National
16 Feb
The UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is investigating "industrial-scale" qualification fraud by hundreds of nurses who applied to be registered and practice in the United Kingdom. More than 700 frontline nurses from Nigeria are involved and are said to be under investigation. At least 48 of them are already practising in the UK. Nursing…
16 Feb
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced an upward review of the Price Verification System (PVS) from 2.5 per cent to 15 per cent.
16 Feb
The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) joint border patrol team, sector IV, has seized a consignment of sex enhancement drugs worth N19.6 duty paid value in Sokoto state.
16 Feb
The Ogun Police Command arrested a seven-man gang that specialised in trading inhuman parts for rituals on Thursday.
16 Feb
Insecurity, inflation, and other challenges could limit Nigeria’s capacity to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (lPCR) said.
16 Feb
The Federal Government and 36 state governors, yesterday, agreed to set up state police, as the nation makes concerted efforts to tackle rising insecurity.
16 Feb
United Kingdom Home Office International Operations, (HOIO), has said that it will further support Nigeria's War Against Drug Abuse, (WADA), through the construction of a maritime headquarters for maritime operations of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA).
16 Feb
Again, the House of Representatives has warned against smear campaign against Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of staff to the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
16 Feb
The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) took another twist yesterday, as its presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, dropped a bombshell, insisting that transparency must be brought to bear ...
16 Feb
The progressives governors forum (PGF) have faulted their counterparts of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for accusing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of inaction in addressing the hardship faced by Nigerians. PGF led by Governor Hope Uzodinma in a statement in Abuja called on PDP Governors to desist from making utterances capable of inciting Nigerians…
16 Feb
The national chairman of the ruling All progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje says the party has commenced the registration of its members nationwide electronically.
16 Feb
Plagued by a litany of unserviceable sports facilities, trainers with obsolete knowledge, and a lack of constant competition at the grassroots level, Nigeria’s sporting fortunes are ebbing away at great speed.
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Nestlé, a food and beverage company, has been accused of adding sugar and honey to its infant milk and cereal products sold in many poorer countries but not in wealthier countries. This practice reportedly contradicts international health guidelines aimed at curbing childhood obesity and chronic diseases. The accusation comes from a report by Public Eye,…
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The crisis rocking the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has again taken a new turn as lawmakers elected on the platform of the party in the National Assembly, have raised the alarm over an alleged plot to shift the election of a new national chairman at Thursday's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to August. They claimed…
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Comptroller Dera Nnadi, the Customs Area Commander (CAC), Tincan Island Ports (TCIP), says that the command generated a revenue of N303.9 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024.
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Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed the optimism that Nigeria will become a major economic force in the world under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has deployed Generation Dip/Loss Detection System (GLDS) to empower the National Control Centre (NCC) in Osogbo.
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Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, stormed the residence of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Abuja over alleged N84 billion fraud.
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Kano State High Court has granted an ex parte order restraining National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, from parading himself as member of the party.
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Speaker of the Kaduna House of Assembly, Yusuf Liman, has warned Bello, son of the immediate past state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, to stop threatening the legislature for attempting to probe his father’s eight-year stewardship.
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Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has confirmed that the Gas Supply and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) to support the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Brass Methanol Project would be executed next month.