Nigeria’s Central Bank revokes Skye Bank’s licence, Polaris Bank takes over
The Central Bank on Nigeria (CBN) has announced the withdrawal of the operating licence of Skye Bank.
Chairman of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Umaru Ibrahim made this known to journalists on Friday.
Umaru disclosed...
2019: Atiku most credible, corrupt free to lead Nigeria to greatness – Group
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has been declared as the most credible, corrupt-free and experienced among the presidential aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) by The Atiku Care Foundation.
The group also described the...
Film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s autobiographical book “Ake” on Amazon
The film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s classic autobiographical novel, “Ake: The Years of Childhood”, is now available to viewers on Amazon.com.
Amazon is the world’s acclaimed largest internet retailer of video and MP3 downloads and streaming.
Mr Dapo Adeniyi,...
Lagos APC Crisis: CUPP accuses Buhari, Oshiomole backing Tinubu to sack Ambode
The Coalition for United Political Parties (CUPP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole being “involved in Tinubu’s plot to make Lagos...
Tonye Cole: What I’ll do in Rivers state if elected governor
Tonye Cole, an All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant in Rivers, says restoring peace and unity to the state would be his administration’s top priority if given the mandate in 2019.
Mr Cole, one of...
PDP Primary: Atiku picks Iwuanyanwu, 58 others into presidential nomination council
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has named Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu and 58 other persons as members of his presidential nomination council ahead of the PDP presidential primaries.
Mr Abubakar is seeking the PDP’s ticket to run...
Report: Another serving minister caught in web of NYSC scandal
Emerging details have revealed that Adebayo Shittu, another serving minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, has reportedly failed to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.
This is coming just after a week...
Forgery: Buhari’s aide, accused of fake certificate, says he is not under pressure to...
Okoi Obono-Obla, Chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, has denied reports that he was under pressure to resign, saying the “purported report is false, baseless and wicked”.
He said on...
2019: Ogun APC kicks out Amosun’s consensus list, adopts indirect primary
The Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday unanimously rejected Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s consensus list which was announced as the mode of primary but instead adopted the indirect primary to pick candidates of...
EU raises pressure as UK promises new Brexit plans
EU leaders refused to give ground to Britain's Theresa May on Thursday, warning that her Brexit plan is unacceptable, even as she offered to come up with new proposals for the Irish border.
After this...