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Martin Gruenberg, chair of the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has said the FDIC plans to return roughly $4 billion in deposits connected to Signature Bank’s digital asset banking business by early April.In a March 29 hearing of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee exploring federal regulators’ responses to recent bank failures, Gruenberg said the deposits that were not included in the bid from a New York Community Bancorp subsidiary for Signature would be… Read the full article here

Ready for vacation! The White Lotus has been a critical darling since its 2021 premiere — and Bette Midler is one star of many who would check into the fictional hotel in a “New York minute.” “It’s a big sendup. [Series creator] Mike White pokes fun at the worst kind of people, the truly entitled and rich people behaving badly. Everybody likes to see them get their comeuppance. I really enjoy that,” the First Wives Club star told Variety in a February 2023 interview. “It’s… Read the full article here

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N24.2 billion for the provision of Internet facilities at 20 airports, some institutions of learning and markets across the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting presided by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will spearhead the… Read the full article here

Political actors and lovers of Nigeria must wade in with their voices and actions to tame this babel. Nigeria is on a slippery slope. This is not a time for politics, but a time for statesmen and stateswomen to rise and defend the country against internecine strife. National interest and security should govern public comments at this time. I had expected the Obidient movement to abandon its punitive expedition after the elections and evolve into an ideological pressure group – a… Read the full article here

On Tuesday, MultiChoice Nigeria announced the return of the reality TV singing competition, Nigerian Idol, for an eighth season. In a media launch held at the company’s multipurpose Lagos studio, the media platform, alongside popular TV host IK Osakioduwa, announced that the show will return in April. Some of those who attended the event were Obi Asika, Juicy Jay from BBTitans, Marketing Manager, Tecno, Thompson Ani, Assistant Brand Manager Rite foods, Biola Aransiola, Marketing… Read the full article here

Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday said the Department of State Services, DSS, has vindicated him of earlier alarm he raised about a plot by some opposition parties to establish Interim National Government. The former Minister of Aviation stated this in a tweet while reacting to a security alert by the secret police of plots by some politicians to truncate the country’s democracy by opting for an interim government. Fani-Kayode claimed he was… Read the full article here

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for Abia State governorship election, Professor Nnenna Oti has recalled how she insisted that votes must count during the just-concluded election. Oti, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, said she refused to compromise the Abia governorship election despite being offered money and threatened. The Vice Chancellor disclosed this while addressing students during her return to… Read the full article here

Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested 23 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were identified as Ugwuanyi Innocent Kasiemobi, Emmanuel Chukwu Agwu, Onyeama Christian Arinze, Hycienth Nnabuike Emmanuel, Chibueze Augustine Oluebube, Ogaraku Chidiebube Obinna, Chibueze Stanley Onyedikachi, Austus Jeffrey Chiemerem, Ikechi David Faithful and Okafor Collins Chika. Others are Chimaobi Chukwu Joshua, Onuoha… Read the full article here

Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Josephine Otabor, simply known as Phyna, expressed sadness over the crash of her brand new Mercedes Benz GLE in the hand of a friend who borrowed it. Sharing a picture of the car which crashed into an electric pole, the TV reality star wrote: “I can’t believe I’m coming from Abuja to bad news and I have not even gotten home. This was done to my car. Good heart no go kill me. And I’m finally done with everybody. Just imagine.” Phyna bought the… Read the full article here

Former Spain’s national team head coach, Luis Enrique, has ruled out any possibility of coaching any Premier League club in the summer. Enrique, who insisted that he only reads the English press since he resigned as Spain’s head coach following their exit from the FIFA World Cup last year, suggested that he is not ready to manage a Premier League club amid reports linking him to becoming Tottenham’s next manager. The former Barcelona manager has been linked with a move to Tottenham in… Read the full article here