YOUTHS FLEE AS EFCC ALLEGEDLY STORMS EKPOMA ON VALENTINE’S NIGHT A viral video has surfaced online showing youths running in panic as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) allegedly stormed Ekpoma, Edo State, on Valentine’s night. Many abandoned their cars in the middle of the road, fleeing on foot to escape the EFCC. The video, recorded at …

VISA DENIAL: WE WON’T GIVE REASON – CANADA HIGH COMMISSION The High Commission of Canada in Nigeria has said it can’t reveal the reason for denying visa to the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa. The High Commission said it can’t reveal the reason due to “privacy reasons”. Musa was scheduled to travel to Canada for an event but was …

NELFUND: STUDENTS LAMENT LOAN DELAYS AMID EXAM ANXIETY Students from no fewer than 23 public universities and polytechnics have lamented the delayed disbursement of their approved institutional loans from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund as deadlines for tuition payment and examinations draw near. President Bola Tinubu signed the Students Loan (Access to Higher Education) (Repeal and Re-enactment) Act into law …

FG TELLS NIGERIANS TO GNORE FALSEHOODS BY BINANCE EXECUTIVE The federal government has reacted to comments by the Head of Financial Crime Compliance at cryptocurrency firm, Binance, Tigran Gambaryan, that three Nigerian lawmakers allegedly demanded a bribe of $150m from him. In a post published on X on Friday, Gambaryan, who spent eight months in a Nigerian detention facility over …

SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS NOT DOING ENOUGH TO SECURE KANU’S RELEASE — FAMILY The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has accused South East Governors of not doing enough to secure his release. Prince Emmanuel Kanu who spoke Friday in Umuahia during a memorial in honour of their late parents, HRM Eze …

BINANCE EXECUTIVE, GAMBARYAN, REVEALS THREE NIGERIAN LAWMAKERS WHO DEMANDED $150M BRIBE Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has opened up about his ordeal in Nigerian custody.In January 2024, Gambaryan was detained by law enforcement officials in the country. In a long social media post, he claimed the experience involved shady dealings, international tensions, and the figure of Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu …

INEC LOSES 558 BALLOT BOXES, 186 VOTING CUBICLES, OTHERS TO SOKOTO INFERNO The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it lost 558 ballot boxes, 186 voting enclosures (cubicles), 186 election bags and various Registration Area Centre (RAC) materials, among others in the fire incident that happened in its office in Sokoto State.As part of efforts to curb vote-buying …

SACKED LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, OBASA, CHALLENGES REMOVAL IN COURT Former Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has taken his battle for reinstatement to the courts. The Lagos politician has filed a suit at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, seeking to be immediately reinstated as the head of the state’s House of Assembly. The suit, filed on …

VISA REFUSAL: WE’LL RESPOND ASSERTIVELY AGAINST CANADA – MINISTER The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has revealed that Nigeria will respond strongly if Canada fails to resolve the issue surrounding its refusal to grant visas to the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa. The minister’s statement was made in an official release signed by Iyogun Sunday, the …

YORUBA IMAMS REBEL AGAINST SULTAN OF SOKOTO, DECLARE MARCH 1 COMMENCEMENT OF RAMADAN The League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland has announced that Ramadan 1446 AH (2025) will begin on Saturday, March 1, 2025, departing from the traditional practice of waiting for the official declaration by the Sultan of Sokoto, who is regarded as the spiritual leader of Nigerian …

ONLY TWO BANKS MEET CBN’S NEW CAPITATION REQUIREMENTS – FITCH Only two banks have so far been able to meet the new capital requirements prescribed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with most of the other banks still in need of huge capital injections, international rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has said in its latest report. According to Fitch, while …

ONLY TWO BANKS MEET CBN’S NEW CAPITATION REQUIREMENTS – FITCH Only two banks have so far been able to meet the new capital requirements prescribed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with most of the other banks still in need of huge capital injections, international rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has said in its latest report. According to Fitch, while …

HOW NIGERIA USED FINANCE AS SCAPEGOAT FOR TINUBU’S POLICY FAILURE — GAMBARYAN Head of Finance and Compliance at Binance in the United States, Tigran Gambaryan, said the Nigerian government used the cryptocurrency platform as a scapegoat for the repercussions of President Bola Tinubu’s Naira devaluation policy. Gambaryan disclosed this in a lengthy statement on his official X account on Friday, …

HOW NIGERIA USED FINANCE AS SCAPEGOAT FOR TINUBU’S POLICY FAILURE — GAMBARYAN Head of Finance and Compliance at Binance in the United States, Tigran Gambaryan, said the Nigerian government used the cryptocurrency platform as a scapegoat for the repercussions of President Bola Tinubu’s Naira devaluation policy. Gambaryan disclosed this in a lengthy statement on his official X account on Friday, …

MY HUSBAND DIED BECAUSE HE DIDN’T LISTEN TO ME – FORMER ONDO FIRST LADY Former Ondo State First Lady, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has spoken about her late husband, former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s battle with cancer, expressing strong criticism of reliance on spiritual interventions. In an exclusive interview with Star News publisher, Olumide Akinrinlola, on Thursday, Betty revealed that if her late …