MTN, others get permits to generate electricity
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued permits to Golden Penny Power Limited, MTN Communications Nigeria Limited, Havenhill Synergy, and others for mini-grid electricity generation. The NERC…
JUST IN: Oyo APC Chairman Dies In US After One Year Treatment
Ajiboye Omodewu, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, is dead. He succumbed to…
Fake Graduates: FG Orders Varsities To Submit Admission Lists, Threatens Sanctions Against…
The Federal Government has threatened to sanction higher institutions that fail to submit lists of students admitted immediately after matriculation. This was revealed in a memo ‘CLARIFICATION ON DISCLOSURE OF…
Ex-First Bank manager reveals how loans were diverted to firms linked to Otudeko
A former relationship manager at First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) says loans worth billions of naira were transferred to companies related to Oba Otudeko, then chairman of the bank, even though they were granted in…
Lobbying for IGP Egbetokun’s successor hots up
The race to succeed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has intensified as his retirement…
Beyonce’s Mum Tina Knowles Reaches Divorce Settlement With Richard Lawson 13 Months After Filing…
Beyoncé and Solange's mother, Tina Knowles, 70, and her husband Richard Lawson, 77, have reached a divorce settlement, almost a year after she filed for divorce in July 2023. The couple, who were married for eight…
Weak incomes shutting retail investors out of banks’ recapitalisation
The current economic hardship in the country may deprive many retail investors of the opportunity to participate in the ongoing bank recapitalization, investment experts have observed. Most banks are currently on a…
“Alex Otti will be the last Labour Party governor of Abia state” – Deputy Speaker, Kalu
Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives has declared that his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will produce the next governor of Abia state. Kalu, 53, the former spokesman of the…
Chinese Firm Moves to Confiscate £20m P&ID Award in UK, 2 Presidential Jets, 2 Properties in…
*Why Nigeria lost at arbitration and US appeal to Zhongshan *Fagbemi accuses firm of arm-twisting tactics in…
North Moves To Draft Jonathan Into 2027 Presidential Race
……Ex-President’s confidants say too early to talk about potential run in next election Political leaders fro the North, a region…
We’re grateful to President Tinubu – Ohaneze Ndigbo counts benefits
The leadership of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu over the appointment of an Igbo man, David Umahi, as the Minister of Works. The group…
Prices Of Perishable Items Crash In Yobe, Borno, Adamawa
The prices of perishable items have recorded a fall in some major towns in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN’s checks at Perishable Items Market, Damaturu in Yobe,…
‘No NASS Approval For New Presidential Jet’ – Report
There was no approval by the National Assembly before the procurement of the new presidential jet for President Bola…
Disquiet In Police Force Over Law To Extend IG’s Tenure
There is growing disquiet within the Nigeria Police Force over the seeming plan to use the newly passed law to extend the tenure of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in office, Daily Trust reports.…
NDLEA Proposes Mandatory Drug Tests For Varsity Admission
The Commandant of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State, Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, has proposed that universities should require newly admitted students to undergo mandatory drug tests as…
Ex-NIALS DG Epiphany Azinge becomes Asagba of Asaba designate
Epiphany Azinge, a former director-general (DG) of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), has been selected as the Asagba of Asaba designate. Speaking on Sunday, Anthony Edozien, the…
NNPC gets Tinubu’s nod to spend federation’s dividends to defray petrol subsidy
President Bola Tinubu has approved a request by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd to utilise the 2023 final dividends due to the federation to pay for petrol subsidy, TheCable can report. The…
Adesanya admits mistake after Du Plessis loss
In a twist of fate, Nigerian-born UFC star Israel Adesanya succumbed to a fourth-round submission loss to South Africa’s Dricus Du Plessis in their middleweight title showdown at UFC 305 in Perth on Saturday…
Police raid: NLC suspects bugs, hires forensic expert
The Nigeria Labour Congress has hired forensic experts to comb its national secretariat in Abuja for possible bugs planted by the police, The PUNCH was told. The union said the forensic security audit would facilitate…
Less than 10% of land titled in Nigeria – Report
A report by Ubosi Eleh & Co has revealed that 10 per cent of land is titled in Nigeria. The report titled, “Re-invigorating Nigeria’s Economic Potential with Dead Capital,” said the African Development Bank…
Presidential jets: Governor Abiodun consults FG
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has reached out to the Federal Government in a move to resolve the dispute with the Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. over the controversial Ogun Free Trade Zone. Abiodun…
I’ve been threatened over reforms in power sector – Adelabu
Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, says he receives threat calls from unknown persons who are against the progress in the power sector. Adelabu spoke on Saturday in Oyo state during Fresh FM’s ‘Political Circuit’…
Peg customs duty FX rate at N1,000/$ for six months, CPPE tells FG
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has urged the federal government to peg the foreign exchange (FX) rate for customs duty at N1,000 per dollar for the next six months. The current customs duty…
Pat Utomi tried to hustle N200 million from me with fake leadership award – Ibikunle Amosun
Former Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has alleged that political economist, Pat Utomi, organised a fake leadership award to extort N200 million from him as a way of getting a refund of the investment he claimed to…