archiveApril 2024

  The Nigeria Police Force is currently deepening strategic collaboration with Interpol to strengthen intelligence sharing, operational coordination, and capacity-building initiatives across borders. This is part of the ongoing effort to bolster regional security measures and enhance effectiveness in policing strategies, According to a  statement by the Force Spokesman, Muyiwa...

  A Nigerian man and woman were sentenced to six and a half years in prison by a High Court in Malaysia today for possession of drugs three years ago. Judge Datuk Anselm Charles  Fernandis imposed the sentence on Kebechi Thomas Nwankwu, 38, and Happy Akhidenor Aituaje, 33, after they...

Stockbrokers have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow the shares and other securities of publicly listed banks as marginable securities, which enables investors to take loans specifically for purchase of shares. Stockbrokers, under the auspices of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), said while the capital market has...

  The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, has announced the relocation of the Naval Training Command headquarters from Lagos to Onne in Rivers state. Ogalla said the Nigerian Navy is moving its training command to Rivers because it has enough space to carry out its duties....

When the management of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in July 2023 announced that it was reclassifying Fidelity Bank Plc from small-price stock to medium-price stock, financial analysts concluded that the road to attaining Tier1 status by the bank is closer than ever imagined. In full year 2022. Fidelity Bank...

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the registration for Direct Entry has been extended till a later date. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor of the board, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. According to...

  Omoyele Sowore, a prominent Nigerian activist, has called for the prosecution of the American International School (AIS) in Abuja for alleged money laundering involving former Kogi state governor Yahaya Bello and his former Chief of Staff, Ali Bello. In a post on X, Sowore alleged that Bello and his...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday again visited the family of one of those who died in the stampede which occurred during the distribution of palliative rice in Lagos in February. Tthe NCS delegation was led by Hammi Swomen, an Assistant Controller-General of Customs. Commiserating with the deceased’s family...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed three person’s dead and two injured in a three-storey building collapse incident at Kuntau Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano. Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, confirmed the incident and casualty figures to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Thursday attributed logistics issues as reasons for the cause of scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol in parts of the country even as 10 litres of petrol is being sold at 15,000.00 in black market in...