Zamfara Governor Under Investigation For N70bn Fraud – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is currently probing Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, for “N70bn fraud”. The anti-graft agency also confirmed that a former Minister of…
Union Bank Holding On to Businessman’s N245,000 Since January
Bernard Bakpol, a Union Bank customer, has raised a complaint about how a sum of N435,000 vanished from his account on January 31 even though he did not perform any…
Father Invested in Oxfordgold Ltd to Pay Children’s School Fees. 20 Months After, He’s Got Nothing
In a voice marked with emotion, a daughter of Deacon Alawode Olaleye, an Abeokuta local gas retailer, has narrated how hard life has become in her family following her father’s…
5 Years After Taking N12m, Austin Ozioma’s Pwan Homes Can’t Give Couple Their Property
When Tope Brown, an Abuja-based man, paid N12 million in 2016 to Austin Ozioma, the chairman of Pwan Homes, for two plots of land in Ajah, Lagos, he thought he…
Nigeria’s 10-Year Bond Yield Slides to 12.94%
Nigeria’s 10-Year Bond Yield Slides to 12.94% The average yield on Nigeria’s 10-year bond declined to 12.94% midweek due to increasing demand for the paper by local investors in the…
CBN’s Crypto Ban Shields Nigerian Banks from US Banking Crisis
CBN’s Crypto Ban Shields Nigerian Banks from US Banking Crisis Following its openly criticised cryptocurrency ban in Africa’s’ largest economy by size of gross domestic product (GDP), the Central Bank…
Lagos Gov’t Wants Agiliti Residents to Flee From Their Homes Ahead of Impending Flood, But They Don’t Know Where to Go
“We know about it. We hear it on the radio. They announce it, that we should evacuate, but we have no alternatives,” said Akinremi Ademola, secretary to the chairman, Agiliti…
Before Jay Z n Diddy – There was Russell Simmons Co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, promoting stars like the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J.
Russell Simmons LL COOL J Co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, Russell Simmons ignited the hip-hop revolution by promoting stars like the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J.…
Woman arraigned over missing 14-year-old girl in Ondo
A 32 -year- old trader, Gbemisola Obakpolor has been docked before an Ore Chief Magistrates court in Ondo over the disappearance of a 14- year- old girl in her custody.…
For the Records! A VISITATION, and the ALLURE of “RECONCILIATION”Prof Wole Soyinka
Before it gains traction and embarks on a life of its own, I wish to state clearly that the word “Reconciliation”, inserted into some reports of Peter Obi’s visit to…