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WhatsApp has announced a series of new features to improve its status function and allow users to better connect with friends and family. The updates include status likes, private mentions, and the ability to…

A crisis may have begun in Anambra State over a bill introduced to the House of Assembly by the state government to control a portion of the federation allocation meant for local governments. About eight members of…

The University of Calabar (UniCal) has suspended its Head of Department (HOD) of Pharmacology, Joseph Akpan, over alleged examination script tampering. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof. Florence…

The alarm raised by former Green Eagles Captain, Segun Odegbami, over the deteriorating health of the longest-serving national team goalkeeper, Peter Fregene, has started yielding dividends, although the man is…

Alhaji Umar Shehu Idris, prince of Zazzau and son of the immediate late Emir, Shehu Idris, has been laid to rest. The funeral prayer led by Mallam Balarabe Yahaya Mukaddas was attended by people from all…

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has condemned the fuel pump price increase by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, noting that a registered private company should not dictate…

Former Minister of Transportation Chibuike Amaechi has said that he is angry with the way Nigerians are responding to the current economic challenges. Amaechi made this known in an interview with Igbere TV. The…

Nigerians have expressed dismay over the recent fuel price increase by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (NNPCL), saying it would worsen poverty among the citizens. Fuel which previously sold for N897 in…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a housewife identified as Barkisu Sulaiman in the Karaworo area of Lokoja, Kogi State. The woman, who was allegedly impregnated by one of the servants of…

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and the Body of Banks CEOs in Nigeria wish to express their concern over the persistent…

Petrol pump price rose to N1,030 per litre at various outlets of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) in Abuja on Wednesday. The recent development comes after the NNPC decided to terminate…

Leaders of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed in Abuja over those responsible for the lingering crisis in the party. The PDP has been engulfed in crisis since the conduct of the Presidential…

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has announced that it is still in negotiations with the…

Prince Umar Shehu Idris, the son of the late Emir of Zazzau, has died in an auto crash along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway. Zazzau, also known as the Zaria Emirate, is a traditional state with headquarters in the…

Chief Anabs Sara-Igbeis a member of Rivers Elders Forum. In this interview he speaks on the crisis in Rivers State, last Saturday’s local government election, the unprofessional conduct of the police, why the Minister…

The Nigerian Army has again cautioned the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra against issuing an…

Dangote oil refinery is poised to process up to 400,000 barrels of crude per day (bpd) over the next two months and will reach full capacity in the coming months. According to a cargo allocation list seen by…

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigeria needs to stop mortgaging crude oil to ensure the availability of feedstock for local refineries. Dangote, who spoke at a summit organised by…

The State House management said, on Tuesday, that the ongoing renovation of Dodan Barracks in Lagos, the former seat of power of the Federal Government, would be completed by December. It also disclosed that its…

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has stated that there will be no concessionary rates or government subsidies provided for the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. NAHCON’s Commissioner for Operations,…

In my last piece for the year 2023, precisely on the 27th of December, I posed the question in an article entitled: ABUSIVE GODFATHER­ISM: IS WIKE NOT OVEREACH­ING HIMSELF? It is now apparent that Wike has overreached…

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, fixed October 22 for the hearing of a suit filed by no fewer than 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Fi­nancial Crimes…

Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the commissioner for transportation in Lagos, says the judgment of the federal high court in Abuja that stops the directorate of road traffic services from stopping vehicles, impounding them, or…

In an email sent to its customers on Tuesday, the bank stated that the upgrade will take place in phases, starting on Saturday, October 12, at 10 pm and ending on Sunday, October 13, at 6:30 am. The bank added…