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Earthquake kills 2,500, injures hundreds

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,500 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble. Authorities feared the…

Air Force Jet crash-lands in Lagos, NAF reacts

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) maritime patrol aircraft, on Monday, made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Nigerian NewsDirect gathered  that the aircraft, a Cessna Citation CJ3, which was on a routine flight to Ilorin, Kwara…

Naira scarcity: Mob attack fear in banks

…As sales of Naira notes persist …POS operators charge over 25 per cent …Entrepreneurs count losses …CBN to meet banks, telcos on PoS withdrawal charges …Bank media chiefs debunk hoarding indictment of banks …CBN needs to address scarcity – CPPE…