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The Country Director of World Bank, Dr. Shubham Chaudhuri, has applauded President Bola Tinubu’s policies on subsidy removal and the subsequent palliative measures announced to cushion the effects. Chaudhury said…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his anguish over the death of several soldiers who were killed in an ambush and a subsequent helicopter crash in Niger State. Buhari, in a statement Saturday by…

Former Military Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), led a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Niger in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution with…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan leaves Abuja for Harare on Saturday to observe Zimbabwe’s general elections, scheduled for August 23. Mr Jonathan would lead a joint observer mission of the Africa Union (AU) and…

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After days of dithering procrastination, President Bola Tinubu last Wednesday finally assigned portfolios to the 45…

A group known as the Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPDN) says some senators and people outside the parliament are working to portray Senate President Godswill Akpabio as “incompetent”.…

Sakiru Ambali, a 45-year-old Nigerian man, has been arraigned before a US district court over allegations of wire fraud. Ambali was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, as he travelled to Canada from Nigeria,…

Olalekan Balogun, Olubadan of Ibadan, has supended Olawale Oladoja, Mogaji of Akinsola village, over land grabbing issues.  The suspension was announced on Friday after an emergency meeting attended by members of…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced operational mechanism for the Bureau De Change segment of the market to trade foreign currencies at similar rates obtainable on the Investor & Exporter forex window. It…

The Founder of Stanbic IBTC and Anap Foundation, Atedo Peterside, on Friday, backed the “All Eyes on the Judiciary” phrase. Peterside said the phrase should not be offensive to a ‘right-thinking person.’ Peterside…

The Lagos State Government has declared Monday, August 21 as a public holiday for public servants in the state in honour of…

The poor provision of basic infrastructure amenities has led to a shortage of affordable housing supply that has continued to widen the housing deficit in Lagos State, a report by Proptech company, BuyLetlive, has…

Academics and stakeholders have warned that the Economic Community of West African States may cease to exist as a body if it fails to restore democratic rule in the Republic of Niger. This is as they drummed support for…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has described the Federal Government’s N5 billion fuel subsidy removal palliatives as diversionary and wasteful. Falana disclosed this on Friday during an…

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must…

The creation of the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy is a novel development in the annals of Nigeria’s political development since 1960 when Nigeria…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Abbas Umar Masanawa, the chief executive officer of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), for his alleged role in the…

President Bola Tinubu has warned there will be “grave consequences” if Niger’s military regime allows ousted President Mohamed Bazoum’s health to worsen under house arrest. During a call to European Union (EU)’s…

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has clarified that no additional charges are added to the previously increased tuition fees. The institution, in July, increased its fees from N19,000 to N190,250 for students studying…

At least 500,000 troops have been killed since the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out in 2022, U.S. officials have revealed. The officials, who spoke to New York Times, estimated Russia’s military…

The Oyo state government on Friday directed all the immediate-past political appointees to return all official vehicles allocated to them on or before Aug. 25. The secretary to the state government (SSG), Olanike…

The UN High Commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, on Friday, called for Niger’s democratically elected officials to be released at once following their detention in the July coup. Mr Türk, in a statement, urged…

Elon Musk, the owner of the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, has hinted that the block feature on the social media platform will be a thing of the past soon. Mr Musk, while replying to a user on his…