BREAKING: FG Drops All Charges Against Binance Executive Gambaryan
The federal government has dropped all charges against Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance Holdings executive who has been detained since April and facing trial for…
Denying Igbo Presidency Over Secession Attempts Is Unfair – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that denying the Igbo people the presidency due to past secession attempts is unfair. Obasanjo made the remarks…
Youth involvement in cybercrimes, threat to economic growth – Remi Tinubu
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has said no one can prosper without hard work and honesty, and that deviating from these values…
Grateful to be alive – Farouk Lawan breaks silence after leaving prison
Farouk Lawan, the former federal legislator from Kano State, expressed his gratitude to God following his release on Tuesday after completing a five-year prison sentence for soliciting and accepting a $500,000…
Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries arrested for sex trafficking
Michael Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, was arrested Tuesday in Florida on sex trafficking charges. The former CEO and his partner, Matthew Smith, were arrested in the morning and are expected to…
Edo Set For Hostile Transition As APC Accuses Obaseki’s Team Of Hiding Documents
The Edo State Joint Transition Committee has adjourned sine die following the inability of officials of the out-going government to provide the…
Lagos police nab three over possession of human parts
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos Police Command are interrogating three suspects for allegedly being in possession of suspected human tongues in Lagos. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin…
Israel confirms killing Hashem Safieddine, potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader
The Israeli military on Tuesday announced that it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the potential successor of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in September. In a statement posted on X on Tuesday,…
Tanker explosion: Jigawa raises over N1.4b to support victims, others
Jigawa State has successfully raised over N1 billion in support for victims of the recent tanker explosion in Majiya in Taura Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The announcement was made by the state…
Passengers groan as Abuja-Lagos flights surge to N369,000
Passengers have continued to express concerns over the skyrocketing airfares, even as a one-way ticket from Abuja to Lagos hits between N109,000 and N369,000. Checks show that Arik Air charges between N151,000 and…
Group urges Tinubu to scrap EFCC to save Nigeria from disgrace
A group, Movement for the Actualisation of True Federalism and Political Restructuring in Nigeria, has called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to immediately scrap the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to save…
I like Portable… he reminds me of my crazy days – Timaya
Timaya says Portable, the controversial singer, reminds him of himself at the beginning of his career. In a recent interview with Channels TV, the…
FG directs NNPC, local producers to halt LPG exports by November 1
The federal government has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) producers to stop exporting the product by November 1. Speaking during a meeting with…
Over 50% of Nigeria’s population live in poverty, says World Bank
The World Bank says more than half of Nigeria’s population lives in poverty. In its latest Nigeria Development Update (NDU) report titled ‘Staying the course: Progress amid pressing challenges,’ World Bank said about…
N3.96trn recorded in domestic, foreign transactions in nine months – NGX
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) says N3.96 trillion was recorded from both domestic and foreign transactions between January and September 2024. The…
‘They tried to help’– man recounts how he lost nearly 50 family members to Jigawa tanker explosion
Mustapha Majiya, a farmer, has recounted how he lost nearly 50 members of his extended family to the Jigawa tanker explosion. Majiya’s relatives were among the 181 casualties from the explosion that occurred last…
WAEC Begins Computer-Based Examination Friday
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed that it is set to conduct the second series of its Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) from Friday, October 25 to…
FG Investigating Gulf Of Guinea As Major Route For Arms Trafficking – NSA
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, says the Federal Government is investigating Gulf of Guinea (GoG) as a major route for arms trafficking into Nigeria. Ribadu made this known at a two-Day Seminar…
Reps Want Senate President, Speaker To Alternate Presiding Role At Joint Sessions
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for restructuring of joint sittings of the National Assembly to alternate the roles between the Senate President and the Speaker of the House to…
Era Of Universities’ Closure Gone – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will no longer allow closure of universities in the country. The president stated this at the grand finale of the 39th Convocation of the University of…
Be Ready To Pay Market Price For Petrol – Marketer tells Nigerians
Group Managing Director, Rainoil Ltd, Gabriel Ogbechie, has asked Nigerians to prepare to pay full market prices for petroleum products as a result of the full deregulation of the downstream sector. After…
PDP Pushes NEC Meeting To November 28
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors and other stakeholders have postponed the October 24 National Executive Committee (NEC) to November 28. The decision reached after about four hours of meeting on…
IMF projects Nigeria’s economy to grow by 3.2% in 2025, inflation to drop to 25%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Nigeria’s economy to expand by 3.2% in the coming year 2025 while inflation is estimated to drop to 25% in the same year. The Fund in its recently published…
Meta reintroduces facial recognition to tackle celebrity scams on Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg’s social media company, Meta, is bringing back its facial recognition software on Facebook to tackle the rising cases of celebrity scams also known as “celeb bait”scams, where scammers use images of…