Zainab Ahmed: FG to raise VAT to 7.5% by 2020
Zainab Ahmed, the former minister of finance, says the government has plans to raise value-added tax to 7.5% by 2020 from the present 5%. The former minister made this known on Tuesday while…
Aaron Wan-Bissaka: Man Utd reach agreement with Crystal Palace to sign defender
Manchester United have reached an agreement with Crystal Palace to sign right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka. The deal is worth £50m and the 21-year-old Englishman is likely to travel for a medical imminently before…
Arms, Ammunition: Ogun police boss opens up on ex-governor Amosun
Ogun State Police Commissioner (CP) Basir Makama on Tuesday evening denied receiving 1,000 AK47 rifles and four million ammunition from former Governor Ibikunle Amosun. Makama explained that…
My monthly salary is N750,000 – Senate President
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan says his monthly salary is N750,000 and that there was nothing like jumbo salary for National Assembly members as being speculated in some quarters.…
Nigerian Man, Osabuohien Ehigiator Leads Other Mafia Gang To Take Over The Streets Of Italy
Osabuohien Ehigiator, a Nigerian Mafia boss arrested in Palermo In a country that has fought for decades to weaken its homegrown mafia, a foreign crime group is gathering strength. The…
Finance Ministry to sell recovered assets
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Ministry of Finance to sell all recovered and liability-free assets in six months. Some politicians and former government officials had their assets…
Man sells 3-day-old son for N150,000 in Anambra
A 27-year-old man, Mr. Chukwuma Enemuo, who allegedly conspired with one Obi Chidubem to sell his three-day-old baby for N150000, has been arrested by men of Anambra State Police Command.It was gathered that Enemuo and…
Ahmed Lawan, Festus Adedayo and the APC Mob
Senator Ahmed Lawan is the incumbent Senate President of Nigeria, having won the election into that office, 79 -28, beating his rival, Senator Ali Ndume of the same ruling All Progressives…
Chrisland’s supervisor sent to Kirikiri prisons as court revokes bail
Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday revoked the bail of Chrisland School Supervisor, Adegboyega Adenekan, who is standing trial for allegedly…
Trump says he has no ‘exit strategy’ if US goes to war with Iran
Donald Trump has claimed he has no “exit strategy” if the US goes to war with Iran, the latest sabre-rattling from the US president as tensions between the two countries refused to cool. On a…
David Silva confirms he will leave Man City after next season
David Silva will leave Manchester City at the end of the season after deciding to call time on a glittering 10-year career at the Etihad. The midfielder is heading into his 10th season with the Premier…
60 parties back INEC in server dispute
No fewer than 60 political parties are defending the integrity of the last general elections amid a dispute over the electoral umpire’s “server”. The Joint Forum of Presidential candidates and…
Nigeria on the verge of bankruptcy, says Sanusi
Muhammad Sanusi, emir of Kano, says Nigeria is on the verge of bankruptcy following “unfavourable economic policies”. Speaking at a workshop the office of the accountant-general of the federation organised at government…
BVN links Owerri hotel to GM of Petroleum Equalisation Fund
Goddy Nnadi, the general manager (corporate services) at the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (Management) Board, is running a private business against civil service rules and regulations, TheCable can…
Multichoice Sets Stringent Rules In Relation To This Year’s Big Brother Naija
Multichoice sets stringent rules in relation to this year's #BigBrotherNaija
It’s a lie, we didn’t re-introduce monthly Environmental Sanitation – LASG
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday debunked rumours making the rounds on the airwaves and social media that it has re-introduced the monthly environmental sanitation exercise and vehicular restriction,…
NCAA investigates helicopter’s highway landing
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said on Tuesday that is has begun investigation into the circumstances that forced an helicopter belong to Tropical Arctic Logistics Limited to initiate an…
Empire star, Jussie Smollett found with noose around his neck
New footage showing actor, Jussie Smollett with a noose around his neck, has been released by the Chicago Police. The police on Monday, released nearly 70 hours of video footages, including bodycam…
Béninoise cook bags life imprisonment for killing Credit Switch boss
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced a Béninoise cook, Sunday Adefonou Anani, to life imprisonment for the October 31 2018 murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Switch Ltd, Ope…
Nigerian Embassy In Uk To Start Mailing Passports To Applicants Following Attack On Embassy
Weeks after a Nigerian man destroyed vehicles at the Nigeria High Commission in London, the Commission has decided that passports will be mailed to applicants as against coming to the commission for collection.
Super Eagles players protest unpaid allowances
Super Eagles players boycotted Tuesday’s pre-match conference and could boycott Tuesday evening’s training. Nigeria’s preparation for Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tie with Guinea suffered a…
Internet Fraudster forfeits N230.6m to FG
Justice Saliu Sai’du of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of N210, 287, 697.45; N5, 320, 373.40; N15, 008,809.79 and $80.59 belonging to one…
Buhari to issue executive order on State legislature, judiciary autonomy
The Presidential Committee on the Implementation of autonomy of State legislature and State judiciary on Tuesday submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.…
Tribunal did NOT reject my request to inspect INEC server – Atiku
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the presidential election tribunal did not reject his request to inspect the server of the Independent National…