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The Minister of Solid Minerals, Mr Dele Alake, says no fewer than 90 mining sites have been recovered from illegal miners across the country. Alake made the disclosure in Akure on Thursday at the ongoing South-West stakeholders’ dialogue organised by Afenifere, the Pan-Yoruba social-cultural group; DAWN Commission, and South-West governors. …

  The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG has condemned in strongest term the two years internal divisions, reckless and wasteful expenditures, and a crisis of identity within its circle after admitting that the hijack of the Branch by the President and the General Secretary, Williams Akporeha and Afolabi …

Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, has adjourned till December 9, 2025, the adoption of written addresses by the prosecution and defence counsel in the trial within trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika. Sirika is being prosecuted alongside his daughter, Fatima …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a Lagos-based businessman, Ajayi Olushola, along with his companies, Hola-Jayu Nigeria Limited and Mozann Global Merchants Limited, over an alleged N1.07 billion fraud involving the supply of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO). Mr Olushola and his firm appeared on Tuesday before the …

EUR/USD rose for the fifth day, nearing its 1.1660-1.1670 in 100 days as markets experienced heavy dollar selling. Investors dumped the greenback in anticipation of a US Fed rate cut. The euro strengthened for the fourth consecutive session yesterday, the longest advance in a couple of months. The pair gains …

The massive leak reportedly exposed over 183 million email passwords. It also contains several passwords linked to Gmail accounts. A massive data breach has reportedly put millions of email users at risk, including accounts associated with Google’s Gmail. Troy Hunt, an Australian security researcher who runs the breach-notification site Have …

    Military authorities investigating an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu have detained a managing director of a federal government agency in the South-South region over suspected links to the financing of the plan. Security sources told TheCable that the MD allegedly transferred a “huge sum of money” …

Businessman and senator representing Delta North, Ned Nwoko, has sparked social media debate with his latest remarks endorsing polygamy and describing men with only one wife as “standing on one leg.”   Speaking in a recent interview, Nwoko said he had no regrets about his polygamous lifestyle, insisting that marrying …

The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has adjourned the defamation trial of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to December 1. Justice Chizoba Oji postponed the hearing after the prosecution failed to properly serve its response to a preliminary objection filed by the defence. Akpoti-Uduaghan, arraigned on 19 June, faces …

By BLAISE UDUNZE In a society where trust is the lifeblood of finance, Nigeria’s banking sector seems to be bleeding credibility at an alarming rate. The relationship between banks and their customers that was once defined by confidence and reliability has gradually shifted into one coloured by suspicion, frustration, and …