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APP Raises Alarm Over Fresh Plot Against Rep Member Ugochinyere, Others
The Action Peoples Party (APP) has raised alarm over an alleged plot to frame its National Chairman, Ochiagha Nnadi, and a member of the…
Oyo Government Arrests Organizers of Children’s Party After Deadly Stampede
The Oyo State Government has announced the arrest of the organisers of a children’s party in Ibadan which led to the death of about 30 children.The deadly stampede occurred at a children’s Christmas party in Ibadan,…
President Tinubu reconstitutes leadership of 12 river basin authorities
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of executive management teams for 12 River Basin Development Authorities under the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. The newly appointed executives are…
Nigerian oil firm acquires Shell Petroleum Development Company
Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, a Nigerian oil and gas consortium, has confirmed receiving ministerial consent for the acquisition of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The landmark announcement,…
Trump sues newspaper over election poll, vows to ‘straighten out press’
US. President-elect Donald Trump has sued the Des Moines Register over a poll the newspaper outlet ran that showed him trailing Vice-President Kamala Harris just before the November presidential election.…
Edo: Asset recovery committee storms tribunal to recover vehicle conveying PDP lawyers
There was a mild drama on Wednesday in Benin as members of the state government assets recovery committee stormed the 2024 Edo governorship election petitions tribunal to recover a bus owned by the state…
California bans sale of petrol cars from 2035
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on Wednesday, approved the plan by California to ban the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 as part of the state’s regulatory efforts towards cleaner…
Ghana’s supreme court upholds anti-LGBTQ bill
Ghana’s supreme court has upheld the legality of the controversial anti-LGBTQ bill passed earlier in February. Although gay sex was…
Court fines immigration N3m over failure to issue applicant’s passport within six weeks
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to pay N3 million as damages to Benita Ezumezu for failing to issue her international passport within the stipulated six weeks. The…
TotalEnergies, MRS, First E&P… NUPRC announces 2024 oil licensing bid winners
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says winners have emerged in the 2024 oil block licensing bid round. The commission announced the winners at the licensing round commercial bid conference…
Customs announces implementation of zero import duty, VAT on CNG, LPG equipment
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the implementation of a zero percent duty on compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) equipment imported into Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday,…
‘Abuja Almost Looking Like London’ – Akpabio Hails Tinubu’s Infrastructure Drive
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has hailed President Bola Tinubu’s infrastructure drive which he says has transformed the nation’s capital and other cities in the country. Akpabio said this on Wednesday during the…
Death-for-fowl: Ex-Attorney General slams Adeleke’s intervention in death sentence case
Former Oyo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mutalubi Adebayo, has cautioned against unconstitutional investigations following Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke’s intervention in the controversial…
‘Everybody wants to be my friend now’, says Donald Trump
A shock outsider when he was first elected president eight years ago — and a pariah when he left office — Donald Trump appears to be the most popular person in America as far as the rich and powerful are concerned. Tech…
Bring British Policemen Along On Next Visit To Nigeria – MURIC Advises Kemi Badenoch
The Executive Director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Prof Ishaq Akintola, has called on the Nigerian police to stage a 24-hour work boycott in response to recent comments made by Kemi Badenoch, a Nigeria-born…
Inflation rate will fall to 15% next year – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says the inflation rate in Nigeria which is currently at 34% will drop to 15 percent in 2025. The president said this Wednesday during his budget presentation at the national assembly. The…
You didn’t fall from heaven… we made you – Secondus tells Wike
Uche Secondus, former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taken a swipe at Nyesom Wike, former governor of Rivers. Secondus spoke on…
Rivers crisis: We have conquered political challenges, says Fubara
Rivers State Governor Siminialayi Fubara yesterday said he has conquered the political challenges confronting his administration and the state. Urging the people not to worry about future events, the governor who…
CAC deregistered 300,000 dormant companies in one year
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has deregistered over 300,000 dormant companies within a year to sanitise the nation’s corporate registration system. The Registrar General, Hussaini Ishaq Magaji (SAN),…
ICPC recovers over N52b, $966,900, intercepts N5.88b diverted funds in one year
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has disclosed the recovery of over N52 billion…
Senate Moves To Ban Dollar Salaries, Foreign Currency Transactions
A bill introduced in the Nigerian Senate, which has successfully undergone its first reading, proposes to amend existing laws to ban the use of foreign…
Banks Restrict Multiple Account Owners To N20,000 Withdrawal
There is no end in sight yet to the low cash supply by commercial banks as customers face increasing difficulty with cash withdrawal, checks by Daily Trust have shown. There are indications that commercial banks have…
Ikoyi Marriage Registry Certificate Racketeering Scandal: Three Women Claim Legal Marriage To…
Mrs Jennifer Ovuede, the widow of the late Monday Akpoviroroh Ovuede, has petitioned the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo,…
Cashless policy, naira redesign reduced kidnapping, banditry in 2023 – Abbas
Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, says the cashless policy and “attempted” currency redesign by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) curbed insecurity across the country in 2023.…