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...34 states record N1.6trn surplus in 2024– W’Bank The complete removal of petrol subsidies in October 2024…

Balogun Adewale Akanji, popularly known as Barry Showkey, is set to make a grand return to the music scene with his much-anticipated single…

…Urges FG to recalibrate its security architecture RESEARCH experts from Nextier SPD have reported that over 100 military personnel and 200 civilians were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria within five…

The political terrain in Kebbi State experienced a dramatic shake-up on Tuesday as all three senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) officially dumped the opposition party and returned to…

In a decisive plenary session on Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted against several high-profile constitutional amendment bills, including one that sought to strip the Independent National Electoral Commission…

Bolaji Bolarinwa, a Nigerian woman based in the United States, has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for forcing two Nigerian women into domestic servitude, in a case that has drawn condemnation from US…

Motorists in Ijora, Apapa and environs have been advised to plan their movement and seek alternative routes as the federal government has announced that it will close Ijora Bridge, starting from Sunday, May 18,…

— Additional Executive Directors to be Appointed for Regional Commissions The Nigerian Senate has successfully amended the Acts establishing the South South, South West, and North Central Development…

… Targets massive remittances  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), has officially launched the Non-Resident Bank Verification Number…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged to remain focused on driving Nigeria’s development and maintaining national unity, stating that he would not be distracted from doing what is right for the country. Tinubu…

Oil marketers have declared that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and others in Nigeria may raise the pump price of petrol to N1,500 per litre once there is an outright ban on fuel importation. While the National…

The World Bank has faulted the Federal Government’s conditional cash transfer programme, stating that the initiative failed to reach millions of Nigerians in need of urgent economic relief, as only 37 per cent of the…

The Director-General of the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau, Alex Badeh, has said that the United States National Transportation Safety Board shared the report of the helicopter crash that claimed the life…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced remarkable progress in the ongoing airlift of Nigerian pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. A statement by NAHCON’s Assistant Director,…

Women from the Bille community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State staged a protest on Monday at the Government House in Port Harcourt over the abduction of eight students travelling to write the…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to deploy gunboats to urgently rescue 18 passengers abducted by sea pirates along the Bile and Bonny waterways in…

Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday said he and Lamido would not have tolerated the current state of affairs in Nigeria if they were still serving as governors. Amaechi, who chaired the Nigeria…

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have launched coordinated attacks on three military bases in Rann, Gajiram and Dikwa in Borno State, killing at least four soldiers. Security and local sources confirmed that…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Fred Ajudua, a Lagos-based socialite and businessman, in connection with an alleged $1.43 million fraud. The arrest took place in Abuja on Tuesday,…

Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has called on President Bola Tinubu to settle the ₦45 billion debt owed to the late Chief MKO Abiola by the Nigerian government. Lamido made this appeal during the…

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works and other ministers are heading to an International Press Conference in London, the United Kingdom, where they will present…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ose Local Government Area of the state, Nelson Adepoyigi. Adepoyigi, who is the chairman of APC in Ifon Ward 5 in…

The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to provide for rotation of the offices of the president and vice president among the six geopolitical zones of the country. The bill…

Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have mounted roadblocks on the road leading to the All Progressive Congress (APC) state secretariat on Acme Road in an attempt to restore peace. Since Monday, protesters have been…