A 37-year-old Lagos-based celebrity car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, popular as IVD, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command over the death of his wife, Abimbola, in the Lekki area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Monday, saying, “He was arrested on Saturday, he’s with us.” Hundeyin, in ... Read More »

In a bid to uncover, stimulate and promote creativity amongst Nigerian youths, First Bank Nigeria and Gobet247 have expressed support to the unique creativity challenge under Arts for Change. The Arts for change in conjunction with the National Council For Arts And Culture (NCAC), under the leadership of its Director General, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe have unveiled a creativity competition to ... Read More »

…Illegal pipeline coupled to 48-inch trans-Forcados export trunk line in Ogulagha …OSPIVV threatens to sue NNPCL, SPDC for crude oil pilfering The Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL, a surveillance company operated by ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has discovered another huge illegal pipeline connected to the 48-inch Trans Forcados Export Trunk line, at the rear of a military ... Read More »

…says Kaduna people will reap El-Rufai’s economic efforts All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised to build a vibrant economy that will achieve a double-digit growth when he becomes Nigeria’s president. Asiwaju Tinubu said this in his speech at the 7th edition of Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit (KadInvest 7.0) on Saturday in Kaduna. The APC ... Read More »

The biggest sign yet that Peter Obi may not be the president Nigerians earnestly seek was given during an Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) conference in Lagos recently as the Labour Party’s presidential candidate was exposed for his apparent hollowness in a heated debate amongst candidates for the country’s number one seat come 2023. In its usual tradition ... Read More »

Booklovers in Lagos were treated to an afternoon of uplifting creative interactions at a book reading event organized by Guaranty Trust Bank (Guaranty Trust) on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at the Herbert Macauley Library, Yaba. The event is an offshoot of Guaranty Trust’s You Read initiative which aims to champion continuous learning and promote a reading culture across Africa as ... Read More »

The Federal Government, on Thursday, gave an indication that it will approach the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal judgement that quashed the terrorism charge it preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Reacting to the judgement, FG, through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, ... Read More »

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has endorsed the completion of the ongoing Enugu-Onitsha expressway by MTN Nigeria PLC, telecommunication company, at the cost of N202.8billion via the Tax Credit Scheme of the Federal Government. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, revealed this when he along with Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingiyadi as well as the President’s media aide, ... Read More »

FirstBank Partners Junior Achievement Nigeria to Implement 22nd National Company of the Year Competition ​ Junior Achievement Nigeria’s Annual Flagship National Company of the Year Competition in Partnership with FirstBank to hold October 13th, 2022 (TTILE OPTIONS) ​ Lagos, (Nigeria), 11 October 2022 – First Bank of Nigeria Limited has partnered with Junior Achievement Nigeria to implement the 22nd National ... Read More »

Nollywood producer, Olajide Kareem, aka Seun Egbegbe has regained his freedom after spending roughly three years and six months in custody. The filmmaker was incarcerated on February 10, 2017, after obtaining money by false pretence from no fewer than 40 bureaus de change operators in different parts of Lagos from 2015 to 2017. Egbegbe was alleged to have swindled the ... Read More »