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The Minister of Information and Nationals Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has warned that fake news, misinformation, and disinformation pose serious threats to public peace and democratic stability of the country. He sounded this note of warning when speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the public presentation of a book Nigeria Media Renaissance – Perspectives on Online...

In a significant boost to Nigeria’s crude oil production and export capabilities, leading financial institution Fidelity Bank Plc has facilitated the construction of the country’s first privately built and operated onshore crude export terminal in over 50 years. The terminal, located at the Otakikpo Marginal Field in Rivers State and...

The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the director of Glossalalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelenged Nigeria Ltd, Precious Williams before Justice S. I . Mark of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Williams is being prosecuted...

The Odimma Umuada Igbo Prestigious Women Foundation, has been officially inaugurated, pledging commitment to continually render humanitarian services across the country. The Founder and President of the Foundation, Mrs Violet Obiora, made the pledge at the Grand Rollout and Public Awareness programme of the foundation in Lagos. Obiora said that...

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, June 16, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a staff of Ecobank Plc, to one-year imprisonment for cybercrime. The convict was  arraigned on Friday, May 16, 2025 by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the...

  The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Babangida in the trial of the former Minister of Power and Steel Development, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, June 16, 2025, told Justice J.O. Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Federal Executive Council,  FEC,  did not grant any contract approval to  Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited,...

The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, OON, in a bid to strengthen collaboration between Nigeria and China, has met with the Governor of Hunan Province, His Excellency Mao Weiming, in Changsha, China, for high-level discussions aimed at deepening collaboration between Nigeria and Hunan Province at both...

Fidelity Bank Plc has said it's attention has been drawn to a publication on Sahara Reporters website titled, “Fidelity Bank MD Onyeali-Ikpe Confesses to Paying ₦5Billion To Avoid Police Detention Amid Over ₦19Billion Fraud Probe”. We would like to categorically state this story is patently false and has been maliciously...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, arraigned the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank Ltd, Halima Buba, and the Executive Director/Chief Compliance Officer, Innocent Mbagwu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The duo is standing trial on a six-count charge bordering on...

The Innovative Media Partners Cooperative Multipurpose Society (IMPCMS) has announced its formal take-off. The President of IMPCMS and Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, made the announcement in a statement issued on Wednesday. According to Oladipo, the formal commencement of activities followed the completion of all registration formalities and...