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Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum resources, says the increase in prices of global crude oil is not good for the country. Speaking on the rising crude oil prices in an interview with Bloomberg Television,…

In the early hours of Thursday, personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency stormed the residence of fast-rising singers, Oniyide Azeez popularly known as Zinoleesky, and Ilerioluwa Oladimeji also known as…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja rejected the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)’s objection to taking the bail application of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo…

Nigeria House of Representatives on Thursday offered to fund the evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine. The Chairman of the House of Representatives committee of foreign affairs is scheduled to be in Ukraine on Friday, the…

Founder and Senior Pastor of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations, the largest christian denomination in Kyiv, Dr Sunday Adelaja, has urged Nigerians to pray for Ukraine. Adelaja made the appeal on…

Protests by freight forwarders and customs brokers at the Lagos Port, which began at the weekend, may have cost the country over N200 billion as port activities remained paralysed as of yesterday evening. Port expert and…

The house of representatives special ad hoc committee on the review of the 1999 constitution has recommended immunity for presiding officers of the national…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate distribution of uniforms, kits and accouterments…

Akin Abayomi, Lagos commissioner for health, says there has been a decrease in the number of positive cases in the state. The commissioner shared the state’s COVID-19 update on Wednesday. He said the average case…

Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the agitations by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will be resolved when…

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has denied purchasing aircraft to support a campaign for him to contest the presidency in…

The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has disclosed that it will verify the claim that the high methanol content Petroleum Motor Spirit…

The festering power struggle between Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State and his deputy of nearly two years, Muhammad Aliyu-Gusau, climaxed on Wednesday after the impeachment of the latter. The speaker of the…

Nigerian airlines are in dire straits. They are seeking help to allow them to stay afloat as they say that they are overwhelmed with a myriad of issues that threaten their existence. Rising from a meeting yesterday, the…

ASP ‘Too Much Money’ indicted with Kyari, blamed death of seven detainees flees, declared wanted An Assistant…

Air passengers on domestic routes in Nigeria are facing the double whammy of rising fares and worsening flight delays triggered by the scarcity of aviation fuel also known as JetA1. Flight delays and cancellations…

Elders and stakeholders in Ekiti State have raised the alarm over the increase in the rate of ritual killings and kidnappings in the state. This is coming as the senior citizens described the scenario as deplorable; saying…

The battle for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has shifted to the court. Moshood Adeoti, who lost to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola in the primary election at the weekend, has…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said that it would not call off its strike if all its demands were not met. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke,…

Duke Oil and Oando Plc yesterday refuted claims of  culpability in the importation of the adulterated fuel that hit the country recently. The two companies…

A fresh move by the National Assembly to grant life pension for its presiding officers, including the Senate President and the Speaker…

The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly to observe the presentation of the report of the Special Ad-hoc Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The…

The hope of the South East region producing the next president in 2023 could be thwarted as the insecurity caused by the activities of the Eastern Security Network…

Suspected operatives of Ebubeagu Security outfit, in Ebonyi State, on Wednesday, besieged the house of the embattled Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Odefa Obasi Odefa. Odefa’s seat, was, on Monday,…