The Access Holdings says it is yet to confirm if its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Herbert Wigwe, was involved in airplane crash in the U.S. on Saturday. The bank said this in a public announcement on Sunday in Lagos. ...
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This is not the best of times for Nigerian families, who have had to adopt bizarre cost-cutting measures to cope with the recent hardship occasioned by the dramatic hike in the prices of goods and services. Several of them lamented ...
Read More »Use your money to pull Nigerians out of poverty and unemployment – APC tells Obi, Atiku
The Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups has asked opposition leaders, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar to use their wealth to pull Nigerians out of poverty and unemployment. The group’s Director-General, Prof. Mohammed Kailani who spoke at a ...
Read More »AFCON finals: Drink plenty of water, stay relaxed – Lagos govt issues health advisory
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has issued a health advisory to all residents ahead of the much anticipated African Cup of Nations (AFCON) final between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday. In ...
Read More »Tinubu pledges to fund education sector in Nigeria
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will provide adequate funds to develop the education sector. Tinubu, who was represented by the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Jibrin Barau, gave the assurance during the 8th Convocation Ceremony of Federal ...
Read More »Herbert Wigwe of Access Bank dies in air crash with wife and son
The Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, a parent company of Access Bank, Mr Herbert Wigwe is dead. He died in a fatal helicopter crash in California, with five others on board, including his wife and son,as well as financial ...
Read More »Suspected rapist set ablaze in Benue community
A 22-year-old suspected rapist identified simply as Botswar was set ablaze by an angry mob in Achoho, a settlement in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue state. Botswar was accused of raping and killing his brother’s wife on Friday ...
Read More »Prosperity gospel aiding insecurity – Clergy
A Clergy, Oscar Amaechina says property gospel encourages love of money rather than build morality and it is contributing to the challenge of insecurity in the country. Amaechina, the President of Afri-Mission and Evangelism Network (AMEN), said this in Abuja ...
Read More »Fraud: EFCC declares Emefiele’s wife, others wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Margaret Emefiele, wife of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and three others, wanted for money laundering. Naija News gathered that Mrs Emefiele, Mr Eric Odoh, ...
Read More »Former president Jonathan loses Chief of Staff
Retired Brigadier General Jones Oladeinde Arogbofa, a former Chief of Staff to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has passed away at the age of 72. The retired military officer, born on November 10, 1952, in Oka-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, died on Saturday ...
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