The Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has advised motorists to ignore passengers who often instigate them to overspeed with the excuse of being in haste. MAGIC FM reports that the FRSC State Sector Commander, Paul Okpe, said that such passengers also contribute to road crashes and should be ignored….
The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has said he promised to rebuild Nigeria and not to build a new party. Obi made the remarks while speaking to Nigerians on the state of the nation. Addressing Nigerians on X Space hosted by Parallel Facts on Friday. He stressed the need for the…
Dozens of worshippers died after a bus headed to an Easter conference plunged off a cliff in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Thursday, March 28. The crash claimed the lives of 45 people and one was seriously injured, the country’s transport department said in a statement. The sole survivor is an eight-year-old girl who…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has issued a warning to the Nigerian army. Speaking on Thursday in response to the eight persons declared wanted in connection with the killing of 17 soldiers in the Okuama community in Delta State by the army, the lawyer said the army has no such right in the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has increased the capital requirements for commercial banks with international authorization to N500 billion and for national banks to N200 billion. This was announced in a statement signed by Sidi Ali, Acting Director, Corporate Communications, and issued on Thursday. The CBN’s move necessitates significant increases in banks’ minimum capital base,…
According to Daily Trust, top officials of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have revealed that the second phase deadline for SIM-NIN linkage has been extended by one week. It would be recalled that the disconnection process was rolled out in stages, with the second phase scheduled for today, March 29. The first phase took…
Saudi Arabian woman, Rumy Alqahtani, will in a historic first, participate in the 2024 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant. This signals a huge milestone in the reforms being promoted by the Saudi crowned prince, Mohammed Bin Salman. The 27-year old Riyadh born Alqahtani, took to Instagram to express excitement at the opportunity while also highlighting…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo has granted the senator representing Bayelsa Central, Benson Konbowei, a N50m bail. The senator, who was arraigned on Tuesday on three counts bordering on forgery of the National Youth Service Corps exemption certificate among others was allowed to go home pending the ruling on his bail…
Former Minister of Transport and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state, Abiye Sekibo, has pledged support for President Bola Tinubu. Addressing a Press Conference in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State, on Thursday, Sekibo, who was flanked by former PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus; former governorship aspirant, Celestine Omehia; and former…
Ikolo Clement, King of Ewu kingdom and one of the suspects declared wanted by the Nigerian military, has surrendered himself to the authorities. Clement, a newly installed traditional ruler of Ewu Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, was among the eight persons declared wanted by the Nigerian Army Defence Headquarters. They…