Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have raised their short message service (SMS) alert charges by 50 per cent with effect from today, May 1. Among the banks are Guaranty Trust Bank, Ecobank as well as others that have informed their customers of the increase of the charges to N6 per one SMS. While GTBank announced a…
A Chief Magistrate Court in Ifo, Ogun State, sentenced Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, to three months in prison for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. He was offered the option of paying a N30,000 fine. The court found Portable guilty of two charges stemming from a November 18, 2022, incident…
Emomotimi Agama, director general (DG) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), says the agency has not received any formal notice regarding the sale of Lafarge Africa Plc to Chinese investors. Agama announced in a letter dated April 23, addressed to the clerk of the national assembly, and distributed during a hearing with the committee…
An Edo State High Court sitting in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, on Wednesday, declared the impeachment of the elected chairman of the local government, Taju Alade, illegal and ordered his immediate reinstatement. In his ruling, the presiding judge, Justice B. A. Okoh, directed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to provide him with…
The court of appeal in Calabar has affirmed the conviction of Peter Ogban, a professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, who was sentenced to prison for manipulating election results. In March 2021, the high court in Akwa Ibom state sentenced Ogban to three years in prison for manipulating election results. Ogban, who…
Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has approved N15.6 billion in gratuities to over 3,000 former councillors who were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Wednesday, Ibrahim Adam, special adviser on information to the governor, said the ex-councillors, who served between 2014-2017, 2018-2020 and 2021-2024, are drawn from…
In a bold declaration, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has firmly stated that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, is more than capable of clinching the presidency in the upcoming 2027 elections without relying on coalitions with established parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or endorsements from prominent political figures such as…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has directed the immediate implementation of a one-stop joint-interest screening system of passengers across Nigerian airports. The directive is part of efforts to eliminate operational clumsiness, curb touting, and streamline security innovations in the aviation sector. Also, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has disclosed that many…
Popular streamer, Peller explains why he doesn’t miss his family anymore, as he laments over the struggles of being a breadwinner. During a live session with his colleague Sandra Benede, he said that he cannot live anymore with his family. Why I don’t like seeing my family anymore – Peller According to him, he has…
The Abia State government has targeted 8,500 hectares of land for wet season rice farming at different communities across the state to address food insecurity. The commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu said this while addressing the media in Umuahia, the capital on the outcome of this week’s executive council meeting chaired by Governor Alex Otti…
