The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says its team has located the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is according to the NSIB Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance Bimbo Oladeji. NSIB said the “wreckage was identified during last night’s recovery dives, approximately 0.775 nautical miles from the…
The National Economic Council (NEC) has expressed reservations over the Tax Reform Bill forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly. The bill was forwarded to NASS based on the report and recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal and Tax Reforms set up by the President to help boost revenue generation in the…
Singer, Tiwa Savage has joined the conversation about the “Big 3” or “Big 4” in the Nigerian music industry. Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy are widely regarded as the current top three Nigerian artists and are collectively referred to as the “Big 3.” There are also conversations about adding a fourth name to the list,…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday cautioned Senator Osita Ngwu for praising the beauty of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu during a ministerial screening on the floor of the upper legislative chamber Bianca, like six other ministerial nominees screened by the Senate, read her credentials before the red chamber and was subsequently quizzed by the lawmakers. She was…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. He said Oluyede will hold sway as the COAS pending the return of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, who is said to be indisposed…
A Kuje Magistrate Court has granted bail to a House of Representatives member for Aba North and South, Alex Ikwechegh, in the sum of ₦500,000 and two sureties in like sum. In a brief ruling, the Presiding Judge, Abubakar Sai’id, said the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and provide utility bills as proof…
The draws for Carabao cup quarter final have been held with Holders Liverpool taking on Premier League strugglers Southampton Manchester United will visit Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal host Crystal Palace in a London derby, while Newcastle United are at home to Brentford. The quarter-final ties will take place in the week of 16 December. It is…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged threat to arrest, detain and prosecute him after his tenure as governor. Sanwo Olu’s lawyer, Darlington Ozurumba, filed the fundamental right enforcement suit before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court in Abuja. When the matter…
President Joe Biden has called to thank President Bola Tinubu for the release of an executive of Binance Holdings Tigran Gambaryan who was on trial in Nigeria for alleged money laundering and currency speculations. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar told journalists at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday that the two leaders…
The embattled member of the House of Representatives Alex Ikwechegh has apologised on the floor of the lawmaking body over his assault on a taxi-hailing service driver. Ikwechegh was captured on video assaulting a Bolt driver Stephen Abuwatseya, sparking outrage and condemnations from Nigerians. Although he released a statement earlier apologising for the act, the…
