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*Says high borrowing cost hurting private sector The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Derivatives Company Limited (FDC), Mr. Bismarck Rewane, has warned that sustained monetary…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration(FCTA) has threatened to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy C-of-O) of the plots of land belonging to some prominent Nigerians and corporate organisations if they…

Three members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been refunded N1million, which was allegedly extorted…

Buildings and other property were shattered in the early hours of Saturday as explosives suspected to be dynamite shattered the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers…

Chief Munir Balogun, father of Afrobeats superstar Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has addressed the ongoing rivalry between his son and fellow artist Davido. Speaking about the situation, Chief…

The Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command, in collaboration with other security agencies, raided a notorious Eastern Security Network (ESN) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) camp in Ezioha forest,…

A group of protesters arrested on Wednesday at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos State, have been granted bail, according to a statement released by the Lagos State Police Public Relations…

The illicit trade of organ harvesting has rapidly gained traction, with human organs and body parts…

The Nigeria Police in Imo State on Friday, October 4, said it has rescued four victims of kidnap in Ezioha, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state. The police noted that the victims were rescued with a…

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has reiterated that Philip Shaibu remains impeached as the Deputy Governor, despite a previous court ruling reinstating him to office. In a statement released on Friday by…

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has visited Akwa Ibom State to condole with Governor Umo Eno over the recent passing of his wife, Pastor (Mrs.) Patience Eno.In the company of the First Lady was the…

Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, is facing widespread condemnation after posting a video that shows environmental officers physically assaulting suspected offenders.…

Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has been accused of working against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with former state PDP chairman, Barrister Gboyega Oguntuase, labelling him a “spy” for the All…

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has thrown his weight behind Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, regarding the planned local government elections in the state.…

Kemi Nandap, the comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has announced the promotion of 13,977 personnel in the agency. She said this in Abuja on Friday during the decoration of 15…

The Borno State Government has confirmed 17 cases of cholera in the state and vaccinated 287,708 people against the disease. Declaring the cholera outbreak in Maiduguri on Friday, the state’s Commissioner for…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says as part of move to address volatility in the forex market, it sold a total of US$543.5 million in September. The FX was sold to authorized dealer banks through two-way…

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has cautioned River State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, from making “unfounded allegations” against him. Daily Trust had reported how Fubara accused Egbetokun…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on…

The Taraba Government has unveiled the renamed and remodelled Taraba Government House as TY Danjuma House. Alhaji Aminu Alkali, the Deputy Governor and Chairman of the organising committee stated that the decision…

In a significant move to drive Nigeria’s economic growth, the federal government has officially exempted 63 key items from Value-Added Tax (VAT). This development forms part of the broader fiscal policy and tax…

The Nigeria Police Force on Friday released Isaac Bristol, accused by the Nigerian authorities of being behind the prominent…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has written to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, asking him to direct the Rivers…

Paul Pogba’s doping suspension has been cut to 18 months from an initial four years after an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).…