The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, has died in an plane crash with some of his aides. Military source said Gen. Attahiru was on a trip to Kaduna. Efforts were on to locate the wreckage of the plane and evacuate remains of the victims. Read More »

Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade, who became the latest governor to defect from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said he took the step to re-classify his state. He told visiting APC governors and leaders inside the Executive chamber in Calabar where he was received into his new party: “Recognizing the role ... Read More »

  Report reaching NEWSTHUMB  from Maru local government area of Zamfara state Northwest Nigeria have it that, the current sole Administrator of the said local government Hon. Salisu Isah ( Tafidan Dangulbi) has Just officially separated with his Wife Hajiya Binta Jarma. The sole Administrator said his words: ” The bold decision I took to divorce my former wife Binta, ... Read More »

Tyson Fury’s heavyweight unification fight with Anthony Joshua could be put on hold after an independent arbitrator ruled that the WBC heavyweight champion must face former champion Deontay Wilder in a rematch. Retired judge Daniel Weinstein upheld a claim lodged by Wilder that Fury must face him in a third fight by September 15 following their February 2020 title battle. ... Read More »

The Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has received the very disturbing news of the arrest of one of his political appointees, Mr Abidemi Rufai, in New York over alleged unemployment benefits fraud in the United States. In view of the gravity of these allegations, the Governor has ordered the immediate suspension of the accused appointee. The Governor wishes to ... Read More »

…..Risks 30 Years Imprisonment* One of the Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai, suspected in Washington state’s $650 million unemployment fraud was arrested last week Friday, at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport by federal agents as he allegedly attempted to leave the country. NEWSTHUMB learnt that Abidemi Rufai appeared in federal ... Read More »

Johnson onifade Abeokuta      The Nigeria Ambassadors to the U.K  His Excellency Sarafa Tunji Ishola has unveiled his goodies for Nigerians and Visa applicants in the UNITED KINGDOM     The New Nigeria Ambassadors opened up on these good News after inspecting thethe Departments  of the High commission on assuming duty with a promise to ease the pains of ... Read More »

Former Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Board member Senator Binta Masi Garba yesterday recounted how she was removed for raising observations over the agency’s financial records. She alleged that her observations did not go down well with the suspended NPA Managing Director, Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman. She alleged that Ms. Bala-Usman decided her removal from the board without the knowledge or recommendation ... Read More »

….as family alleges foul play, demands identity of seven elders that prayed for him. Few days after the tragic death of a businessman cum socialite, Kayode Badru, who was burnt to death during a prayer session at a parish of the Celestial Church of Christ in Alagbado, a Lagos suburb, his widow, Kofoworola Badru, recalled his last moments with him ... Read More »

S&P Global Ratings said changes to the boards of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and FBN Holdings (FBNH) Plc, recently directed by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), addressed the banking group’s corporate governance challenges and ensures the Nigerian banking sector’s financial stability. In a statement, it stated that its ratings on FBN and other Nigerian banks remain constrained by shortcomings ... Read More »