‘I may use executive order to enforce direct LG allocations’ – Tinubu warns governors
President Bola Tinubu on Friday cautioned state governors that he could issue an Executive Order to enforce direct funding for…
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Customs hand over long-kept drug exhibits to NDLEA
The Nigeria Customs Service has formally transferred hard drugs seized in the mid-1980s to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
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Dangote Alleges $5m Foreign School Fees Scandal, Demands Probe of NMDPRA CEO Farouk Ahmed
Aliko Dangote has levelled serious allegations of corruption against the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum…
Court Restrains IGI, Four H Nigeria in N21.5bn Lekki Land Transaction Dispute
Justice R. O. Olukolu of the Commercial Division of a Lagos High Court has issued far-reaching pre-emptive orders restraining Industrial…
CAC, Chappal Energies in Court Over Alleged Deceptive Business Name Registration
The Federal High Court, Abuja, is currently adjudicating a corporate dispute between the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and Chappal Energies…
How Former AMCON MD Ahmed Kuru Diverted N4.9bn from Defunct Arik Air – Witness
A prosecution witness on Monday, December 8, 2025, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja,…
Akindele Akintoye, Platforms Capital and Duport Midstream rearraigned by EFCC over ‘$35m NCDMB Project’ fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned Akindele Akintoye before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High…
Court orders UBA to pay Kogi ex–deputy gov N1.07b
The National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja has ordered United Bank for Africa, UBA bank, to pay a total of…
U.S. authorities arrest Nigerian, Cashmir Chinedu Luke for ‘$7m fraud’
The CEO of a United States-based home care company, Cashmir Chinedu Luke, has been arrested at San Francisco International Airport…
FBI accuses Forbes-celebrated Nigerian tech boss, Izunna Okonkwo, of $41 million bank fraud, money laundering
The FBI has identified Izunna Okonkwo, a celebrated Pastel tech startup co-founder who made the highly coveted Forbes 30-under-30 list…
How Oak Homes Limited failed to provide apartments after paying N152m: Engineer
A Nigerian-American engineer, Mr. Anthony Ugbebor, has opened his defence in a protracted N152 million property dispute at the Lagos…
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DSP dies in suspected suicide over alleged arms supply to bandits, hoodlums in Niger
A Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, Isah Abdullahi, also known as Kunkuri, attached to MOPOL 12 in Minna, Niger State,…
Fire razes ex-Zamfara governor’s residence in Abuja
A fire outbreak on Saturday destroyed four out of five blocks of three-bedroom flats at a residential property located on…
Former UNIBEN Vice-Chancellor Adamu Baikie dead
The University of Benin has announced with deep sadness the death of a former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adamu Baikie, who passed…
Imo police declare hotel owner wanted after decompose corpse body found in mortuary
The discovery of decomposed and mutilated corpses in a private mortuary at Umuhu Autonomous Community, Ngor-Okpala, has triggered widespread fears…
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EFCC Charges Former AMCON MD Ahmed Kuru and Four Others with N76 Billion, $31.5 Million Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Former Managing Director of Assets Management Cooperation of Nigeria (AMCON),…
Unity Bank crisis deepened amid Providus merger, job cuts
Unity Bank’s financial woes stem from a loan portfolio heavily concentrated in the agriculture sector, accounting for 91% of its…
Access Bank Staff Secretly Films Female Colleagues In Restroom
A former Quality Assurance Specialist at Access Bank’s contact centre in Oniru, Lagos State, Stephen Ifeanyichukwu Ejezie, has been accused…
Court awards N5m in damages against Ecobank for account restriction
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri has delivered a landmark judgment affirming that Ecobank Nigeria Limited acted unlawfully in…
Wife and Mistress of Late Chevron Staff Monday Ovuede Battle Over Property
Fresh crisis is currently brewing in the family of late Monday Ovuede, a former Executive Director of Chevron Nigeria Limited as…
Negligence: Court Slams N2.9bn Judgement On Standard Chartered Bank
Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has awarded a total sum of N2,973.000.000 billion, against Standard Chartered…
How Sterling Bank opened account, received billions for unregistered firm
Sterling Bank opened an account for Indo Kaduna MRTS JV Nigeria Limited—a joint venture entity set up in 2016 by…
Fidelity Bank MD Engages In Insider Trading Amid N225Billion Court Judgment Pressure
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Fidelity Bank, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, is reportedly engaged in insider trading…
EFCC declares Chappal Energies boss, Ufoma Joseph Immanuel wanted
Ufoma Joseph Immanuel, the founder of Chappal Energies, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
Seplat Energy, CEO, and 11 Executives Sued by Nigerian Government for $37.5 Million in Alleged Tax Evasion
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited (also known as Seplat Energy Plc) and 12 senior officials of the company have been…
Businessman Ogbole Drags FCMB To Court, Seeks $60,206, N25M For ‘Unpaid Commission’
A businessman, Michael Ogbole, has instituted a lawsuit against First City Monument Bank (FCMB), demanding $60,206.66 as ‘unpaid commission’ from…
UBA Managers Accused Of Bully, Threats, Humiliation, Phone Seizure In Shocking Whistleblower Leak
There is ongoing drama in the United Bank for Africa (UBA) as contract staff of the bank’s Customer Fulfilment Center (CFC) have…
Court awards £1m damages against Union Bank over ‘illegal’ £130.7m deduction from NICON’s account
It was malicious to join Jimoh Ibrahim, says judge•Bank to pay £1m damages The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja…
Akindele Akintoye, Platforms Capital and Duport Midstream rearraigned by EFCC over ‘$35m NCDMB Project’ fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned Akindele Akintoye before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High…
Sterling Bank Staff Hack System to Steal N1.2 Billion from Depositors’ Accounts
Sterling Bank Limited and its holding company, Sterling Financial Holdings Company, are currently battling a N1.257, 536, 572. 80 billion…
