‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’, Ex-Statistician-General Faults NBS Unemployment Data
A former Statistician-General of Federation/Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr. Yemi Kale, has criticised the methodology used in calculating Nigeria’s unemployment rate from 20…
Kogi Governorship Election Results To Be Transmitted To Server From Polling Units – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Kogi State November 11 governorship results will be transmitted electronically directly from polling units to its server. The Resident Electoral…
President Putin Won’t Attend Wagner Leader, Prigozhin’s Funeral – Russian Government
President Vladimir Putin of Russia will not attend the funeral for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary chief who launched a failed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership and and died in a plane crash last week, the…
Trump trial set for March 4, 2024, in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election
Trump trial set for March 4, 2024, in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election Donald Trump will go on trial in the federal case in Washington on March 4, 2024, Washington Ap reported. The…
‘Tribunal will declare Peter Obi president’ – Labour Party
The national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has predicted that Peter Obi will be declared Nigeria’s president by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) soon. Abure said this to some…
Obaseki, Please, Grow Up!
By olawale olaleye In truth, the physiognomy of a man should not be the yardstick for his intelligence. There are…
‘We must make sacrifices’ – Wike reintroduces monthly sanitation in Abuja
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has reintroduced monthly sanitation as part of strategies to keep the city clean. Wike stated this in Abuja on Monday, August 28, after a closed-door…
Nigerian Police Arrest Over 100 Men for Attending Gay Wedding Ceremony
The Delta State Police Command has arrested over 100 suspected gay men who were reportedly holding a wedding ceremony in a hotel in the state. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the Police in Delta State, in a tweet Tuesday…
‘Target politicians’ – Popular Catholic priest advises internet fraudsters
Popular Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev Fr Chinenye Oluoma, has advised youths who are into fraudulent activities on the internet, popularly known as yahoo-yahoo, to make politicians their prime target. In a video posted…
Lagos Directs Schools To Resume 2023/2024 Academic Year On September 4
Lagos State Government has directed all schools below the Tertiary Level to resume on Monday, 4th September, 2023, in compliance with the…
Ganduje Mocks Kwankwaso Over FCT Ministerial Snub
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has come under fire from the national chairman of the ruling All…
Abuja-Kaduna Train: NRC MD to face disciplinary actions over operations
…as Transport Minister vows to address railway issues In a stunning twist, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr. Fidet Okhiria, is set to face disciplinary actions following…
Work with Law Enforcement Agencies to Curb Corrupt Practices – ICPC Boss Advises NBA, Lawyers
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, OFR, has called on legal practitioners and members…
Registrars indicted over unclaimed dividends as figure rises by 94% in 24 years
Shareholders have lamented the rising unclaimed dividends in the capital market currently put at N190 billion, stating that unless the…
Bilateral currency swap agreement with China up, running – CBN
Contrary to reports that the currency swap agreement with China has expired, the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday, disclosed…
No NYSC law stops corps members from becoming minister, but… — Source
The Minister of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has been embroiled in a controversy surrounding her dual roles as a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and a federal minister.…
Foreign inflow into stocks falls to pre-Tinubu levels
Foreign investment in Nigerian stocks fell last month to its lowest level since President Bola Tinubu’s reforms that sparked…
I Won’t Beg For My Freedom – Nnamdi Kanu
Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has told the Federal Government that he will not beg for his release after being cleared…
My church now changes planes like bicycles – Bishop Oyedepo
Bishop David Oyedepo, presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide has said that his church is now changing planes like bicycles because of God’s blessings. Oyedepo, in one of his sermons, said when God first…
Rejected 17 nominees: We can’t be Intimidated, says defiant Lagos Assembly
The Lagos house of assembly has cleared the air over its refusal to confirm 17 commissioner nominees recommended by , governor of the state. On August 23, the state house of assembly to confirm 17 out of 39 commissioner nominees…
We’ve not fixed date for presidential election judgment, says PEPC
The Presidential Elections Petition Court (PEPC) has debunked reports that it fixed September 16 to deliver judgment on petitions challenging the…
Spanish football’s regional bosses call on Luis Rubiales to resign
The regional heads of Spanish football have become the latest group to call for the resignation of Luis Rubiales from his role as president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF). Rubiales is under fire for his…
Tinubu Gives Ministers Targets To Revive Economy
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to achieve the targets of reviving the economy to make life more…
Uganda charges 20 year-old man with ‘aggravated homosexuality’
A 20-year-old Ugandan has become the first man to be charged with “aggravated homosexuality”, an offence punishable by death under the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law. He was charged on Aug. 18 with aggravated…