Parrot Nigeria News

The Joint Union of the News Agency of Nigeria urged the federal government not to reappoint former Managing Director of the Agency, Bayo Onanuga, because reappointing him would inflict pain on the…

I love reading my friend Mallam El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. You may not always agree with him. You may not like his style. Some even think he talks too much. But here is a man who is…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Lagos State, on Monday said there was no riot by corps members at its orientation camp in Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos on Sunday. Mrs Joyce Madaki, NYSC Public…

British Airways owner IAG is facing a record of 230 million dollars fine for theft of data. The data theft was from 500,000 customers from its website in 2018 under tough new data protection…

US President Donald Trump on Monday launched a broadside against UK Prime Minister Theresa May and said the United States would "no longer deal" with the British ambassador to Washington after the diplomat's unflattering…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last month expended over $956 million to defend the nation’s currency, the Naira, at the various segments of the foreign exchange (forex) markets. This is in…

To address the funding challenges of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country, Fidelity Bank Plc in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is set to kick-start the SME funding connect…

Some lawmakers in the house of representatives have tackled the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for suspending Ndudi Elumelu, minority leader of the house. Addressing journalists on Monday, the…

Maikanti Baru, the outgoing group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says Ibrahim Magu, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), wants him to join his…

The Northern Youths Movement (NYM) has told President Muhammadu Buhari to be mindful of the use of the National Assembly to tarnish his image. The group noted that the role being played by the…

AN Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC) who appeared at Customs headquarters in Abuja yesterday in the uniform of a Deputy Comptroller General (DCG) is undergoing medical examination, it has…

Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says the supreme court ought to have addressed the validity of the Osun state governorship rerun election. Speaking with Daily…

The Nigeria Police Force on Monday in Abuja arraigned Senator Elisha Abbo before a magistrate's court in Zuba for allegedly assaulting a nursing woman in a sex toy shop in Abuja. The…

Some protesters on Monday led by Nigerian hip-pop star, Eedris Abdulkarim, stormed the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in Lagos, calling on the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, to…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has put everything in place, to ensure that Video Assistant Referees (VAR), is used from the quarter-finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The…

Nura Dahiru, an assistant superintendent of customs, on Monday promoted himself to the rank of deputy comptroller-general of Customs (DCG), claiming he was directed by President Muhammadu Buhari to assume…

Controversial Nigerian Journalist, Kemi Olunloyo revealed in her new post that a member of CAN has being begging her not to reveal the truth about Pastor Fatoyinbo and Busola Dakolo rape alleagation case…

Senior Magistrate Abdullahi Ilellah has granted bail to Senator Elisha Abbo in the sum of N5million and two sureties in like sum.The sureties must have verifiable addresses within the Federal Capital Territory.The case…

Peter Uzioma Obi, a witness presented by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar, its 2019 presidential candidate, says he was trained to transmit results of the 2019 presidential…

A woman was booted off an easyJet flight because her outfit was too low-cut. The stunned mum-of-two Harriet Osborne, 31, was told her partially see-through top was unsuitable as children were…

Several hours after the Bafana Bafana of South Africa ended the Pharaohs’ campaign in the on-going 2019 Afcon with a 1-0 defeat on Saturday, many Egyptians stayed rooted to their seats not…

In an advanced official inaugural speech cited by THE WHISTLER on Monday, the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kolo Kyari, has promised to…

World number one Ashleigh Barty was knocked out of Wimbledon on Monday, losing her fourth round tie against soon-to-be-wed Alison Riske of the United States.French Open champion Barty, bidding to become the first…

WITHOUT playing down the importance of other major expressways, the 126.6-kilometre Lagos – Ibadan Expressway is easily the most important trunk road in Nigeria.The reasons for this are not farfetched. It is the main…