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Trouble As Sex Scandal Hits MTN Nigeria
There is trouble in MTN Nigeria as sex scandal has rocked the gobal telecommunication company. The female employees of the company in Nigeria have…
Reps reject bill seeking to scrap NSIA
The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a bill that seeks to scrap the Nigeria Social Investment Authority(NSIA) and transfer its functions and assets to the Federal ministry of Finance Incorporated. Many…
MTN offers free calls, text messages to/from Ukraine
MTN says it will be offering free international calls and SMS to all existing prepaid and postpaid customers in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The company made this known in a statement on Thursday. MTN said…
Why we delayed approval for DCP Abba Kyari’s extradition – Malami
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has explained why it took time for the federal government to approve the extradition of Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police. The AGF on…
BREAKING: NDLEA files 8-count charge against DCP Abba Kyari, 6 others
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Thursday, filed an eighth-count criminal charge against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of…
Extradition: Why NDLEA must not file charges against Abba Kyari – Lawyer
Human rights Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has called on the Nigerian Government to ensure that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA does not file charges against disgraced Police officer, Abba Kyari. Kyari is…
Court remands Adedoyin, six others in prison over OAU student’s death
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, has remanded Rahman Adedoyin and six other suspects over the death of Timothy Adegoke.…
2023: Jandor meets 245 PDP ward chairmen
Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (Jandor) has met with 245 PDP ward chairmen in Lagos in furtherance of his ambition to…
Ukraine: Air Peace begins evacuation of stranded Nigerians
Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has commenced the evacuation of Nigerians who were left stranded by the Russia-Ukraine war. The first evacuation flight is currently on its way to Warsaw Poland. The estimated time of…
Biafra separatist leader cautions IPOB over Cubana Chief Priest
Princewill Chimezie Richards, National Leader of Biafra Nations League (BNL) has advised the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against attacking individuals unnecessarily. POLITICS NIGERIA recalls that…
2023: I’ll Release Nnamdi Kanu, Igboho, Others From Detention When I Become President – Sowore
Presidential aspirant and National Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has vowed to release from detention…
Residents Flee Plateau Villages As Bandits Close In
Residents of villages in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State are fleeing their homes as gunmen intensified…
Tinubu, Aregbesola asked to end their feud ‘to avoid crisis in south-west’
A political pressure group has asked Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, and Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to settle…
Failure To Elect Right Leadership In 2023 Will Spell Doom – Atiku
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has warned that Nigeria will be doomed if the people failed to…
Alleged $1.6bn fraud: Omokore denies buying houses, cars for Diezani, others
The first defence witness in the alleged $1.6B oil fraud, Olajide Omokore, has denied purchasing houses for a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani-Alison-Madueke, and cars for officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum…
Japan Donates 859,600 Doses Of AstraZeneca, 175 SDD Refrigerators To Nigeria
The federal government has received the donation of 859,600 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine and 175 Solar Direct Drive (SSD) refrigerators from the government of Japan. Speaking during the official handing…
‘It’s time for national rebirth’ — Hayatu-Deen, ex-FSB Bank MD, declares presidential bid
Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, a former managing director of the now-defunct FSB International Bank, has declared his intention to run for the office of the presidency in 2023. Speaking on Wednesday at a media briefing in Lagos,…
Ganduje appoints Dantata, Dangote, AbdulSamad as ‘Zakkat’ commission members
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday appointed Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, his uncle, Aminu Dantata, and Abdulsamad Rabi’u as members of the state Zakkat and Hubsi Commission. Zakkat, refers to the…
Visa-free access: After 15 days, Nigerians still in Poland will be moved to detention camps, says…
Christian Ugwu, Nigeria’s ambassador to Poland, says Nigerians arriving from Ukraine risk being placed in detention camps if they don’t leave within 15 days…
Aisha Buhari’s birthday coincided with Dubai official trip, say govs’ wives
The Nigeria Governors’ Wives Forum on Wednesday said its members didn’t set out to celebrate the birthday of the wife of the President in Dubai as speculated on social media. The chairperson of the forum, Bisi Fayemi, in…
LG: Battle moves to states as NULGE accuses govs of plots to scuttle autonomy
THE battle for local government autonomy is now shifting to the states as the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees NULGE, yesterday accused state governors of plots to scuttle local governments’ autonomy at the…
ASUU strike’ll soon be over — Ngige
The Federal Government, yesterday, expressed the hope that the one-month warning strike embarked upon by Academic State Union of Universities, ASUU, on February 14, 2022, would soon end. Recall that ASUU called its…
FG orders domestic airlines to reverse 60% airfare hike
The Federal Government on Wednesday ordered domestic airlines to reverse the recent over 60 per cent hike in airfares on domestic routes. It gave the order after investigations by the Federal Competition and Consumer…
WHAT NEXT? Here is how constitution amendment will take effect
The ninth national assembly, in 2019, commenced a process to amend the 1999 constitution. On Tuesday, the senate and house of representatives voted on bills to…