The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that struck on February 6, 2023, surpassed 50,000 on Friday.
This comes after Turkey declared that more than 44,000 people died in the incident.
The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD)...
Nigerians, on Saturday, vote for a successor of President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race dominated by three political veterans.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared that 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), representing 93.3 per cent, were...
The naira, on Friday, exchanged at N461.17 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window.
The figure represented an appreciation of 0.03 per cent compared with the N461.33 it exchanged on Thursday.
The open indicative rate closed at N461.25 to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared its readiness for a credible Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
INEC said it was committed to free, fair, and credible elections, stressing that no eligible voter will...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has put the cumulative tenure of Managing Directors, Executive Directors, and Deputy Managing Directors of commercial banks in the country at a maximum of 20 years.
With the reviewed tenure, no bank executive is...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a man, Hassan Ahmad, for being in possession of the sum of N2 million cash in both old and new currencies amidst the cash crunch in the...
A Nigerian evangelist, Gospel Agochukwu, has “miraculously” found new naira notes in his bible.
Agochukwu disclosed that he found the new naira notes in his bible after he needed to get something urgently with cash and also wanted to help...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appointed Isa Abdulmumin as the Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department of the apex bank.
Abdulmumin, a Deputy Director, takes over from Osita Nwanisobi as head of the Corporate Communications Department following his...
A United States court has sentenced popular R&B singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, widely known as R. Kelly, to 20 years imprisonment for child pornography and other charges.
R. Kelly will, however, serve most of it simultaneously with a previous sentence.
The...
Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag, says he does not know whether the in-form club’s forward, Marcus Rashford, will be available for the League Cup final against Newcastle on Sunday.
Rashford has been in sparkling form this season and helped...
