archiveMay 2025

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, arraigned the duo of Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, who are both employees of Premium Trust Bank, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos....

The Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday formally handed over the forfeited Abuja estate, containing 753 duplexes and other apartments, allegedly belonging to the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to the Federal Ministry of Housing and...

By Ikechukwu Amaechi Fidelity Bank Plc has dismissed as unfounded the story making the rounds that it is on the verge of bankruptcy following a Supreme Court judgment linked to a legacy $3 million credit facility granted by the defunct FSB International Bank in 2002. The bank made the clarification...

●as Governor Adeleke appreciates President Tinubu for NELFUND The Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has commended Governor Ademola Adeleke and his team members for doing a phenomenal job. The former Speaker of the House of Representatives gave this commendation while speaking at the...

.explains how incident happened The Oyo State Government has commiserated with the family of a secondary school boy slain during a Routine Traffic Infraction Operation on Alakia Old Road, Ibadan, describing the incident as sad, shocking and painful. It stated that the state government would work with the Oyo State...

The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies has attributed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results crisis to human error. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Oboku Oforji, chairman of the committee, said preliminary findings indicate that the error, which affected over 300,000 candidates, was not...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, May 19, 2025, re-arraigned Tuoyo Omatsuli, a former Executive Director on Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Omatsuli, alongside Francis Momoh, Don Parker Properties Limited and Building Associates...

For the first time since February 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has maintained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 27.5 percent. CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso announced the decision on Tuesday in Abuja following the 300th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Cardoso said all 12 MPC members voted unanimously to hold...

…her inspiring simplicity commended Anambra State's First Lady, Nonye Soludo’s demonstration of true leadership through love in action by transforming the state with her worthy initiatives, has been commended. After observing the first lady at the Solution City while playing with the children and members of the general public recently,...

The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has disclosed that the rollout of the N3.3 trillion 90,000 kilometres of fibre lines, 7,000 Telecom Towers infrastructure nationwide, will formally commence in Q4 2025. For the first time in the country, the ministry has funded 55 academic researchers...