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A major royal fatality might have been averted yesterday when the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adewusi Adeyeye, got stuck in the elevator at Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos; but Nigerians with their remarkable genius for travesty took to social media platforms to berate the Ooni for crying out loud for help; cynically asking why […]

Some commercial banks have designed means to avoid the recent slash in charges on withdrawal from Automated Teller Machines (ATM) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), by adjusting the maximum payout from their ATMs for other banks’ cardholders to between N5,000 and N10,000 per transaction, forcing customers to increase use of the machine to […]

The Federal Government has dismissed reports claiming that there was a mass recall of ambassadors from Nigeria’s diplomatic missions abroad.   Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, in a statement yesterday, said only 25 career ambassadors, who attained the retirement age or had been in public service for 35 […]

Over 5,000 staff of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc started the New Year with a lot of cheer as the bank at the weekend announced their promotion to new grades as well as salary upgrades with immediate effect this January. Those who were beneficiaries of the exercise, according to a statement, would receive […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, and his would-be successor, David Lyon, are heading for a showdown over briefing notes expected to be handed over to the incoming government. Dickson had promised to present a ‘methodical’ and ‘comprehensive’ document to whoever takes over from him on February 14.   He said: “I will do handover notes, […]

The Lagos-based Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), might have put itself on a collision course with the federal and state governments after it gave President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the 36 state governors and their deputies seven days to: “provide information on their assets and property submitted to the Code of Conduct […]

More than 24 hours after one of his well-known allies asked him to pick his possible successor, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian leader is not interested in doing so.   “The president will not pick a successor if you know him,” Buhari’s media adviser Femi Adesina said on Channels TV […]

Nigeria’s chief justice, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has denied ever knowing former senator Shehu Sani, who is being investigated for alleged extortion and bribery by the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   A spokesman for the Commission said Senator Shehu Sani was arrested for collecting $10,000 from a businessman, Sani Dauda, owner […]

Oil prices rose a further 2 per cent on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike which killed a top Iranian military commander.   Brent crude futures LCOc1 soared to a high of $70.74 a […]

Due to recent world events, the United States government has cautioned Americans to reconsider or review their personal security measures while travelling to or across Nigeria.   “Be aware of your surroundings; keep a low profile; stay alert in public places, including schools, hospitals, government facilities, places of worship, tourist locations, and transportation hubs; review […]

The family of a former Senate Leader, the late Dr. Abubakakar Olusola Saraki yesterday said it had secured court injunction from the state high court against any further demolition of the family’s Ile Arugbo property by the administration of Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman.   One of the family’s lawyers, Abdulazeez Ibrahim who disclosed this to journalists […]

Nigerians may not benefit from the higher oil revenue the country is making due to the rising price caused by the raging face-off between the United States and Iran. Oil prices have risen significantly since last Friday, after Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian commander, was killed in a US strike ordered by President Donald Trump. […]