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2023: Bags of beans for Asiwaju Tinubu’s campaign surfaces (Video)
A viral video has emerged showing a large expanse of area where several bags of beans are being bagged with the name of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress,…
ENDSARS protest: Resign or be sacked, Reps minority caucus tell Lai Mohammed
Following the leaked report of the Lagos State judicial panel of enquiry that validated the massacre of many youths at Lekki during the ENDSARS protest last year, the minority caucus in…
APC justifies appointment of Akeredolu’s son as DG
………The party nominated him for his contribution not as governor’s son The All Progressive Congress has justified the appointment of governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s son Babajide as…
National Housing Programme: 7, 315 applications received within 6 days — Fashola
MINISTER of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN told the Senate Thursday that a total of 7, 315 applications from prospective House owners have been received within six days…
Farmers in Enugu say anti-open grazing law has no impact
Chairman of the Enugu State chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Mr Romanus Eze, on Thursday decried the continued destruction of crops in the state by herders. Eze…
Buhari Okays N656.11bn Fresh Bailout For 36 States
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a fresh N656.112billion Bridge Financing Facility to the 36 States. This was announced Thursday at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting…
Despite FG’s efforts, Emirates Airline extends flights suspension till Nov 30
Emirates Airline says it has suspended the resumption of flight operations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria to November 30. This is despite the efforts of…
South African Airways Resumes Lagos-Johannesburg Flight
South African Airways (SAA) has concluded plans to resume the Johannesburg-Lagos route on December 12, 2021. The airline had been out of service for 18 months due to operational…
Strike: ASUU, FG Reach Truce As Reps Intervene
The Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government have reached a truce after the intervention by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The…
Buhari Is In Support Of Direct Primary, Says Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says President Muhammadu Buhari is in support of the direct primary which allows all card carrying members of political…
Bandits Using Walkie-Talkies To Beat Telecom Shutdown – Katsina Govt
The Katsina state government has said bandits have devised new strategies aimed at circumventing the impact of the Security Challenges Containment Order, by acquiring walkie-talkies.…
PHOTOS: Blinken, US secretary of state, meets with Buhari in Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari today hosted Antony Blinken, the United States secretary of state, at the presidential villa, Abuja. The US top diplomat’s motorcade drove into the…
Buhari breaks silence on #EndSARS panel report
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will await the steps taken by governors, before the federal government takes action on the reports of the judicial panels of enquiry set up by states.…
US Secretary Of State Arrives Aso Rock, Meets Buhari
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has arrived Abuja. He is currently holding a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari as part of his three-nation trips. The US scribe, who…
Eko Hospital dispute: Court bars Ekocorp Board from meeting
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday barred Ekocorp Plc and Goff Ohen Limited from holding any board meeting either by themselves or their agents pending the hearing and…
IPOB Members Chase Away Security Operatives, Hoist Flag In Cross River
Many young men, under the aegis of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), hoisted the flag of Biafra at the entry point into Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross…
Protest as Lagos police detain Iddo market leaders for resisting seizure of rice
Officials of the Denton Police Station, Ebute Metta, Lagos State have detained a rice seller and two market leaders for resisting a raid and seizure of bags of rice in a shop in the…
EXPLAINER: Prices are going up but inflation rate is dropping — what’s the magic?
On Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released its monthly inflation report for October. Since NBS released the report, Nigerians have queried if the data is a…
Less Than 3000 People Use Special Number Service In Nigeria – NCC
In the last 15 years of introducing Special Number Service (SNS) providers, there are less than 3,000 people using the service in the country, the Nigerian Communications…
Osun Election: PDP to Commence Sale of Forms November 22
Ahead of the July 16, 2022 Osun State governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to commence the sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination forms from…
Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyers kick, say DSS punishes detainees who interact with IPOB leader in custody
The Department of State Services punishes detainees who interact with the embattled leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, his…
FG hails US for removing Nigeria from Religious Freedom Blacklist
The Federal Government has hailed the United States for removing Nigeria from its list of countries with religious freedom concerns, calling the decision fair and just. In a…
Nigeria’s economy grows by 4.03% in Q3 2021 – NBS
Simon Harry, the statistician-general of the federation, has announced that the nation’s economy grew by 4.03 percent in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021). He said this on…
Strike: Railway Workers Turn Back Passengers, Cripple Operations Nationwide
Activities at train stations across the nation have been paralysed following the warning strike embarked upon by railway workers. The workers through their unions – the Senior…