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N27.5 trillion budget proposal too small to meet Nigeria’s economic obligations – Budget…
Ben Akabueze, the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, has said that the proposed N27.5 trillion budget for 2024 awaiting approval in the National Assembly is deemed “too small” to adequately…
Criminals using fake presidential number plates to deliver smuggled vehicles – Customs
According to Wada, they have also been dubiously using such fake number plates belonging to various state and local governments, MDAs, Emirate Councils, and other governmental institutions. Wada disclosed this when he…
We recovered 2,055 unexploded explosives from Ikeja Cantonment — COAS
Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday, disclosed that 2,055 unexploded explosive ordnances were recovered from the 2002 bomb blast site in the Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos, at the end of its clearance…
IVF: Nigerian youths sell gametes for survival
.Students considered hot cake To survive the harsh economy, Nigerian youths have resorted to selling their male…
Akeredolu’s health: Court orders Ondo Assembly, Speaker to appoint medical panel
AN Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, yesterday, granted leave to applicants in a suit, seeking an Order of Mandamus to compel the House of Assembly and the Speaker to constitute a medical panel to assess…
Sanwo-Olu appoints another Special Adviser on Infrastructure
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, appointed and sworn in another Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure, Olufemi Daramola, months after…
Opay, Palmpay, other non-deposit financial institutions to be taken down from fund transfer channels
According to a circular from the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), banks in Nigeria have been directed to take down every non-deposit taking financial institution from their NIP fund transfer…
Customs federal operation unit intercepts N873m vehicles
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja said it intercepted 13 units of imported vehicles, nine trailer loads of foreign rice, and 18,100 litres of premium motor spirit worth N873m. The…
JUST IN: NUPENG Ex-Scribe, Frank Kokori, Dies On 80th Birthday
The former Secretary General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, is dead. Chief Kokori…
Details of Meeting Between Tinubu and Beninese President Talon Emerge
The president of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, on Wednesday evening, visited his Nigerian counterpart, President Bola Tinubu, at the State House in…
DSS raid on my home caught me unawares – Sunday Igboho
Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, speaks about the July 1, 2021 midnight invasion of his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services and the future of…
Gunmen stole Kogi guber petitions, tribunal secretary says
Secretary to the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, David Mike, has said that gunmen carted away petitions of four parties…
Oshiomhole flays NLC for poor negotiation skills
NASU, SSANU deny receiving withheld salaries Negotiation skills of the labour movement have progressively been on the…
Akeredolu must transmit power to deputy, Ondo PDP insists
The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State chapter, has reiterated the need for the doctrine of necessity to be activated over the continued…
‘Rape’: Medical Director Asks Appeal Court To Quash Life Imprisonment Sentence
The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside his conviction by the lower court over alleged rape of minor. Olaleye, in a notice of appeal filed by…
Senate draws battle line with NNPC GCEO, Kyari, issues 24-hour ultimatum to appear
The senate has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, to appear before it for 2024 budget defence. This was made…
NJC recommends appointment of 11 new Supreme Court Justices
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 11 justices to the Supreme Court. This disclosure is contained in a press statement issued by the NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, on Wednesday,…
Wole Soyinka Loses 90-Year-Old Sister
The funeral for late Tinuola Aina, the 90-year-old sister of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, will begin in Lagos on Thursday with a service of song. Aina died on November 7, 2023, according to a statement by her family.…
“I live in my private residence,” Gbajabiamila counters N10 billion residence renovation claim
The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila has countered the claim that the sum of N10 billion was allocated for the renovation of his residence, adding that such publication is from merchants of fake news.…
Third Republic lawmakers demand payment of unpaid salaries, allowances
Former lawmakers elected in the botched Third Republic on Wednesday demanded the immediate payment of their unpaid salaries and allowances. Leading a delegation of the Third Republic Forum to present an award of selfless…
State House budgets N9.5bn for SUVs, car tyres, others
The State House has earmarked N9.5bn for the purchase of tyres for bulletproof vehicles, Sport Utility Vehicles, operational vehicles, plain cars and the construction of an office complex for Special Advisers and Senior…
I was in Kuje prison for official work, not to visit Emefiele – Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has denied news in circulation that he was at Kuje prison to visit embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Speaking with Vanguard on behalf of the monarch on…
‘Everything about Tinubu shows he’s only interested in Nigeria’s money not security” – Northern…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has lamented that Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu’s words, deeds and body language have obviously proved that he is not interested in the security of Nigerians and Nigeria as a country. Prof Usman Yusuf, a…
JUST IN: Relief for Civil Servants as Federal Government Releases Withheld Salaries
Civil servants who were initially denied their November salaries due to technical glitches and discrepancies in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) have begun…