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31 states can’t survive without federal allocation The report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on 36 states’ Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has unmasked the financial strength of states, putting them in three…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the national executive committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider reversing the tenure extension of the party’s national working committee (NWC) led by John Oyegun, chairman…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had seized 159 million tablets of Tramadol at Apapa Port in Lagos. Director, Technical Services of the agency, Mr Femi Oloruntoba, made this known at a public hearing…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that it will carry out an annual maintenance of its equipment at the Itire 132KV Transmission Sub-station in Lagos today (Tuesday) for four hours. The TCN said in a statement that…

Calangute Police in North Goa, India have arrested one Nigerian National for allegedly drugs worth Rs 1.5 lakh. According to Calangute Police Station In-charge Police Inspector Jiva Dalvi, information was received about a Nigerian National…

Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has uncovered a suspected ritual killers’ den at the Aleyo settlement on Ojoko Road, in the Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr.…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is sorry for the “mistakes” it made while governing the country. Uche Secondus, national chairman of the party, said this on Monday at an event in Abuja. The PDP governed Nigeria for 16…

The Lagos State Governor, His Excellency Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will this June be celebrated through song and dance in the massively anticipated Stage Play Isale Eko. According to the Executive Producer of the Play, Joseph Edgar who is…

Nigeria’s Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has threatened to sue electricity firms in the country, should they keep over-charging their customers through estimated bills, even without supplying adequate electricity to them. The…

Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited in Kogi state Nigeria, the second largest in Africa and 12th largest iron ore in the world has not only been under lock and key, but has remained a big centre for massive looting and wastage of the…

The founder of the infamous MMM financial pyramid schemes, Sergey Mavrodi, died of a heart attack on Monday, March 26, 2018, at the age of 62. The former deputy of the State Duma died in the Russian capital, Moscow, after he felt…

More evidence of corrupt practices by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration may be tendered following a challenge by the former leader, it was learnt yesterday. Federal Government sources said although there was no…

The Ministry of Defence said on Monday that it had received reports from Nigerians on the misconduct of soldiers as regards the farmers and herdsmen’s clashes and had put such soldiers through “disciplinary procedures.”The ministry…

The Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,  Mr.  Bill Gates, again on Monday criticised the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.Gates, in an interview with the CNN, said that the Federal Government’s…

The United Nations has said it has approved the use of Indian hemp for medical purposes, urging Nigeria to relax laws restricting usage to allow its prescription for Nigerians. The UN also decried criminalisation of hard drugs’ use,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday led other top government officials elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress to a meeting of the party’s national caucus. The meeting was held at the new Banquet Hall of the…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, today received the family of late activist Martin Luther King Jnr in Abuja, during the conferment of The First Black History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership Award…

From April 7, 2018, Daystar Christian Centre will begin Saturday worship service at PLOT A3C Ikosi Road, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos. The church announced this in a statement signed by Kenny Folarin, chief operating officer at Daystar…

A court in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted N10 million bail to Kayode Odukoya, managing director of First Nation Airlines. Odukoya had earlier pleaded not guilty to fraud and a N1.7 billion theft allegation against him by the Economic and…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the instrument of ratification of a Memorandum of Understanding among Nigeria, Switzerland and the International Development Association that will lead to the repatriation of…

Following reports of the death of Sergey Mavrodi on Monday, Nigerians have gone on Twitter to mock his passing, saying he cannot just scam Nigerians and live. The MMM founder reportedly died of heart attack after he was admitted to a…

The governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, has asked Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, to leave him out of his ordeal with the police. Melaye had accused the governor of working with the police to destroy him. Reacting…

Sergey Mavrodi, the founder of MMM, a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time, is dead. According to a report by Moskovsky Komsomolets, the founder of the MMM series of financial pyramid…

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said on Sunday that the federal government has no ulterior motive behind the letter she sent to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on cash assets…