The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has said it would soon completely liquidate the 132 banks whose licenses were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Speaking at Kano Rumfa College, during the NDIC 2023 Financial Literacy Day, Thursday, the Zonal Controller of the Corporation, Alhaji Shehu Usman, said the Apex Bank has since…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoolaa on Thursday swore-in 39 additional members of the election petition tribunals for the 2023 general elections. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony held at the main court room of the Supreme Court in Abuja, the CJN tasked the Judges to submit willingly to the sanctity of the…
Report coming from the police and the Kano State Ministry of Justice, Department of Public Prosecution, DPP, has cleared the House of Representatives Majority Leader Alhassan Ado Doguwa of murder charges. The reports said there is no substantive evidence found from the police case files to charge him with culpable homicide. Kano State Attorney-General and…
The Joint Health Sector Unions,JOHESU and the Assembly of Health Care Professional Association,AHPA,have declared indefinite strike. To this end,the unions have directed health workers in the country to stay away from their duty posts pending the time the issues that led to the actions were addressed by the federal government. Addressing the media in Abuja…
The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, has said that a police officer, Fauzziyah Isiak, was detained because she absconded from duty. On Thursday morning, Isiak took to her Twitter account saying that she was detained for resigning from the Force. According to her, she tendered her resignation letter in 2022 on…
The Interparty advisory council, Southwest Zone has congratulated Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his conferment as the Grand Commander of the order of the Federal Republic. This was contained In a congratulatory message signed by the chairman, IPAC, Southwest zone, Wale Adebayo on Thursday. The IPAC Chairman in the statement described the national award…
Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has jetted to Switzerland to kick off his Europe tour in Zurich, Switzerland. Kuti confirmed this on his Instagram story on Thursday. The singer shared a picture of himself on the plane with the caption, “Euro tour kicks off tonight in Zurich.” This came after the singer was released on bail…
I won’t disappoint Nigerians, Tinubu re-assures The President-elect Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, in Abuja, said he will not disappoint the trust conferred upon him by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and millions of Nigerians. He also affirmed that he understands the magnitude of the honour conferred upon him and the corresponding task ahead….
The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, has been ranked as the best state-owned university in the country for the year 2023. The AAUA, ranked 13th among Nigerian universities, 99th in Africa and 2,753rd globally out of 12,003 institutions ranked in the latest Webometrics ranking. Speaking on the latest ranking, the vice chancellor of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has opened up on why it raised the Monetary Policy Rate, also known as the interest rate, to 18.5 per cent from 18 per cent. In a communique from the 291st Monetary Policy Committee meeting posted on CBN’s website on Wednesday, the Governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, stated…
