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Top Nigerian lender, Fidelity Bank recorded a very strong financial performance in the first half of 2017, posting impressive growth in profits, gross earnings and other indices for the six months period ended June 30, 2017. Details of the audited results, released at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) shows that gross earnings rose by 22.1... Read More
As reported by Vanguard, steel and engineering workers have raised the alarm over the closure of 272 factories and sack of 3,000 since 2016, noting that any economy not producing goods and services cannot come out of recession. The National President of Steel and Engineering Workers’ Union of Nigeria, (SEWUN), Elijah Adigun said these at... Read More
The Nigerian Senate through the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime, Senator Foster Ogola (PDP Bayelsa West) Thursday, said it is set to expose all the commercial banks and operatives of the Ponzi scheme – MMM (Mavrodi Mondial Movement) – and ensure they face sanctions for defrauding Nigerians. Highlights (Vanguard): The Senate would soon... Read More
While bracing for the possible impact of the imminent Hurricane Irma expected to invade Florida over the weekend, President Trump has urged concerned citizens to heed the advice of authorities to avoid tragic occurrences. The President who was all about Texas during Hurricane Harvey and personally donated $1million for relief aid on Thursday is trying... Read More
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu says the funds allegedly stolen by Diezani Alison-Madueke, surpasses that of the late military head of state, Sani Abacha – as only 15 per cent of her loot has been recovered. Mr Magu said the agency was already making moves to facilitate the extradition... Read More
Here are the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing on Entertainment Roundup this Friday. Best of Nollywood Awards has released its nominees list Months after calling for entries for its 2017 edition, the nominees for the Best of Nollywood awards have been announced. In 34... Read More
Itse Sagay has shunned the Senate’s call to President Muhammadu Buhari to “check” him and said yesterday that he spoke the truth and would not stop until the Senators stopped milking Nigeria. Sagay had said in a lecture that the annual salary of a Nigerian Senator was $1.7 million, compared to that of a U.S.... Read More
Basking in the euphoria of the visit of the Kuwait Leader, Amir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, President Donald Trump has restated the will of his administration to fight every obstacle, extremism and threats to America’s peace and emphasising his unrepentant “One American” mantra. President Trump who staged a joint conference with the Kuwait leader shortly... Read More
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Good morning. Here are the big 5 stories you should be monitoring today: The Federal Government on Thursday warned that millions of Nigerians across the 314 local government areas may be affected by varying degrees of flooding. Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) had warned in an Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) to brace for flood-related challenges.... Read More
From the papers, a tracklist. ASUU finally reach agreement with FG – YNaija The war against corruption is now total – Magu – YNaija FG warns State govts, LGA’s to brace up for more flood – YNaija Police officers can collect money for private engagements – Okiro – YNaija Police inaugurate mobile app to curb... Read More
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu Thursday, said the war against corruption “is now total”. According to The Nation, Mr Magu said he is more determined to fight corruption to a standstill and to sustain “the current momentum”. “We’re now going to declare total war on corruption. It is... Read More
The Chairman, Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro, has said that the law permitted the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to receive money from corporate organisations and private individuals for private engagement. As reported by Punch, Dr Okiro stated that one-third of such monies should be given to the police officers involved in the private duties as... Read More
The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, in response to some reports, especially from the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), says monies from sales of crude oil does not enter the oil firm’s accounts. NEITI had said in its March 2017 policy brief that by its own calculations,... Read More
The Federal Government yesterday warned that the millions of Nigerians across the 314 local government areas may be affected by varying degrees of flooding. The government through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) had warned in an Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) to brace for flood-related challenges, The Nation reports. The Water Resources Minister, Suleiman Adamu,... Read More
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
The White House has disclosed that President Donald Trump has welcomed Amir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, the leader of Kuwait to the White House. Kuwait is a staunch American ally trying to meddle in the escalated diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbors – a crisis which could have implications for the U.S. military... Read More
Good evening. Here are the top  stories that drove conversation today: Following a controversial viral video showing minister of women’s affair Aisha Alhassan publicly declaring support for former vice president Atiku Abubakar, the minister has said she is unperturbed by criticism. She has also stated in several interviews that she would support Atiku even if... Read More
It’s 17 months to the next presidential election, but TwitterNG is already fielding its presidential candidates. So far, we have Atiku, popularly endorsed by the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan. We’re not big on ceremony here, so we’ll just stick to her alias: Mama Taraba. [In case you missed it]: “Atiku would be the... Read More
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It’s been contentious on TwitterNG today, following the dramatic endorsement of Atiku for President in 2019 by one of Buhari’s ministers, Mama Taraba. She set the ball rolling on which candidates should be fielded ahead of the next elections and Twitter NG has run with it. [In case you missed it]: “Atiku will be the... Read More
One cannot be sure what was on Mama Taraba’s mind when she decided to endorse Atiku for President. Did she not realize it was a “lights, camera, action!” moment, meaning her words were going to be heard throughout Nigeria? Did she not realize it came down to serving two masters, which is an impossible task.... Read More
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