The Federal Government is set to spend N3tn on the new minimum wage and the payment of pensions and gratuities. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this on Friday during a […]
Some prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party have challenged the former Governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, asserting that he cannot dismantle the party. Wike, while […]
Three members of the US family gospel group the Nelons have been killed in a plane crash, their management announced. Jason Clark, Kelly Nelon Clark and their daughter Amber Kistler died on Friday while taking […]
… Refutes claims in video circulating online The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday refuted claims made in a recent video circulating online suggesting that Nigerians should avoid bread due […]
The Naira yesterday depreciated in the parallel market to N1,500 per dollar from N1,485 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated to N1,476.24 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made an effort to prevent Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, from defecting from the party. NaijaChoice reports that the PDP has sent a high-powered delegation to meet with him […]
Ikole Ekiti went agog on Friday as the Federal Government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ekiti State Government to convert and upgrade the Ikole Ekiti Specialist hospital into a Federal Medical […]
The Lagos State Government, through the State Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC, popularly known as KAI on Thursday sealed off Idera Market, located in Oshodi area of the state for contravening environmental laws. The Corps Marshal […]
The Zone A Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, announced that it intercepted 150 cartons of bulletproof jackets worth N1.687bn. Addressing journalists in Ikeja, the Customs Area Controller in […]
The Nigerian air force said Tuesday it will acquire 50 new aircraft to strengthen its capabilities against armed gangs and terrorists in northwest Nigeria. Nigerian Chief of Air Staff Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar made the […]
Nigerians have contributed over N4.2m to the family of one Sodiq Olayode, whose wife, Abiodun, recently gave birth to a set of quadruplets. A colleague of Olayode, identified as James shared the news on Wednesday. […]
Today, we effectively cleared all pension backlog in Lagos State with the payment of ₦4,461,659,536.82 to 2,000 retirees. In February, we paid ₦3.1 billion to 1,013 retirees with a promise to settle all arrears and […]
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the officials of the Kuje correctional facility to provide the detained Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan, with a wheelchair. The order […]
The Nigerian Correctional Service has announced that 281 inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Maiduguri, Borno State, are missing. The incident occurred after the facility was evacuated due to severe flooding in the […]
A batch of toxic illegal alcohol in India has killed at least 34 people with more than 100 others rushed to hospital, Tamil Nadu state officials told reporters Thursday. The deadly mix of locally brewed […]
The recent arrest and detention of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, by the State Security Service (SSS), has triggered a public spat between the federal government and the labour movement. […]
The number of dead persons is yet to be ascertained. A female suicide bomber detonates an IED at a wedding venue in Gwoza town, Borno State, killing several wedding guests and injuring many others. According to […]
His lawyer, Mr Deji Adeyanju on Sunday disclosed that his client has again been arrested, adding that VeryDarkMan was apprehended for exposing someone who allegedly duped a Nigerian abroad. A social media influencer and blogger, […]
In a bid to ensure the safety of its passengers, Air France has announced that it will suspend flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut this Sunday and Monday. The decision comes as a response to […]
The president of National Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave an ultimatum to either accept N62,000 or get 250,000 minimum wage with fuel price hike. NaijaChoice News reports […]
Aliko Dangote has revealed that local and foreign mafia tried several times to sabotage his $19 billion refinery from coming to life. Dangote made this revelation while speaking at the Afreximbank annual meetings (AAN) and […]
The human rights activist noted that Tinubu’s government replicating their ideas resulted from people not paying attention to candidates who had ideas and glorifying the ruling class, which has no tenets of governance. Two-time presidential […]
The house of representatives has asked President Bola Tinubu to mandate Wale Edun, minister of finance, to unfreeze all accounts of the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA) within 72 hours. The lower legislative chamber passed […]
Tinubu Government Opens Payment Portal For Nigerians To Convert Vehicles From Petrol To CNG – In a statement issued on Wednesday by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on the opening of the payment plan application […]
The federal government has decided to sell three ageing presidential aircraft so as to gather funds to purchase a new one. It was gathered that the decision will also reduce excessive spending on fleet maintenance […]
Seventeen players from top flight Nigerian Premier Football League, NPFL were on Thursday unveiled by Kwara United FC, Ilorin, as part of its ceremony to begin the new NPFL season. The players will join 18 […]
The Delta State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of Efe Money and the Chief Priest of Otokutu Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, over the alleged murder of one Paulinus. Also arrested were […]
A female NYSC member in Ilorin experienced a teacher’s assault for not greeting properly, causing her to cry. The corper visited her Place of Primary Assignment (PPA) to request her monthly clearance letter, but it […]
Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has died at the age of 76. Eriksson had pancreatic cancer and at the beginning of the year revealed he only had a year to live “at best”. The Swede […]
The lead counsel for the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has accused the Department of the State Services, DSS, of denying Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s doctor access to him. Ejimakor who […]
Nigeria has the highest number of registered delegates at the ongoing 112th International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland. According to a list published by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Nigeria’s delegation to the conference is […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a warning to the General Public about planned protests scheduled to hold tomorrow, June 12. In a statement signed by Dr. Peter Afunanya(Phd), the spokesperson of the […]
The head coach of the victorious NBA champion Boston Celtics took inspiration from the Premier League’s winning manager when it came to beating the Dallas Mavericks Joe Mazzulla, the Rhode Island native who just won […]
Court documents allege rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs paid $1 million for Tupac Shakur’s assassination in 1996, revealing details of the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop rivalry. Key suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis implicates Diddy in the […]
Akoko Anglican Grammar Schoolgirl Stabs Classmate To Death In Ondo A Senior Secondary School student of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi-Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Habib Salau, has been killed after […]
Socio-political activist and former presidential aide Reno Omokri has alleged that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, does not believe in the party’s manifestos. Omokri claimed that Obi was more attuned […]
Saudi Arabia’s official death toll from this year’s Hajj exercise has reached 1,301, with extreme heat and unauthorised trips cited as major contributing factors. The Saudi government released a statement acknowledging “numerous cases” of heat […]
A man has been jailed for four years and three months in a rare conviction for “stealthing” – taking a condom off during sex without consent. Guy Mukendi, 39, from Brixton, was sentenced on Thursday […]
Amid the prevailing high cost-of-living crisis in the country, the National Assembly and four other Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Federal Government have received a combined sum of N109bn as statutory allocations in the […]
President Tinubu offers lifeline to Dangote Refinery, NNPC to sell crude to it in Naira. To ensure the stability of the pump price of refined fuel and the dollar-Naira exchange rate, the Federal Executive Council […]
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