•Trump and BBC entrance US President Donald Trump said yesterday he would sue the BBC for up to $5 billion, after the British broadcaster apologised but said it would not pay damages for a misleading speech edit. The broadcaster has rejected Trump’s legal defamation claim, but the president appears determined not to let the matter […]...
•Ubani A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Monday Ubani, has raised the alarm over the growing abuse of Point of Sale, POS, machines by criminal syndicates, warning that kidnappers, fraudsters, and money launderers are now exploiting the system to move billions of naira beyond the reach of law enforcement. In a statement titled, “The Urgent [&he...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has made a startling disclosure about a polytechnic in the Southeast region, which receives billions of naira in annual intervention funds despite having a remarkably small student population of only 30. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Sonny Echono, stated this today in Abuja at the 2025 one-day str...
Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu is in the news, although for wrong reasons. Two connected issues have brought the Emene-based airport into public glare in recent days: its never-ending runway problems and a controversial claim about plans to concession the facility for 80 years. Although the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Develo...
•Tinubu (left) and IBB (right) at the book presentation and presidential library launch yesterday The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, were part of the dignitaries that raised billions of naira for the establishment of a presidential library for former military president, Ibrahim Babangida...
•Fire Properties worth billions of naira have been lost in Yobe, Kwara and Taraba states after a fire incident razed down a market, shops and a lounge yesterday. In Yobe State at least 200 people lost their means of livelihood, after fire razed 46 shops at Bayan Tasha Market in Damaturu Local Government Area of […]
•Marker fire There was pandemonium at Dosumu Market off Idumagbo Avenue, Lagos, when fire gutted over 20 buildings. The traders, customers and residents took to their heels when one of the buildings exploded and sparked off fire causing stamped as everybody scampered for safety, reports Daily Sun. The fire which spread from one of the [&hellip...
U.S. Consul General, Will Stevens’ has stated that 80 U.S. companies operating in Nigeria collectively pay billions of naira in taxes, create thousands of direct and indirect jobs, and directly support various socioeconomic programmes that improve the lives of Nigerians. Stevens, who made the declaraÂtions in his keynote address theme: ‘The Ro...
•Presidential jet There is a growing concern over the huge maintenance cost of Nigeria’s presidential aircraft, Air Force 001, which serves President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as it gulps billions of naira. A senior official familiar with the maintenance of the presidential fleet told our correspondent that between the routine maintenance and purchase...
•Adams Oshiomhole Former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has opened a can of worm on how his All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC)-led leadership spent billions of Naira to secure victory in some states during the 2019 general elections. He said the party’s NWC under him spent N1.6 billion to prosecute and [...

