyamu who used voodoo threats to traffic vulnerable women from Edo State, Nigeria to Germany to work as prost [...]
Buhari re-appoints Amaechi as his campaign DG for 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari officially named the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as the Director-General of his campaign organisation for h [...]
Buhari stops IGP from inviting Senator Adeleke over exam malpractice
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, not to invite Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Pa [...]
Jimi Agbaje joins Lagos guber race, picks PDP form
The 2015 Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje has ended speculations about his re-run bid, saying he [...]