Keystone Bank has denied reports that the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), forced it to convert the $1 at N305. The reports came after the bank met with the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee onAssessment and Status of all recovered loots on the Federal Government’s $40 million funds,…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, condoled with the Dangote family over the demise of the Vice President of the Dangote Group, Sani Dangote. This was made known by the Special Adviser on Media to President of the Senate, Ola Awoniyi, in a statement titled, ‘Senate President mourns Sani Dangote’. Sani Dangote,…
Socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has shut down his Abuja club, Hustle & Bustle, over the death of one of his clients. The Anambra-born club owner made this known in an Instagram post on Monday. It was gathered that the clubber died over the weekend but the circumstances of the death could…
Authorities in India’s capital, New Delhi, have announced a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from worsening levels of toxic smog. “Schools will be shut so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air,” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters on Saturday, adding that construction activity…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Retd), has said that separatist agitations in some parts of the West African region were gaining global attention due to international sympathy. Monguno stated this in paper he presented at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum in Paris, France, titled: “Combating Persistent and Emerging Threats to Regional…
An information technology expert, Cyril Isong, has been apprehended by the police for the alleged abduction of a House of Representative member. Isong, who lived in Abuja, reportedly connived with others at large to lure the lawmaker to a short let apartment in Asokoro, Abuja, with a woman and held him hostage afterwards, dispossessing him…
Nigeria’s widely-admired Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has come under fresh pressure and citizen demand to enter the race to replace his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, when his second and final term completes its course in 2023. A support group, Nigerians Ask for Osinbajo, launched this week in Nigeria’s administrative and commercial capitals, Lagos and…
…urges Nigerian Army to proffer solutions to national insecurity Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Monday, reiterated that the safety of lives, property of all residents and citizens of the state is the utmost priority of his administration. The governor, while declaring open the 4th Quarter Army Headquarters Veteran…
…says govt ready to partner Shippers’ Council for early realisation of project Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, said that Ibadan Inland Dry Port is a project that is after the heart of his administration, adding that the government would do all that is necessary to ensure every…
