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Full list: Lai Mohammed lists 10 ‘loopholes’ in Lagos EndSARS panel report
Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has faulted the leaked report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other…
Kanu’s Release Is An Invitation To More Treasonable Acts – Group Tells Buhari
Tiv Youth Council Worldwide (TYCW) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow himself to be pressured into taking a decision “that will set bad precedence stressing…
Kill subsidy, cut loans from CBN, raise taxes on sin goods… 7 things World Bank wants Buhari to do…
The World Bank on Tuesday released its November 2021 Nigeria Development Update, which showed — among other things — that eight million Nigerians fell into poverty in less than two years as a…
FG will replace fuel subsidy with N5,000 transport grant for 40m Nigerians – Zainab Ahmed
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says Nigeria will remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and replace them with N5000-a-month transportation grant to the poorest…
BREAKING: Lagos #EndSARS report is fake, tales by moonlight -Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has dismissed the report of the Lagos state panel that investigated the #EndSARS massacre as fake news. Addressing a press conference in…
Electoral Act: All eyes now on Buhari for his assent – Lawan
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said members of the National Assembly have done their job by transmitting the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 to President Muhammadu Buhari…
Railway: 24 Firms Jostle For E-Ticketing Contract
No fewer than 24 companies have bidded for the electronic ticketing solutions for the Lagos-Ibadan and the Warri-Itakpe train services. The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC)…
Babangida, Abubakar confident in army’s effort in tackling insecurity
Two former Heads of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abdulsami Abubakar, have expressed confidence in the Nigerian Army’s effort in tackling the insecurity confronting…
Don’t allow Ikoyi Osborne foreshore turn to slum – Residents tell Sanwo-Olu
A former Kogi State deputy governor, Mr. Aboyomi Amoniyi; former Director of Lands, Lagos State, Mr. Rotimi Okunfulure; the chairman, Board of Trustee, Residents of Osborne Foreshore Residents…
Fighter jets bombard ISWAP tax collectors assaulting commuters in Kukawa
The Air Task Force of Operation Hadin Kai has eliminated tax collectors of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, PRNigeria reports.…
Umahi rescues baby detained in hospital over bills, employs mother
It was like a prayer answered to Mr. and Mrs. Sunday Igboke from Oriuzor in Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State as they on Monday received the sum of N500,000 from Governor…
N120bn Hard Drugs Seized From Lagos Ports In 11 Months
No fewer than 300 tonnes of Illicit drugs valued at N120billion have been impounded at Lagos and Tincan Island ports by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) this…
Why APC can’t hold national convention now – Buni
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday explained why it can no longer organise its national convention before the end of the year. The party attributed the…
Saraki’s cousin, ex-Kwara commissioner re-arraigned for money laundering
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday re-arraigned Ope Saraki, a cousin to former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and a former…
PenCom Knocks Off Odukale’s Claim On Shares Of FBN Holdings Plc
As the squabble for the soul of FBN Holdings Plc, the oldest bank in the country, continues, the regulator of the Pension industry, the National Pension Commission (“PenCom”) has knocked…
Killing of OAU student: Hotel MD on the run, implicated by staff — CP
The Managing Director of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Raheem Adedoyin, is on the run following the killing of a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,…
Nigerian Arrested For Trafficking Over 350 Million Naira Cocaine In Mumbai India
Officials of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch Unit 4 arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly possessing commercial quantities of Mephedrone (MD) and cocaine, collectively worth Rs 5.36 crore,…
Oga Bello, other Nollywood celebrities mourn late Baba Suwe
Veteran Actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello, on Monday said the death of Nigerian Comedian, Babatunde Omidina, fondly called Baba Suwe, has left a huge vacuum…
FG Have Disbursed N56.84bn Survival Funds To 835,161 Beneficiaries – Minister
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Chief Niyi Adebayo, has disclosed that a total of N56.84 billion had been disbursed to operators of micro, small and medium scale enterprises…
Finally, UTH conducts autopsy on late OAU post-graduate student
The Osun University Teaching Hospital on Monday conducted autopsy on the late Timothy Adegoke, a post-graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. The News…
In 5 years, we delivered to Nigeria 712km of railway – CCECC
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, weekend, said it has proven over time to be a reliable supporter in infrastructure upgrade and creation for the…
Don’t Succumb To Pressure To Release Nnamdi Kanu – Northern Coalition Warns Buhari
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has rejected Igbo leaders call on President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of…
Lagos Won’t Submit EndSARS Report To FG – Presidency
The Presidency has said that states’ judicial panels on police brutality and extrajudicial killings won’t submit their reports to the Federal Government. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina,…
BREAKING: Uzodimma appoints 17 commissioners
The Imo state governor Hope Uzodimma, has appointed seventeen commissioners into the executive arm of the government. The names of the commissioner nominees were announced at the…