•Ijeoma Onyekwere A young practicing female accountant, Miss Ijeoma Onyekwere, has been inducted into the prestigious Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). The induction of members into the accounting body took place yesterday in Lagos. The Imo State-born accounting graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, who work...
Some states are experiencing cash crunch as the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) no longer dispense money and banks ration cash withdrawal Over The Counter (OTC) by depositors. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) blamed the situation on ‘uneven cash flow and huge withdrawal by depositors ahead of the festivities, reports The Nation. Many Nigeria...
In a heart-wrenching turn of events, Nigerian nurse and mother of three, Taiwo Owoeye Abodunde, met a tragic end on a chilly Tuesday morning at Newmarket, Suffolk, the United Kingdom (UK). The circumstances surrounding her death unravelled a tale of marital discord, domestic turbulence, and a police response now under intense scrutiny. As the ...
•Hollywood actors, writers, and other union members join strike Hollywood actors overwhelmingly ratified a new, hard-fought deal with studios yesterday that paves the way for a rebound of an entertainment industry that had seen film and television production come to a halt during a months-long strike. The Screen Actors Guild, known as SAG-AFTR...
Israeli forces were encircling southern Gaza’s main city today, battling Hamas militants through streets and buildings in some of the most intense combat of the two-month war. The focus of the conflict has shifted into the besieged territory’s south following fierce fighting and bombardment that reduced much of the north to rubble and forced n...
The residents of Santos, a suburb community in Lagos were yesterday agitated over the death of a yet-to-be-identified woman who was said to have been crushed by a truck in the Abule- Egba Area of Lagos. It was gathered that the police team was out to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycles in that axis […]
•NAF aircraft Survivors of the accidental bombing of Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State yesterday said they were bombed twice by the Nigerian Army. It was also gathered that the death toll from the incident had increased to 120 as officials of Amnesty International who visited the affected communities confirmed [&hel...
•Rabiu Kwankwaso The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed sadness over the Sunday night bombing by the Nigerian Army that killed dozens at Tundun Biri, Kaduna State, during Maulud celebration. The former Kano State governor described the “mistaken” airstri...
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) says that Nigeria recorded a total of 77,000 new HIV infections and 43,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2022. The National Programme officer of the organization, Doris Ogbang made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja during the commemoration of World AIDS Day (WAD), by the UN system in Nigeria, re...
•MOFI The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets, yesterday, in Abuja put the value of federal yovernment assets at $100 billion, insisting that there is an urgent need to safeguard the assets against looting. The lawmakers are also worried over the wrong valuation of the assets as they stressed the need for proper documentation [...

