VP Kashim Shettima arrives Kaduna to visit victims of recent military bombings
Vice President Kashim Shettima has landed in Kaduna State alongside Governor Uba Sani and top government officials. The visit is to offer support and assess the aftermath of the devastating air strikes mistakenly carried…
“I have decided to stay back” – Akpabio cancels Dubai trip amid backlash over Nigeria’s COP28…
In the wake of public outcry over Nigeria’s extensive 1,411-delegate contingent to the COP28 Climate Change Summit accompanying President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Akpabio has cancelled his planned trip. The…
LCCI appoints Gabriel Idahosa as president
Gabriel Idahosa has been appointed as the new president and chairman of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). According to a statement on Thursday, Idahosa succeeds Michael Olawale-Cole, who diligently…
NASS to remove tertiary institutions from IPPIS – Speaker
The House of Representatives has restated its commitment to remove tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), to enhance lecturers’ welfare and reduce the brain…
BE DILIGENT, AVOID SHORTCUT TO SUCCESS, DG TELLS CORPS MEMBERS
Corps Members have been advised to be diligent at work and exercise patient in climbing the ladder of success. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Yushau…
Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City must learn to win without Rodri
Pep Guardiola has admitted Manchester City must find a way to win without Rodri after seeing his side fall to a 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa. Leon Bailey’s deflected strike in the second half earned Villa a deserved win and…
Compensate easterners over destroyed properties – UK Igbos tells Sanwo-Olu
Igbo Leadership in the United Kingdom and Ireland has urged the Lagos State Government to compensate Igbo people in the state whose properties have been destroyed. It also appealed to the Federal Government to be fair and…
Olukoyede never said “7 out of 10” Nigerian students are criminals – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, have rebuffed reports claiming that its chairman Mr. Ola Olukoyede labelled 70 per cent of Nigerian university students as internet fraudsters. Olukoyede was quoted to have said…
Oando unveils plans to roll out 12000 electric buses in Nigeria
Oando Clean Energy has said it will soon roll out 12000 electric buses in Nigeria in line with the climate solution agenda to limit carbon greenhouse gas emission in the world. Mr Ademola Ogunbanjo, Executive Vice…
Zero Allocation For Mambilla Power Project In 2024 Budget
There is no allocation in the 2024 budget proposal for the project of the construction of the multi- billion naira Mambilla Hydro-Power plant at Gembu in Taraba State, Daily Trust reports. This is just as the Ministry of…
‘Enough is enough’ – Diddy reacts as fourth woman accuses him of rape
Music mogul. Sean Combs, popularly known as Diddy, has reacted to several sexual assault allegations levelled against him in the past few weeks. This comes after a fourth woman alleged that Diddy and others gang-raped…
Foreign investors pull out N310bn assets, as P&G, Equinor exit Nigeria
Against the backdrop of more exits from ground operations in Nigeria by more multinational companies, Nigeria’s economy is expected to lose $335 million (about N310bn) in Foreign Direct Investments, FDI. The amount…
JUST IN: Sanusi Seeks NNPC Audit, Says President Shouldn’t Be Petroleum Minister
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has called for a proper audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), noting that this call was what cost him his job at the…
EFCC arraigns three over alleged $1.6m Crypto-currency fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the operator of McHarvey Capital Limited, Benjamin Okenna Ikaa and two others: Chidera Jonas and Ikaa Ejike Benjamin…
It’s An Offence To Fix Additional Headlamps On Cars, Motorbikes, Others – Police Warn…
The Nigeria Police Force has said that fixing additional headlamps on vehicles, tricycles, popularly known as Keke Napep and motorcycles can be categorised as a criminal or traffic offence. According to the police, it is not…
Man Arraigned For Refusing to Pay After Drinking
A man, Michael Adams, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate’s Court for allegedly ordering drinks worth N113.000 at a bar in the Shomolu area of Lagos…
Passengers Groan as return Air tickets climb N500,000 on monopoly routes
Air travellers to some of the selected routes in the country are groaning over the skyrocketing airfares among the indigenous airline operators. Checks by Nairametrics revealed that airfares in some of the…
N27.5 trillion budget proposal too small to meet Nigeria’s economic obligations – Budget…
Ben Akabueze, the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, has said that the proposed N27.5 trillion budget for 2024 awaiting approval in the National Assembly is deemed “too small” to adequately…
Criminals using fake presidential number plates to deliver smuggled vehicles – Customs
According to Wada, they have also been dubiously using such fake number plates belonging to various state and local governments, MDAs, Emirate Councils, and other governmental institutions. Wada disclosed this when he…
FG raises exchange rate for cargo clearance to N951/$
The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria, has raised the exchange rate for cargo clearance from N783/$ to N952/$. This is coming barely three weeks after the rate was increased from N757/$ to N783/$. The…
PDP, NNPP, five other political parties form coalition against APC
Seven political parties have announced the formation of a new coalition called the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties (CCPP). The announcement came after a…
Fox Petroleum Group offers NNPC Ltd $2.5bn annually to revamp oil & gas sector
Fox Petroleum Group Board of Directors has reached an agreement to offer a credit facility of $2.5 Billion per year over a consecutive 3-year period to enable Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC…
We recovered 2,055 unexploded explosives from Ikeja Cantonment — COAS
Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday, disclosed that 2,055 unexploded explosive ordnances were recovered from the 2002 bomb blast site in the Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos, at the end of its clearance…
IVF: Nigerian youths sell gametes for survival
.Students considered hot cake To survive the harsh economy, Nigerian youths have resorted to selling their male…