A move to cut down the cost of governance in Abia State has hit new milestones as the bill to repeal former governors and deputy governors’ pensions and other entitlements has been passed by the State Assembly. By implication, former governors like Okezie Ikpeazu, T.A. Orji and Orji Uzor Kalu will no longer earn their…
Barely 24 hours after a popular Nollywood movie producer, Ikechukwu Nnadi, popularly known as Andy Best was reported dead, another Nollywood actor, Lukman Abdulsalam, popularly known as Hamburger has also fallen to the cold hands of death. The late Hamburger reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while on set filming a skit. According to witnesses, He…
The Federal Government says it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing. Details of the development were revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, in an email sent to our correspondent on Tuesday night, entitled “Designation of Individuals and…
In the letter dated December 22, 2023, Obazee requested funds for surveillance, vetting, security, addressing black spots, monitoring hotels, and acquiring vehicles. A letter addressed to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso, by the Chairman of the Special Investigative Committee, Jim Obazee, requesting N2 billion for various assignments has been…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday hosted members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), Service Chiefs and Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to Ramadan Iftar at the State House, Abuja. Many of the cabinet members assembled inside the New Banquet Hall of the State House to break fast with the President. President Bola…
Zenith Bank Plc. has appointed Dr. Adaora Umeoji as its Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment takes effect from June 1. Umeoji takes over from Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, the bank’s current Group Managing Director, whose five-year term expires on May 31. The bank’s Company Secretary, Mr. Michael Out, in a notification sent to…
A female student’s hotel at the University of Benin was on Tuesday gutted by fire. According to an X user, Ruth Nifemi, who shared a video, the fire destroyed some documents and property at the Hall 2 hostel of the university. She wrote, “Hall 2 UNIBEN is on fire and fire service came without water….
Arsenal forward, Nathan Butler-Oyedeji has confirmed his eligibility to play for the Super Eagles. Oyedeji is a product of Arsenal’s Hale End Academy and is also eligible to play for the Three Lions of England. He was born and raised in England to a Nigerian father and a Saint Vincent mother. Oyedeji joined Arsenal at…
The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, has opened up on the N40 billion metering contract alleged racket rocking the industry, saying due diligence was followed in awarding the contract. This came as a power stakeholders group, PowerUp Nigeria, declared that De Haryor Global Services Limited, which got N12.7 billion worth of the contract, “is not…
Nollywood has lost one of its prominent figures as Ikechukwu Nnadi, widely known as Andy Best, has passed away. Nnadi, who had been battling a long-term illness, breathed his last at a private clinic in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, on Tuesday. Confirming the sad news, Mr. Seun Oloketuyi, the organizer of the Best…
