A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja has convicted former member of House of Representatives from Kano State, Farouk Lawan for receiving $500,000 bribe from a businessman, Femi Otedola. Justice Angella Otaluka convicted Lawan on the three-count charge on which he was tried by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). The ... Read More »

Johnson onifade Abeokuta    A leading member of the ruling party in Abeokuta south local government area of Ogun state Hon.Nurudeen Olaleye has de lared that Abeokuta south local government would go into record as the first council area from the Gateway state to launch the laudable political innitiative for the sitting Excecutive ogun state Numero Uno Prince Dapo Abiodun ... Read More »

As the probe of the whereabouts of $43, 449, 947, 000 seized from Osborne Towers in Ikoyi deepens, there were indications on Sunday that the cash was deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).   It was also learnt that the cash might have been transferred to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) account of the Federal Government. But it was ... Read More »

Photo 1 – (L-R) Korede Demola-Adeniyi, Head , Consumer Banking, Ecobank Nigeria; Linda Ikeji, Blogger and Initiator, Selfmade Woman Conference; Carol Oyedeji, Executive Director, Commercial Banking, Ecobank Nigeria; and Founder, House of Tara, Tara Fela-Durotoye at the Linda Ikeji’s Self-made Woman Conference in Lagos sponsored by Ecobank Nigeria Photo 2 – (L-R) Titi Olarinde, Head of Branch network;  Ibukun Oyedeji, Chief Financial Officer ... Read More »

Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank PLC. Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe was in Abuja on Thursday June 17, 2021 when Air Peace Airline took delivery of the first of 13 brand new E195-E2 directly from Embraer facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The new aircraft​ with registration number 5N-BYF, named Helen Ekwusi Onyema, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja ... Read More »

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has threatened to go on strike again over the ‘blatant’ refusal of the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1000 staff for 13 months. The ASUU chairman, University of Jos, Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, who raised the alarm in a press ... Read More »

  Thirty-six-year-old Rahmon Azeez was full of life on Wednesday and nothing suggested that death loomed.Our correspondent learnt that he just got a visa to travel to the United States of America to see his wife and twins, who he had never carried physically since they were born abroad. He arranged for his wife to travel to the US where ... Read More »

It’s obviously celebration time for your soar-away celebrity and general interest magazine: NEWSTHUMB. We are proud to formally inform you our esteemed readers, subscribers and advertisers that the magazine will be 10 years old on the newsstands come Sunday, September 26, 2021; and we plan to celebrate it big time in a dual way. In commemoration of this dual event, ... Read More »

     Johnson onifade Abeokuta    For the ever resourceful multi talented young stand up connexion and master of ceremony of international repute Olanilekan Abegunde a.k.aDr.smile the 6th edition of his annual Show tagged SLOGAN 6 held penultimate sunday ,it was another year to showcase the creativity in him anong others and for the large fans and lovers of commedy ... Read More »

…Bank To Enrich 15 Lucky Customers With Millions of Naira ​ Fidelity Bank Plc, top Nigerian lender, has announced plans to enrich the lives of fifteen Nigerians with a total of 39 million Naira at the final draw of the Get Alert in Millions Campaign (GAIM) Season 4 savings promo, slated for July 22, 2021. ​The savings promotion, which is specifically ... Read More »