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I Was Offered Money To Impeach Fubara – Former Rivers Speaker
Edison Ehie, former speaker of a faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has disclosed that he was offered money to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Ehie, who is now Chief of Staff to the governor, was…
How underage boys open accounts, get driver’s licences for fraud — EFCC
…Says Edo ranks second in terms of conviction after Lagos THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed that underage boys, who are into internet fraud popularly called ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ do age…
BREAKING: Namtira Bwara, Bullied Student In Viral Video Sues Lead British School In Abuja, Seeks…
Namtira Bwala, a student of Lead British International School, Abuja bullied by her colleagues in the…
Mali’s junta extends hold on power for another three years
Mali's leadership has proposed postponing democratic elections for three years and extending the tenure of military leader Assimi Goita. This move…
Bomb Gaza Like Hiroshima; Do Whatever You Have To Do To Survive – U.S. Senator Graham Tells…
A United States lawmaker, Senator Lindsey Graham has urged Israel to do whatever needs to be done to win its “existential” war with Hamas, just like the US was “justified” to drop nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities…
Pressure mounts on debtors to repay N450b Fed govt loans
The NIRSAL Microfinance Bank (NIRSAL-MFB) has teamed up with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to recover N450.9 billion outstanding…
We lost N87b to realignment of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, says South Energx
South Energyx Nigeria Limited, owners of the Eko Atlantic City in Lagos, is bemoaning the loss of about N87 billion, an estimated cost of the reclamation/sand filling it did to the realignment of the Lagos-Calabar…
‘Notorious Boko Haram member surrenders’ to army
An alleged notorious member of Boko Haram, simply identified as Alhaji Wosai, has surrendered to the Nigerian troops of Operation Hadin Kai. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on…
95% of informal sector should be exempted from ALL taxes, says Taiwo Oyedele
Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the presidential fiscal policy and tax reforms committee, says the federal government is working on a system that will provide tax relief to 95 percent of the informal sector. Oyedele…
Tenants Groan As Abuja Landlords Increase Rent
Tenants in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are groaning over hikes in house rent by their landlords. Findings by Daily Trust showed…
Labour to paralyse power sector over tariff hike
Barring a change of mind, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) will from today disrupt operations of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Distribution…
SERAP, Agbakoba, CSOs head to court as FG quietly withdraws cybersecurity levy
The resentment that greeted the Federal Government’s 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy appears not to have abated, despite the reported quiet withdrawal of the policy. The likes of Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, had praised…
Stop electricity subsidy – IMF tells FG
The International Monetary Fund has warned the Nigerian government to remove what it called implicit fuel and electricity subsidies. In a report published recently by the IMF, the organisation told Nigeria that the…
Customs officer found dead in Abuja apartment
An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdulwahab Magaji, serving in the Federal Capital Territory, reportedly shot himself dead in his residence on Binta Street, Farm Estate area, Abuja. PUNCH Metro gathered from…
Gunmen kill two policemen, FRSC officials in Enugu
Four persons, including two policemen and two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, have been killed by gunmen who invaded the Orba and Eha-Alumona communities in the Nsukka and Udenu local government areas of…
Rivers lawmakers who defected to APC have lost their seats – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has insisted that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress have forfeited their positions in…
NNPC, NOS hit first oil in OML13, eye 40,000bpd
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Exploration and Production Limited (NNPC E&P Ltd), an upstream subsidiary of NNPC and Natural Oilfield Services Ltd (NOSL), a subsidiary of Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy…
Ensure you work as you dance – Obasanjo tells Adeleke
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, disclosed that the infrastructure drive embarked upon by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State would attract investment into the state. He also charged the governor to…
United States Government and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Enter Partnership to Strengthen…
At a ceremony held at the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Melissa Jones…
‘Big head, wide mouth, tribal marks’ — police describe blogger declared wanted for…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has declared one Dorcas Adeyinka wanted in connection with alleged murder. The police also alleged that the suspect is linked with cyber-stalking, abduction, murder, injurious…
Ogun businessman, Ibrahim Dende slams N5.10b suit on Arise TV, online platform over smuggling/gun…
Ogun state-born businessman, Alhaji Ibrahim Dende Egungbohun, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Arise Media Group (the owner of Arise Television), journalist Fisayos Soyombo, and his online platform, Foundation for…
Boniface Scores As Brilliant Leverkusen Stretch Unbeaten Run To 50 Games
Bayer Leverkusen stretched their season-long unbeaten run to 50 games with a 5-0 win at 10-man Bochum on Sunday. Bochum defeated a 10-man Leverkusen in May 2023, the last side to beat Xabi Alonso’s side in any…
Tijjani Babangida’s one-year-old son dies as wife ‘loses eye’ in car crash
Tijjani Babangida, the former Super Eagles player, has lost Fadil, his one-year-old son after his family was involved in a car crash along the Kaduna-Zaria highway. Last Thursday, Babangida was travelling with his…
Why Tinubu suspended cybersecurity levy policy implementation – Report
Details have emerged over the weekend on why President Bola Tinubu instructed the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA) to suspend the implementation of the cybersecurity levy policy. A reliable presidency…