Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi representing Kaduna North constituency at the National Assembly has called out Governor Nasir El-Rufai, claiming he ‘personally drove a bulldozer to demolish his house this morning’. According to the tweets believed to be from the Senator himself, it says, ‘In the early hours of today, the @GovKaduna Mallam @elrufai personally drove a bulldozer accompanied by armored tanks ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the missing leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, be separately tried from the rest of his co-defendants. Justice Binta Nyako made the order following an oral application by the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Shuaibu Labaran, who noted that Kanu’s continued absence from court since he was granted ...

A former guard with the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO), David Akinniran, was yesterday arraigned before a Lagos High Court for allegedly absconding with $230,000 (about N83,030,000). Akinniran, 40, was arraigned by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) before Justice Agnes Nicole-Clay. He is standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and receiving property suspected to have been ...

A middle-aged herbalist man whose name was given as Ogbuebunu has allegedly confessed buying virgin’s underwear for N10, 000 for ritual making. Ogbuebunu was caught during the weekend by a combined effort of vigilantes and youths of Abagana community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State for diabolical activities. It was gathered that the herbalist was a native of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari said all unclaimed stolen assets recovered will be sold off and the proceeds deposited in the national treasury. He vowed that he would not allow a repeat of what happened in the 1980s when buildings and other ill-gotten property seized by his military administration were returned to corrupt officials following his ouster as head of state. Buhari ...

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a Pan-African financial institution said it had issued three million contactless cards, 10 million debit cards in countries of operation in recent years. UBA with operations in 19 African countries said the feat demonstrated its superiority in the Nigerian e-Banking space with the issuance of over three million Near Field Communication (NFC) technology enabled ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) circular on dividend payout by commercial banks and discount houses has been analysed based on the performances and balance sheet positions of all lenders. A report released yesterday by Afrinvest West Africa, an investment and research firm, showed that only six banks – Access Bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Guaranty Trust Bank, United ...

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has decried that her husband was “trashed” after the party won the 2015 elections…She was so uncomfortable with the development, she was forced to discourage her husband from his continued loyalty to the Presidency and the APC. The new development is intresting to her;President Muhammadu Buhari had mandated Tinubu to reconcile aggrieved party members ahead of the ...

A couple has been arrested for allegedly selling their daughter, Chinecherem, for N400,000, a few hours after delivery. The couple – Ifeanyi, 35, and Emmaculata Elijah, 30 – are indigenes of Amakpu- Umuba, in the Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State. But they are residents of Irete, in the Owerri West LGA of Imo State. Other suspects ...

In its weekly newsletter release, the Presidency today shared updates and figures to show the level of progress made by the Buhari led administration. Below is a breakdown of the numbers… Central Bank of Nigeria: Nigeria’s foreign reserves have risen to $42 billion as at February 13, 2018, from $40.4 billion as at early January 2018. Ministry of Finance: Nigeria ...