Currency in circulation increases by N240 billion in one month
The currency in circulation increased by N240 billion between November and December 2019. This was stated in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Money…
Bello appoint first female ADC to a sitting Governor
Kogi state Governor Yaya Bello yesterday appointed Miss Iwanger Ifeoma Akaya as the first female ADC to a seating Governor in Nigeria. Miss Ify as popularly known is a…
OAU hands over lecturer to police for sexually harassing student
The Management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, on Wednesday announced the suspension of one Monday Omo-Etan, a lecturer for assaulting a 19-year-old student. The…
Pre-Wedding Photos Of NYSC Corps Members Set To Get Married After Meeting In NYSC Camp In Kano
Two serving corps members identified as Mohammed Alhaji-Musa and Hauwa Yahaya-Bagudu are set to get married on Friday February 7, after meeting in…
Makinde seeks out-of-court settlement with sacked chairmen
Array of hope of a peaceful and amicable resolution shone yesterday on the crisis rocking local government administration in Oyo State, as Governor…
‘I’m proud as first Nigerian to play for Manchester United’ – Ighalo
Manchester United new boy Odion Ighalo has explained the circumstances behind his dramatic deadline-day loan move to Old Trafford. The Nigerian discussed what it means for him to sign for his boyhood idols in an exclusive…
Nigerians to be barred from owning more than three SIM cards
THE Federal Government on Wednesday directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to review SIM card registration and usage to disallow any Nigerian…
Ihedioha asks supreme court to sack Uzodinma
Emeka Ihedioha, former governor of Imo, has asked the supreme court to sack Hope Uzodinma, his successor. Ihedioha had lost his seat on January 14 when the apex court affirmed Uzodinma as the duly elected governor of the state and…
‘It was a street show’ — NSCIA taunts CAN over protest led by Adeboye
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has described as a street show, the protests some Christian leaders held in different parts…
Nine Internet fraudsters arrested with exotic cars in Lagos
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, have arrested nine suspected Internet fraudsters in Lagos. The…
Prince Edward visits Sanwo-Olu in Lagos
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, paid a courtesy call on Lagos State…
No surprise, Donald Trump acquitted as predicted
The historic impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump has come to an anticlimactic end, with Republican senators behaving true to expectation by acquitting and discharging Donald of the two-count impeachment…
Ivory seizes $40m cocaine
Ivory Coast’s navy has seized a record amount of cocaine plastic-wrapped in small bundles bearing the tattered logos of French fashion house Louis Vuitton and Pacena Black, a dark beer from…
Trump shredded the truth, I shredded his speech – Pelosi
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has explained to her party caucus why she ripped a copy of President Donald Trump’s speech after his State of the Union address…
BREAKING: Ansaru militants open fire on police helicopter in Kaduna, lose ‘250’ fighters’
Gunmen opened fire on a police helicopter which raided a camp of the Ansaru militant group in Kaduna state on Wednesday. Frank Mba, police spokesman, disclosed this in a…
‘We won’t post corps members to employers without accommodation’ – NYSC
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)has said that the challenges faced by corps members to secure decent and well-fortified accommodation in their various places of primary assignment has informed the…
Senate, IGP agree on modalities for Amotekun, others
The Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Operation Amotekun got a major boost on Wednesday as the Senate and the Inspector General of…
Fish importation to stop in 2022 – FG
Fish importation will stop in 2020, the Federal Government has assured. It said it would encourage local fish production to achieve this.The Minister of Agriculture and…
Plane makes emergency landing after passenger joked about having coronavirus
Potok Philippe, a Canadian Instagrammer, has been arrested after causing an emergency landing in a Toronto-Jamaica flight with his coronavirus stunt. There’s been…
North launches own security outfit ‘SHEGE KA FASA’
Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has unveiled Northern Regional Security Initiative “SHEGE KA FASA” for ratification by the northern governors as part of measures to…
Lesotho’s first lady charged with murder
The first lady of Lesotho was charged with murder and remanded on Wednesday over the fatal shooting of her husband’s previous wife in 2017. Maesaiah Thabane, who was married to Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, had been in…
Baby diagnosed with coronavirus 30 hours after birth
A baby in China’s epidemic-hit Wuhan city has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus just 30 hours after being born, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. The infant is…
Home of Horror: Man chains his two wives, tortures them
Samaila and the victims. The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Samaila Musa, 30, for chaining and brutalising his two wives for months. The…
U.S Visa Ban: Eritrea says it’s unacceptable
Eritrea’s Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh Mohammed denounced the U.S. ban on immigrant visas for its citizens as “unacceptable”. Nigeria and Eritrea were among…