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CBN Gives Access, Zenith, GTB, Others 30-Day Deadline To Delink Bank Accounts Without Verification Numbers

– CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a 30-day ultimatum to Nigerian banks to close bank accounts without BVN. According to the apex bank, the directive is aimed at promoting safer, more reliable, and more efficient banking and payment systems. Data from the NIBSS showed that 57.39 million customers’ accounts have been linked to their BVNs as at April… []

Ooni of Ife Unveils New Olori

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and new wife, Olori Opeoluwa Elizabeth Akinmuda A new bride will join the existing five as Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, is preparing to receive Olori Opeoluwa Elizabeth Akinmuda into his royal palace in Ile-Ife. Reports indicate that the wedding ceremony has already taken place, and a welcome party for the latest addition to the monarch’s… []

Buhari, Tinubu Condoles With Akinfeleye Over Wife’s Death

– Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, Late wife Carol Anike Akinfeleye President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the outgoing President, Mohammodu Buhari have commiserated with renowned scholar and professor of Mass Communication, Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye over the death of his wife of many years, Mrs. Carol Anike Akinfeleye. In a condolence message to Akinfeleye, who is also a retired University of Lagos don, President Buhari prayed for God’s… []

Seun Kuti: Court Remands Singer In Police Custody For Another 48 Hours

  – Seun Kuti Following the alleged assault on a police officer, a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, on Tuesday, remanded Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, in police custody for 48 hours to enable the Police to conclude its investigation. Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, who presided over the matter, also ordered the Police to release the musician after the stipulated period on bail and also… []

Seun Kuti Spends Night In Police Custody, Awaits Arraignment

– Seun Kuti The Lagos State Police Command on Monday reiterated that Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, will be taken to court for arraignment for assaulting a policeman on duty in Lagos on Saturday as captured in a viral video. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin said the musician, who turned himself in on Monday and was handcuffed and detained spent the night… []

Seun Kuti Goes Into Hiding As PSC Calls For Immediate Prosecution Of Erring Singer

For alleged assault on a policeman on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday called for the immediate prosecution of Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti. It frowned at the viral footage of Kuti slapping and pushing a Police Inspector and urged the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Alkali, to ensure that the matter was followed to a logical conclusion. The PSC, in a statement… []

Universities Pledge To Absorb Returnee Students As Another Batch Of Evacuees Arrive Nigeria

– Nigerian Evacuees  Some universities have pledged to support Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan as another 125 have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The evacuees arrived yesterday at 12.49 pm on a Tarco B737-300 aircraft  from Port Sudan. The latest arrival brings the total number of evacuated Nigerians from Sudan to 2,371. Upon arrival, the returnees were processed by immigration… []

Abia Workers Jubilate As Ikpeazu Promises Payment of Salary

Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has ordered the immediate payment of salaries to all workers in Abia State. The governor disclosed that he is highly committed to the welfare of the workers till his last day in office as Governor. Gathered that the state government was yet to pay March and April 2023 salaries due to a court order freezing all bank accounts belonging to the state… []

Fashola Elected Chairman of Shelter Afrique At 42nd AGM

– Babatunde Raji Fashola Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola who represented Nigeria at the company’s 42nd Annual General Meeting has emerged Chairman of Shelter Afrique (SHAF). He was announced the winner after an election held in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Shelter Afrique is the only pan-African finance institution that exclusively supports the development of the housing and real estate sector in… []

Seplat Energy Crisis: Court Suspends CEO, Chairman, Others

  There’s no indication that the crisis rocking Seplat Energy Plc may abate anytime soon. The crisis took a turn for the worse, yesterday, as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, suspended the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roger Brown, and Board Chairman, Mr. Basil Omiyi, pending the determination of the Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction filed by some aggrieved shareholders of the… []

Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal Cautions All Parties Ahead Of Hearing Proper

– Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal  All political parties involved in the ongoing Presidential Election Petitions have been cautioned by the Tribunal ahead of the hearing proper. The tribunal said it would not accept any unnecessary technicalities or sensational comments from lawyers to petitioners in the hearing. The tribunal on Monday held its inaugural session, a legal ritual that precedes the actual hearing of petitions seeking… []

“Tinubu Presidency Will Create Right Environment For Investment” – Ooni

– Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi While hosting a delegation from Kenyan President, William Ruto at his Lagos residence recently, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi tasked Nigerians, irrespective of party affiliations to support the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu after inauguration on May 29. Oba Ogunwusi urged supporters of former vice president Atiku Abubakar and one-time Anambra governor Peter Obi… []

Airline Operators ‘Frown’ At Reports Of Max Air Tyre Burst

– Max Air aircraft Tyre that burst on Sunday  Following Max Air aircraft Tyre burst during landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has decried what it described as ‘sensational reporting’ of the incident. While lamenting that such incidents always attract sensational reporting in a statement on Sunday, AON noted that tyre bursts occur now and then… []

Tension As Plane Crash Lands At Abuja Airport

Flights were delayed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday after a Max Air crash-landed on the tarmac. The tyre of the plane also burst into flames, according to the source. The incident was also confirmed by Sam Hart, a former aide to the Governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu. Hart tweeted: “Airline (name withheld) had an emergency landing at Nnamdi Azikiwe… []

Tinubu Writes Congratulatory Letter To King Charles III on His Coronation

– King Charles, Tinubu Following the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, Nigerian President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has congratulated him. In a letter written to King Charles yesterday, Tinubu said it was heartwarming that his accession to the throne was coming after the 70-year-reign of his iconic mother, Queen Elizabeth II, whose death last September left the entire world in grief, given her eventful… []

13th-Year Memoriam: Tinubu, Others Extol Umaru Yar’Adua

– Tinubu, Late Yar’Adua  Tributes were paid as Former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and President-elect, Bola Tinubu gathered to mark the 13th year of late former president, Umaru Yar’Adua. Yar’Adua was sworn in as President in 2007 but died in 2010 before completing his first term, and Jonathan took over as acting President and later became the President. Jonathan, who was Yar’Adua‘s… []

Ekweremadu: Lawyer Seeks King Charles’ Intervention

– Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice  Renowned constitutional lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, has written King Charles III, pleading for a prerogative of mercy for the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and wife, Beatrice, over their conviction by a British court. Ajulo made the plea in a letter to King Charles III and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. Ike, his wife and doctor,… []

“Petro Union Cheque Is A Forgery,” British Crime Detective Informs Court

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has closed its case in a £2.6 billion alleged fraud charge slammed on an oil firm, Petro Union Oil and Gas Limited, a consultant to the company and three of its directors. The Consultant is Abayomi Kukoyi (Trading under the name and style of Gladstone Kukoyi & Associates), while the company’s directors on trial are Prince Kingsley Okpala,… []

“I Worry For My Stay In Nigeria” – Would Be Donor, David Begs For Stay In UK

– Ike Ekweremadu, David Nwamini  David Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wanted to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria”. His impact statement was read in court, at the sentencing that saw Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, 56, and the doctor-middleman,… []

BREAKING: Army Rescues Two More Chibok Girls In Borno

The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, made this known while briefing newsmen at the Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri. Ali said that Hauwa Maltha and… []