National
28 Jan
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake has called on manufacturers of mine explosives to combat alleged leakages from their factories by tightening the security and logistics of their operations.
28 Jan
Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed confidence in the ability of the newly inaugurated Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo, to deliver good governance to the residents of the state.
28 Jan
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to support Nigerian airlines to grow, flourish and break new grounds for them to remain in business.
28 Jan
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has again warned manufacturers of fake products to desist from the act or face the full wrath of the law.
28 Jan
Tears flowed yesterday as 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, allegedly tortured by some senior students of the college which resulted in his death, was laid to rest at his family's compound in Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South West Local Council of Delta State.
28 Jan
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has charged men and officers of the agency to shun any enticement that conflicts with the ethos of their profession as anti-narcotic operatives.
28 Jan
The Presidential Amnesty Programme Cooperative Society Limited (PACOSOL) has commenced the disbursement of the second tranche of loans to ex-agitators in the Niger Delta.
28 Jan
Global transparency body, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), has scored the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) very high in its latest global assessment.
28 Jan
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Prof. Jesse Otegbayo; the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), and a Consultant Neurologist at the UCH, Dr. Temitope Farombi
28 Jan
The Oyo State Government, on Thursday and Friday, presented Staff of Office to six traditional rulers in Oke-Ogun axis of the State.
28 Jan
Dangers may be looming in a market and some workshops cited and operating under the high tension cables in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
28 Jan
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission has begun the 2023 physical verification of selected Federal Government capital projects across the six geo-political zones of the country.
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The Nigerian government has suspended Dana Air a day after one of its aircraft crash-landed in Lagos. Nigeria's aviation minister Festus Keyamo directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to implement the suspension on Dana Air over safety concerns. "In light of these incidents and with the paramount priority being the safety and well-being of…
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) predicts sunshine and thunderstorms throughout the country from Wednesday to Friday. NiMet's weather forecast, released on Tuesday, predicted a sunny atmosphere over the northern region for the entire forecast period. NiMet predicted isolated thunderstorms in parts of Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, and Kaduna during the afternoon and evening hours. The agency…
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Tradegy struck as a newborn baby drowned inside a well at Ruguzau in Takai Local Government Area in Kano. This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Kano. He said the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon. ”We received an emergency…
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<img src="https://guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-6-1.jpeg" alt="" width="299" height="168" class="size-full wp-image-2377592 The Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) on Wednesday sealed the United Bank for Africa branches in the state metropolis over alleged N14.3million unpaid tax. Speaking to newsmen after the exercise, Hajiya Aysha Ahmad, the KADIRS Board Secretary/Legal Adviser, said the enforcement was to ensure tax compliance in the…
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The Federal Government on Tuesday announced the appointment of 12 Consuls General to some Nigerian Missions abroad the appointment also includes five new five new Chargé D'affaires. The Consuls General are, Auwalu Jega Namadina, Atlanta, USA; Nnamdi Okechukwu Nne, Bata, Equatorial Guinea; Francis Ntui Enya, Douala, Cameroon; Gbadebo Afolabi, Shanghai, China and Oludare Ezekiel Folowosele,…
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President Bola Tinubu recently signed an executive order on oil and gas reforms in Nigeria. Presidency spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said following extensive engagements, analyses, and benchmarking with other jurisdictions, Tinubu initiated the amendment of primary legislation to introduce fiscal incentives for oil and gas projects. Tinubu's aide on social media, Dada Olusegun, in an update…
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German police said Wednesday they had arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam. The Black Axe gang was involved internationally in "multiple areas of criminal activity," with a focus in Germany on romance scams and money-laundering, Bavarian police said in a statement. The dating trick was a "modern…
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The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country. Oloyede said this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations. He added that at the end of…
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Former director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, said its candidate for the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, never believed in the principles of the political party. Okupe made this assertion during his interview on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’. He said Obi only saw the Labour Party as a platform to…
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A Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 17 for a ruling on a bail application filed by the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN, adopted their processes and argued their case against…