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  Nine leading Nigerian banks generated approximately N14.72 trillion in interest income during the first three quarters of 2025, driven largely by elevated interest rates and higher yields in the financial markets. This represents a 27.68 per cent increase from N11.53 trillion recorded in the same period of 2024. The analysis, based on unaudited third-quarter financial results filed with the Nigerian Exchange, covered Access Holdings Plc, First HoldCo, Zenith Bank […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced that the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and bottles smaller than 200 millilitres will be completely banned by December 2025. The agency’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known during a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, explaining that the move is part of efforts to curb the increasing misuse of cheap alcoholic […]

Sammy Daniels, brother to popular Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, has been granted bail in the sum of ₦5 million after spending several days in detention. The bail was reportedly granted on Monday, November 10, 2025, following Sammy’s remand by a Dutse Magistrate Court last Thursday. He was initially held at Keffi Prison before being transferred to Suleja Prison. His elder brother, known on Instagram as @Sweezzy1, celebrated the development in […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Governor of Bayelsa State and ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, wanted over alleged financial crimes. The anti-graft agency made the announcement in a notice published on its official X (Twitter) handle on Monday, November 10, 2025. According to the EFCC, Sylva is being sought in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion involving $14,859,257 […]

Actress Regina Daniels’ brother, Sammy Daniels, has been granted bail in the sum of ₦5 million after spending several days in detention. Sammy was reportedly granted bail on Monday, November 10, 2025, following his remand by a Dutse Magistrate Court last Thursday. He was initially held at Keffi Prison before being transferred to Suleja Prison. Confirming his release, his elder brother, known on Instagram as @Sweezzy1, shared a post celebrating […]

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has again adjourned the hearing of a motion on notice in the suit filed by Folahan Adelabi against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its Acting National Chairman, and others until Wednesday. Presiding judge, Justice Ladiran Akintola, had earlier ruled on an ex parte motion last week, permitting the PDP to go ahead with its planned national convention while fixing Monday, November 10, […]

  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commenced the physical verification of credentials and travel documents for foreign-trained Nigerian graduates who registered for the 2025 Batch ‘C’ Service Year. According to the NYSC, the exercise will run from Monday, November 10 to Wednesday, November 12, 2025, across designated centres nationwide. In a statement titled “Notification of Physical Verification of Credentials and Travel Documents of Foreign-Trained Graduates for the 2025 […]

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Chris Piwuna, has criticised the Federal Government for failing to prioritise education, saying key officials do not regard the sector’s problems as a national concern that requires collective responsibility. Speaking during The Toyin Falola Interviews on Sunday, in a virtual discussion titled “A Conversation with the ASUU President,” Piwuna said the indifference of government officials has stalled meaningful reforms […]