The Henley Passport Index, on Thursday, released the most powerful passports in the world. HPI, known for its comprehensive and authoritative ranking, evaluates passports based on the number of destinations their holders can access without needing a prior visa Nigeria sits behind Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Morroco, BeninContinue Reading
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu’s victory was upheld by the tribunal and Appeal Court in the state. The kernel of the case of the Labour Party candidate in the election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, is on Sanwo-Olu’s running mateContinue Reading
The Oyo State Government has warned against unscrupulous persons who are seeking to defraud members of the public through a fake recruitment scam. The state government was reacting to reports that it has commenced selling application forms for employment of medical personnel into the State service. Commissioner forContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. The judgment was delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa. Details later Continue Reading
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed Muslim Ummah to watch for the new Moon of Rajab 1445 AH starting on Friday. The Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council Sokoto, ProfContinue Reading
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has lost an elder sister, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan. She died on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, after a brief illness, at the age of seventy A statement by Jonathan’s media office noted that the deceased popularlyContinue Reading
Hours after the dissolution of the Board and Management of Union Bank, Keystone Bank and Polaris Bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday, appointed new executives to oversee the affairs of the three banks. The apex bank, in a statement by its spokesperson, Sidi Hakama, announced YetundeContinue Reading
A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide. The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk an insecticide. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1pm made herContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the remand of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, in Kuje Correctional Service. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Agunloye over allegations of fraud in the Mambilla Power Project. Agunloye was brought before the FederalContinue Reading
