The management of Polaris Bank has opened up on the purported sale of the bank to a businessman for N40 billion. The bank in a statement on Friday described the report as “speculative, deliberately intended to create panic and should...
Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido II, has declared that Nigeria is in a big mess. Sanusi likened Nigeria to an enterprise going bankruptcy on account of failing to service its debt with its revenue. The erstwhile Governor of Central...
Four persons have been burnt to death on Friday while 16 others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus at Oniworo, Foursquare Camp area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun State, Mr. Ahmed Umar,...
Gunmen have abducted a traditional ruler and three Ikare-Akoko chiefs on Owo/Ikare Road in Ondo State. The victims, who were kidnapped on Thursday, are the traditional head of Iku quarter/Oniku of Iku, High Chief Mukaila Bello; another chief from Ikare-Akoko,...
By ADAMU MUHD USMAN Sule Lamido is among the nine people (G9) who formed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998 along with Senator Iyorchia Ayu, Prof. Jerry Gana, the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, the late Mallam Adamu Ciroma, the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said about 1 million voters are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Kano State. The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Riskuwa Shehu, disclosed this when the Federal Commissioner, Public Complaints...
A police Inspector (name withheld), on Thursday, killed two armed bandits who invaded his house in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. This was disclosed via a statement issued by the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee says it is solidly behind the leadership of the National Chairman, Sen. Iyorcha Ayu, saying there was no misgiving among the party NWC. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made this...
In a bid to nip in the bud the crisis bedevilling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general election, the loyalists of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have called for the restructuring of party’s leadership...
A former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mustapha Balogun, is dead. Family sources disclosed that Balogun died on Tuesday night. The deceased was appointed as the IGP in March 2002. He was born on August 8, 1947, at Ila-Orangun in Osun State. Balogun, who...