Members of the Nigeria Association of Government Medical and Dental Practitioners at the General Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, have commenced two days strike over an alleged assault on their colleague. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the state Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, Dr Ola Ahmed, said the doctors were forced to down tools due to the frequent ... Read More »

Amember of the House of Representatives and campaigner of Atiku Abubakar, Dr. Chinyere Igwe, has allegedly been arrested with $500,000 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Igwe, who represents Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, was nabbed on Friday during a stop and search operation along Aba Road. Spokesperson of Rivers Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the arrest, said: “A statement ... Read More »

Finland authorities on Thursday arrested a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa. According to a Finland news outlet, HS, the police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. The platform claimed that they had gone to Ekpa’s residence for an interview but to their surprise, the Finland police, KRP, answered when the HS team rang the separatist bell. ... Read More »

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned one Alhaji Usman Abubakar before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged N950 million fraud. The suspect was arraigned alongside his foundation, Young Alhaji Foundation, and another person still at large, on a five-count charge before Justice Mojisola Dada. The charges bordered on conspiracy to obtain ... Read More »

Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank, is preparing to celebrate International Women’s Day 2023. The bank aims to honor women and provide them with opportunities to achieve success in their personal and professional lives. The celebration will be held on March 8, 2023, in Lagos. This year’s global theme, “Embrace Equity,” will be the focus of the event. The discussion ... Read More »

Left: Adetola Oshomah, Agency & Direct Banking, Ecobank Nigeria; Lekan Awoyemi, Principal Executive Officer, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC); Mr & Mrs David Ezokwe (Ecobank customers and winner of one million prize); Korede Demola- Adeniyi, Head, Consumer Banking, Ecobank Nigeria; Vicky Amede, Assistant Director, National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), Lagos; Daberechi Effiong, Head, Asset Products, Ecobank Nigeria, and ... Read More »

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja , Lagos has vacated its ruling that convicted and sentenced the Managing Director and Company Secretary of Fidelity Bank Plc to six weeks in prison or a fine of Four Hundred Thousand Naira respectively for contempt. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Lateef Owolabi vacated the order in a Suit No: MIK/4726/22 between Justin Ahmed, ... Read More »

Alhaji Seidu Baba, a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says the forum has not adopted former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, as a consensus candidate. Baba made the clarification on Saturday at a news conference in Abuja. According to him, though, Atiku has been scheming to be endorsed as the sole candidate of ... Read More »

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, sent millions of tongues wagging with his decision to purchase the N100 million presidential nomination form of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) in the build-up to the party’s primary election in June last year. It later emerged that the CBN governor had not only acquired the party’s nomination forms but had ... Read More »

Wife of the presidential flag bearer of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Oluremi Tinubu has faulted critics accusing him of being over-ambitious. She said service is the driving force propelling the ruling party standard bearer. The Lagos Central Senator said her husband is qualified to aspire for the nation’s highest office after serving others and seeing to their successes for ... Read More »