YoungOG Announces Groundbreaking Talent Show for the Physically Challenged: “ROC DA MIC AFRICA – SPECIAL EDITION”

Roc Da Mic Africa Limited, in collaboration with YoungOG, proudly announces the upcoming launch of ROC DA MIC AFRICA: SPECIAL EDITION—a groundbreaking reality music talent show exclusively spotlighting physically challenged individuals across Nigeria. This powerful new edition is more than just a show. It’s a movement to amplify inclusion, celebrate untapped talent, and challenge stereotypes in the entertainment industry. Set …

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When legacy meets preparedness – Olusegun Alebiosu as CEO, FirstBank Group By Aniekan Ezekiel

What happens when legacy meets preparedness? What results from such a combination? Let us not be in a hurry to put forward any answers yet. Instead, let us consider first the opposite situation: When legacy meets unpreparedness. The world abounds in examples of this distressing situation. A dynasty that has built wealth from generation to generation, with its illustrious heirs …

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Suit Challenging President Tinubu’s Release of Rivers’ funds to Military Administrator Abruptly Transferred from Port Harcourt to Federal High Court Abuja

By; Al Humphrey Onyanabo     A relatively obscure legal battle filed by an equally low-profile NGO has suddenly gained traction following the unexpected transfer of the case from Port Harcourt to Abuja.   The Incorporated Trustees of the Rivers Bridge Peace Initiative, a Rivers State-based organization led by Rufus Oba, is challenging the legality of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s …

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Court Jails Company CEO for N33.5m Fraud in Maiduguri 

…Another Arraigned for Alleged N5.6 Fraud   Justices Mohammed Maina of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, has convicted and sentenced one Alhaji Bashir Tanko to twenty one years imprisonment.   Tanko was re-arraigned on November 18, 2024 by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one count amended charge bordering …

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Oloyede says no evidence of ethnic sabotage in 2025 UTME error

Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says there is no evidence of ethnic sabotage in the error that comprised its 2024 exam.   The results from JAMB’s 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) were released on May 9.   A breakdown showed that more than 78 per cent of candidates scored less than 200 points …

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Oyebanji Calls Bluff of Tinubu, APC NWC – Sets Up Committee For Self Succession

Some concerned Elders and Youth of APC in Ekiti State, led by Chief Olaofe Adeniran have accused the governor, Biodun Oyebanji, of showing disdain, disrespect, and flagrant disobedience to President Bola Tinubu and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party by setting up a 24 member committee for his emergence as the adopted candidate of the party for the …

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Supreme Court Affirms Heavy Damages Against Fidelity Bank

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the rulings of both the High Court and the Court of Appeal in a protracted legal dispute between Fidelity Bank Plc and Sagecom Concepts Limited, an Ibadan-based firm. With this final judgement on April 11, 2025, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by five justices, upheld the rulings of the Lagos State …

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EFCC Arraigns Ecobank Staff for Allegedly Stealing Customer’s N2.4m in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie-Eboh, on Friday, May 16, 2025, arraigned one Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a staff of Ecobank Plc, on a one-count charge bordering on alleged cybercrime to the tune of N2,404,000(Two Million Four Hundred and Four Thousand Naira) before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in …

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Why Fidelity Bank Plc Is Too Big to Fail

Several media platforms have gone to town with the news of the Supreme Court ruling on a dispute between the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited with some of them questioning the ability of Fidelity Bank (the judgement debtor) to make the payment.   As the matter is still before the court and there’s a court order prohibiting …

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