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Justice Deinde Dipeolu of a Lagos Federal High Court has fixed September 12 to hear the applications on the forfeited money and properties linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin…

The National Identity Management Commission(NIMC) has reminded Nigerians and legal residents that the September 14 deadline given by the Federal Government for the linkage of the National Identification Number…

Another factional acting Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Callistus Uju Okafor, has rejected the appointment of a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, as the chairman of the party’s caretaker…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has quizzed Chris Ngige, one of the Ministers in the cabinet of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Ngige, who was in charge of Labour…

The downward slide of the local currency worsened yesterday as the naira exchanged for N1, 639.41 to a dollar at the official rate. The figure yesterday indicated a whooping loss of N34 after the dollar…

The Senator representing Borno South, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has appealed to the military under Operation Hadin Kai in the North East and other security agencies to clear the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents still…

North-Central Vanguard for Social Justice (NCVSJ) has condemned moves in some quarters to frustrate the North Central from reclaiming the seat of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a…

Business owners, analysts, and ordinary citizens across Nigeria expressed anger yesterday over the ongoing petrol scarcity and the sharp increase in fuel prices. They also criticised the government for its lack of…

A 200-level Philosophy student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Adeleke Ayomide, has been arrested for allegedly killing two other ladies after a report emerged that he murdered Christiana Idowu, a 300-level…

It’s tales of lamentation on the lips of Nigerians, with many condemning the government as insensitive over the latest hike in the price of petrol. Nigerians particularly lament that their woes and hardship…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has joined other prominent Nigerians in paying tribute to the late Hajiya Dada Yaradua, who passed away last Monday. The former president, who was at the Yaradua family…

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, has urged Nigerians to desist from panic buying, assuring that Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, and its price will be stabilised soon.…

Former Commissioner for Finance in Ogun State and Founder/President International Centre for Tax Research and Development, Mrs Morenike Babington-Ashaye, has counselled the Federal Government against…

The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) has called on the Federal Government to extend its electricity tariff subsidy to private hospitals, requesting a 75%-100% subsidy. This appeal…

The Federal Government has said potential buyers would have to present their National Identification Number (NIN) as commenced the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a subsidised rate…

The Lagos State Government has formalized an agreement with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the development of the state’s third metro rail…

Economic activities in Nigeria have shown a positive turn for the first time in over a year, according to the latest report from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for…

The federal government is considering granting Aliko Dangote’s refinery the authority to set petrol prices, according to reports from Bloomberg. This decision could reshape the government’s control over fuel prices…

The Federal Government has announced the possibility of exempting exceptionally intelligent students below the age of 18 from the minimum age requirement to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination…

President Bola Tinubu’s administration budgeted over N629 million under the National Space Research Development Agency (NASRDA) in the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act, for sensitisation against rape and unwanted pregnancy,…

The Federal Government on Thursday said at least 37,000 women will receive Point of Sales (POS) machines as part of the government’s…

Anu Okasanya, a 46-year-old care home worker from Nigeria, has died following complications from an asthma attack while fleeing a group of youths in Newry, Ireland. The group had previously attacked her home twice,…

Dangote Group has dismissed reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL has started lifting Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from its refinery. A newspaper had reported…

A leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his threat to set fire to states…