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…
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…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians that the worst is over in the economic challenges bedeviling the nation. Shettima, who gave the assurance at the official launch of the National Design and Innovation Competition at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, noted that Nigeria’s youthful population, with an average age of just 19 years old,…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has reiterated its call for restructuring of the country and the creation of additional states in the Southeast. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu made the call during Ohanaeze Ndigbo Retreat with the theme “Ako Bu Ije” (Development with Wisdom) on Wednesday…
Following the release of the abducted Kuriga schoolchildren in Kaduna State, a security expert, Bulama Bukarti, says the circumstances leading to their release remain unclear. According to Bukarti, Nigerians deserve to know how the children who were abducted on March 7 from their school in Kuriga, Kaduna State were released. “I have been investigating…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has described rumours of petrol price adjustment as false. Dispelling the rumours in a statement on Wednesday, the Chief Communications Officer, NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, urged Nigerians to disregard them entirely. He reaffirmed the NNPCL commitment to sustaining the current sufficiency in petroleum products supply across all its…
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers has requested that the Nigerian Communications Commission extend the deadline scheduled for the disconnection of telephone lines not linked to National Identification Numbers beyond Friday, March 29, 2024. The subscribers’ body argued that telco agents were failing to capture all necessary information needed for verification, just as it…