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Army renames Ikeja Cantonment to honour Gen. Lagbaja
The Nigerian Army, yesterday, honoured the late Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja by renaming the Cantonment after him. The popular Ikeja Cantonment is now to be known as T.A.…
Why exchange rate, not interest rate, may be CBN’s best tool against inflation
The excessive use of mathematics in economics has often been criticised as akin to killing an ant with a…
State creation: Concern as Remo committee insists on Sagamu as capital
A new dimension has crept into the clamour for the creation of Ijebu State from the old Ijebu Province, with Remo Committee submitting its report to the Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde…
Mass deportation: Nigerian migrants in America live inanxiety, confusion
In the build-up to the last general election in the United States of America (U.S), Donald, a resident who interestingly shares…
Afenifere kicks over Oba Olaitan’s status as acting leader
• Urges Osun Governor To Caution Monarch The Afenifere United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) chapters have frowned at the…
Senator Kingibe slams Natasha for accusing Akpabio of sexual harassment
The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has said that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has enjoyed more privileges than any…
23 Days After, Gen Tsiga Remains In Captivity
It is exactly 23 days since armed bandits invaded Tsiga town in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State and abducted Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga (retd) and nine others. Tsiga, a former…
Fuel Scarcity Loom As Ban On 60,000-Litre Trucks Begins Today
There are fears of job losses and scarcity of premium motor spirit as the ban on 60,000-litre fuel takes effect today, Weekend Trust can report. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory…
Lagos speaker: Battle shifts to court as Assembly, Obasa face-off defies resolution
There is no end in sight to the leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly as the 35 lawmakers who removed Mudashiru Obasa as speaker insisted that the embattled lawmaker would not be reinstated.…
BREAKING: Crescent moon sighted in Saudi Arabia, Ramadan begins on March 1
Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that the holy month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday, March 1, following the sighting of the Ramadan crescent moon in the Kingdom. The month of Ramadan is the ninth of the 12…
No local catering, no summer flights – Keyamo tells Foreign Airlines
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, Friday, directed foreign airlines to either partner with local caterers or lose their summer schedule. In October 2024, Keyamo ordered all foreign…
JUST IN: My husband is a disciplined man — Natasha Akpoti telling lies, says Akpabio’s wife
The wife of the Senate President, Unoma Akpabio, has accused Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of maligning her husband following sexual allegations made by the…
BREAKING: Tinubu signs N54.9trn 2025 budget into law
President Bola Tinubu has signed the N54.99 trillion 2025 appropriation bill into law, marking a 99.96 percent increase from the 2024 budget of N27.5 trillion. The bill was approved by the national assembly on February…
BREAKING: Fubara Deserves Impeachment – Wike reacts to Supreme Court Judgement
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, deserves to be…
Again, Obasa besieges Lagos Assembly—Meranda calls it ‘a show of shame’
…As Legislative Staff Vacate Offices At about 12 noon on Friday, February 28, ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa once again stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly complex, accompanied by a group of touts who forcefully took…
BREAKING: Supreme Court Sacks Rivers Local Government Chairmen
The local government election conducted on the 5th of October 2024 by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has been declared invalid by the Supreme Court. In a judgment delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, the…
S’court affirms judgment stopping allocations to Rivers, reinstates Amaewhule-led assembly
The supreme court has affirmed the judgment of a federal high court that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the…
FLASHBACK: How Ex-NDDC MD Accused Akpabio Of Sexual Harassment In 2020
Senate President Godswill Akpabio is back in the news for yet another controversy on sexual harassment. For some weeks, Nigeria’s number three citizen has been having a running battle with Senator Natasha…
BREAKING: Court orders all members of Lagos Assembly to be joined in impeached Speaker Obasa’s suit
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that all members of the Lagos House of Assembly be joined as parties in the…
Anambra native doctors compile names of fake pastors, threaten to expose them
Native doctors in Anambra State say they have started…
BREAKING: 35 Lagos lawmakers arrive High Court over Obasa’s removal
Thirty-five lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly in favour of Mudashiru Obasa’s removal as Speaker have arrived the Lagos State High Court for the hearing of a matter brought by the latter. Recall that…
Lagos Assembly crisis: Tinubu’s silence, tacit endorsement of anti-democratic maneuvers — Atiku
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Tinubu for his silence on the ongoing crisis in the Lagos State House of…
Band B Customers Not Paying Enough For Electricity — Minister
There are indications that electricity consumers on Band B may soon pay more as the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu stated that they are not paying enough for the electricity they receive. The minister who was…
Bandits Kill 9 Farmers, Kidnap Six In Fresh Niger Attack
Nine farmers lost their lives in an attack by armed bandits on Karaga village, Bassa Ward, in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. Residents told Daily Trust that the assailants stormed the…