January 2024

The Police in Ondo State have arrested a 22-Year-Old Man, Bakare Ayobami, for allegedly buying a car with a fake bank alert.The State Police Public Relations…

The Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has apprehended a 38-year-old woman identified as Chinyere Chukwu for attempting to sell her two sons. Chukwu, who hails from Okija in the…

A judge in the US State of Delaware voided the $56 billion compensation package of Tesla Chief Executive, Elon Musk, on Tuesday, siding with a shareholder who claimed the entrepreneur was overpaid. The judge, in Delaware…

THINGS are changing and indeed, changing in a bad direction for youths in the South-East region. Unbelievably, many Igbo youths are abandoning their occupations in droves to become native doctors. Today in many Igbo…

Super Eagles of Nigeria have received an injury boost ahead of their quarter final clash against Angola with goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali back in training. Concerns had grown about the Chippa United goalie’s fitness ahead…

The labour union has proposed a minimum wage of $300 (N436,500) for Nigerian workers ahead of negotiations on the new national minimum wage. Chairman, Trade Union Side, Joint Meeting of the National Public Service…

The Arewa Intelligentsia Caucus (AIS), a Northern Socio-political group has asked President Tinubu to prevail and checkmate the excesses of NNPCL Executive Vice President, Upstream operations, Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan…

Opeyemi Falegan ,a member of the British Royal Air Force has offered to train members of the SouthWest Security Networks (codenamed Amotekun)  at no cost. The security expert also warned against politisation of…

Amid the free fall of the Naira in the foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria has issued fresh guidelines to commercial banks against currency speculation and hoarding. CBN disclosed this on Wednesday in the…

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, says the anti-graft agency has uncovered a religious sect laundering money for terrorists. Olukoyede, who made the revelation at dialogue on…

The Nigerian Police Force has disbursed the sum of N134 million to the families of 25 officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria. The disclosure was made in a press statement…

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, has extended the filing of employers’ annual tax returns by one week, starting from February 1 to February 7, 2024. Ayodele Subair, the Executive Chairman of LIRS, disclosed…

Foreign Airlines operating in the country have applauded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the clearance of the backlog of part of the foreign exchange they could not repatriate to their country as part of…

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, secretly held a meeting with Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the FCT, in Abuja to seek support for Asue Ighodalo’s governorship bid. According to The Cable, the meeting, took place at…

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is reportedly in hiding and has canceled a planned trip to Okene town to avoid encountering operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who are…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by Aishatu Ahmed, also known as Binani, challenging the election of Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri. Binani is the governorship candidate of the All…

The head of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Judy Ginsburg, has called on Israel to investigate accusations of crimes against journalists in the Gaza Strip. “Israel’s war on Gaza is more deadly to journalists…

A magistrates’ court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 35-year-old man, James Emmanuel, in prison for allegedly raping his co-worker, a 55-year-old woman, Deborah Abiodun, to death on a poultry farm at about…

UPS has announced plans to streamline its workforce by eliminating 12,000 jobs, aiming to achieve significant cost savings totaling $1 billion.   This decision comes shortly after the company reached a costly agreement…

THE gunmen who kidnapped the pupils and teachers of the Apostolic School, Emure-Ekiti have contacted their parents and demanded a N10 million ransom for each of them. The school bus conveying the pupils and teachers,…

There is a disagreement between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and foreign airlines regarding the payment of the total unpaid ticket revenue in Nigeria.…

The senate has invited the service chiefs to appear before the upper legislative chamber over the rising incidents of insecurity in the country. The red chamber passed the resolution on Tuesday after a motion sponsored by…

Canada’s province of British Columbia says it is halting the admission of foreign students by new tertiary institutions for two years. CBC that Selina Robinson, the post-secondary education minister, said the…

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has denied campaigning for the post of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying “the insinuation is infantile, false and should be…