National
11 Jul 2023
The lawmaker representing Ado/ Okpokwu/ Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, Hon Philip Agbese (APC-Benue), has dismissed claims that the First Lady
11 Jul 2023
Nigerians, yesterday, expressed satisfaction with the emergence of President Bola Tinubu as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), but not all.
11 Jul 2023
President Bola Tinubu has emerged Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The decision was reached during the organisation’s 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community in Bissau...
11 Jul 2023
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has tasked the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), states, and local councils on adequate measures to reduce disaster risk caused by climate change for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).
11 Jul 2023
Despite the presence of soldiers patrolling every nook and cranny of Owerri, the Imo State capital, yesterday, residents still complied with the sit-at-home order declared by a faction of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) led by Simon Ekpa.
11 Jul 2023
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Total and other oil companies operating in the country flared about $3.9 billion (about N3 trillion) worth of gas in the last four years...
11 Jul 2023
As part of effort to end the leadership crisis rocking Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Governor Abdullahi Sule has said he would neither recognise Ibrahim Balarabe no any other lawmaker as Speaker until amicable solution is proffered.
11 Jul 2023
Seychelles has placed a ban on Nigerian passport holders applying for short-term visa or holiday purposes. A travel content creator, @munafromtravelletters, raised the alarm on Saturday evening with a screenshot of a rejection email.
11 Jul 2023
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has received, with regret and sadness, news of the death of a former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof Joseph Ogbonnaya Irukwu, who was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
11 Jul 2023
African Development Bank (AfDB) has criticised Nigeria’s decision to concentrate on import substitution model, instead of creating wealth through export market development and product diversification.
11 Jul 2023
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo; Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Hassan Kukah, and constitutional lawyer, Femi Falana, have lamented state of affairs in the country, blaming leadership deficiency.
11 Jul 2023
Victims of last year’s flood disaster in Jigawa State have accused members of the state’s Flood Resettlement Committee of negligence in providing them with adequate shelter, food and water, as promised, despite raking in N1.7 billion...
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Cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance said it is working very closely with the Nigerian government over its detained executive. The CEO of Binance, Richard Teng, disclosed this on Thursday with the company's head of financial crime compliance still in detention in Nigeria. The Nigerian government's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Binance for laundering…
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Landmark Group said the Lagos State government is yet to consult it on the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction and beach sand filling. Landmark made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday and said the issue of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road passing through Landmark Beach remains a topic of wide-reaching discourse. The Group said it wants…
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The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Hassan Dada, has expressed concern about the high number of weapons in unauthorized hands in Nigeria.
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President Bola Tinubu has approved system-wide policies to comprehensively overhaul the education sector to improve learning and skill development, increase enrolment, and ensure the academic security of the nation's children. The approved policies are captured as DOTS, an acronym representing: Data Repository, Out-of-School Children Education, Teacher Training & Development, and Skill Development & Acquisition. According…
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The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and others to honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Fagbemi also hit out at Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, for obstructing the EFCC from arresting his successor, Bello…
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Police in Lagos State have arrested a driver, Azeez Babatunde, for alleged unlawful possession of two locally-made pistols in the Maroko area of the state.
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State. The adjournment, set for April 23, 2024, was prompted by the pursuit of substituted service and the possible arraignment of Bello for…
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NORTHERN Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed deep concern over alleged harassment and attack on northerners conducting their legitimate businesses in southern Nigeria by criminal elements in the past three months. NEF clarifies that it had never engaged in any discussion regarding the politics of 2027 or decided on whom to support or not to…
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KANO Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has concluded plans to invest N1.2 billion in network expansion and improvement of power supply to the famous Dawanau International Grains Market, Kano State. The Head, Corporate Communications, Sani Bala Sani, stated, yesterday, that the network expansion and power generation were some of the company's major plans to improve power supply…
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FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, who represented Kwara South in the 8th National Assembly, has passed on at 58 years of age. Ibrahim, who died about 4.30am, yesterday, at an Abuja hospital, has been buried according to Islamic rites in a Muslim cemetery, Osere, in Ilorin, Kwara State. The deceased was, reportedly,…