Welcome to AllNews morning roundup of the top 10 latest Nigerian news today, Thursday, May 26, 2022.
Rochas Okorocha's daughter, Uloma Nwosu, has reacted to the arrest of her father by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Speaking on Arise TV on Wednesday, the daughter of the former governor stated that operatives of the anti-graft agency had not presented any legal document or arrest warrant to justify breaking into her father's residence. Read more here.
The Lagos State government has stated that there will be no reversal on the ban on commercial motorcycles in some selected LGAs in the state.
The ban was announced by Governor Babajdie Sanwo-Olu on May 18, 2022, and it was disclosed that it affects six local government areas of the state from June 1, 2022. Read more here.
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has lauded the signing of an agreement between an indigenous shipping company, Temile Development Company and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) of South Korea.
A statement by the NCDMB’s Corporate Communications on Wednesday in Lagos said Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary, NCDMB, made the commendation in a video message at the signing of the agreement by the parties in South Korea. Read more here.
In a bid to put an end to the ongoing tertiary education strike, the Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that it would spend about N34 billion on the payment of minimum wage consequential adjustment arrears to workers in the Nigerian education sector with effect from 2019.
This information was disclosed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige while updating pressmen on the negotiation with lecturers on Tuesday. Read more here.
The former governor of Anambra State and presidential aspirant under the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has dropped out from the presidential race.
Obi also quit his membership of the PDP. Read more here.
The gunmen that kidnapped the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have released another video showing six persons amongst which is a foreign national.
The three women (sitted) and three men, standing desperately begged the Nigerian government to rescue them. Read more here.
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) banking codes sometimes referred to as "quick codes'’ is a type of banking that allows people to carry out bank transactions by simply dialling a shortcode on the phone.
While making transactions with USSD codes, the use of the internet is not required which makes USSD banking accessible to everyone. Read more here.
Jennifer Lopez, who is planning her dream wedding to Ben Affleck, seems to be in a stressful situation as her beau is reluctant to marry.
Lopez and Affleck first fell madly in love with each other on the set of their film, Gigli, back in 2002. Now, the bride-to-be is ‘stressing out’ over his laid-back attitude. Read more here.
Redmond tech giant Microsoft has revealed at its Build developer conference that widgets for third-party applications will be available later this year.
Windows 11 widgets are expected to become increasingly useful in the following months. The operating system will accept third-party widgets later this year, according to Microsoft's Build developer conference. Read more here.
The Catalan giants only arrived in Australia on Tuesday morning on a whistlestop 48-hour visit, barely a day after completing their league season with a 2-0 loss to Villarreal, which saw them finish 13 points adrift of champions Real Madrid. Read more here.
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