Ogun LG boss slams residents’ ultimatum on allocation
Residents of the Ijebu Ode Local Government Area in Ogun State were greeted by a series of notices demanding answers from the local government’s Chairman, Babatunde Emilola-Gazal, regarding the utilisation of federal…
Passenger stranded as foreign airlines delay, cancel flights at MMIA
International passengers departing Nigeria were on Wednesday and Thursday stranded in Lagos, Cairo, Doha, London and other destinations after baggage belt failures at the new terminal of the Murtala Muhammed…
NNPCL Not Against Sale Of Shares Of Agip Oil Company To Oando Plc
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday faulted some reports published by…
Customs Boss Raises Alarm Over Increase In Smuggling Despite Border Closure
The Acting Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has said that information at his disposal shows that there is an increase in smuggling of rice and illicit drugs across some…
BREAKING: Lagos Assembly Confirms Governor’s Nominees, Rejects Odusote, Egube
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed the second batch of nominees sent by Governor Babajide…
Agip did not get our consent to sell assets to Oando – NNPC
NNPC Limited has disclosed that Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) did not obtain its consent before announcing a deal to sell onshore oil assets to Oando PLC. Nairametrics reported that Oando Plc had entered an…
Supreme Court decriminalises abortion in Mexico
Mexico’s highest court has ruled to decriminalise abortion nationwide after establishing that previous laws prohibiting it are unconstitutional and was in violation of women’s rights. The Supreme Court of Justice…
Time for them to have sense, embrace Tinubu’s govt — Keyamo
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu “for this judicial vindication”, and hit out at the opposition, urging them to “have sense” and embrace…
Natasha Akpoti: Kogi senator Ohere vows to appeal tribunal judgement
Senator Abubakar Ohere, representing Kogi Central, has said he received the Tribunal judgement that nullified his election with a great shock and vowed to head to the appeal court. He said he was worried about how the…
My rivalry with Messi is over, says Ronaldo
Al Nassr and Portuguese forward, Cristiano Ronaldo said the rivalry with Argentine and Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi is over and fans do not have to ‘hate one and like the other.’ The 38-year-old said the ‘battle’…
Gabon junta frees ousted president Ali Bongo
Gabon’s military coup leaders have freed the deposed President Ali Bongo and allowed him to travel abroad for medical reasons. The junta spokesperson, Col. Ulrich Manfoumbi made this known in state television on…
Tribunal: Atiku denies congratulating Tinubu, says won’t validate mandate banditry
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has issued a disclaimer of a statement purporting that he has congratulated President Bola Tinubu, over the…
EXPLAINER: What Nigerians need to know about UK’s new electronic travel authorisation
The United Kingdom (UK) is introducing a new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for people visiting or transiting through the country from November 15, 2023. The first thing Nigerians need to know about this…
4th Mainland Bridge: Lagos secures approval for environmental, social impact assessment
After months of uncertainty, there are indications that Lagos State government has tidied up all the loose ends towards the flag-off of…
Tribunal Verdict: Afenifere Leader, Fasoranti Congratulates Tinubu, Says ‘It Deepens Democracy’
…enjoins President Tinubu to enhance the welfare of Nigerians, industrialize the country The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organization, Afenifere on…
Drama as two Rectors resume duty at Osun Poly campus
There was mild drama on Thursday at the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, as two Rectors resumed duty in the institution’s campus. The institution had been in crisis recently following the suspension of the Rector, Dr…
Seyi Tinubu Reacts To PEPT Judgment Upholding Father’s Victory
President Bola Tinubu’s first son, Seyi Tinubu on Thursday congratulated his father on winning the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal…
Peter Obi will never be president as long as I live — Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri, a former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has vowed that he will never be alive and watch Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of…
Road projects: FG stops payments to contractors in South-East
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi on Wednesday stopped some road construction in the Southeast pending the review of the existing and additional contracts. Umahi gave the directive on Thursday in Enugu during…
Police arrest 10 suspects over FUOYE student’s death
The Ekiti State Police Command, on Thursday, said it had arrested 10 suspects in connection to the death of a student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Modupe Deborah. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP…
Police arrest UNILAG lecturer accused of raping 20-yr-old student
The Police in Lagos have ordered the arrest of a University of Lagos, UNILAG, lecturer accused of raping a 20-year-old student of the institution. The arrest warrant was issued by the Commissioner of Police, Idowu…
Tribunal judgement: ‘I didn’t expect justice ’—Charly Boy
Entertainer and activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy has said that he wasn’t expecting justice from the Presidential Election…
Al Pacino, 83, Girlfriend, 29, separate three months after welcoming Son
Hollywood actor, Al Pacino, 83, and girlfriend Noor Alfallah, 29, have separated just months after welcoming their first child together, Daily Mail…
Governors and LG funds: A lie everybody pretends not to see
Local Government chairmen are suffering in very pitiful silence and everybody, including the President, knows that it is…