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Middlesbrough have completed the signing of Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho. The 28-year-old agreed to join the 2004 EFL Cup winners, with Michael Carrick’s side having the option to make the transfer…

E-hailing drivers in Lagos State have threatened to stage a protest over an alleged 50% fare cut by the ride-hailing company, Bolt. The drivers, under the auspices of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters…

The National Union of Local Government Employees has warned the Central Bank of Nigeria against aiding state governors in undermining the financial autonomy of local government councils, following reports that…

The Federal Government has said it spends N200bn to subsidise electricity monthly. According to the government, this amount benefits the wealthiest 25 per cent of Nigerians rather than those who truly need…

The Ogun State Police Command on Monday invited and interrogated the Olorile of Orile-Ifo, Oba Abdulsemiu Ogunjobi, for assaulting a 73-year-old chief, Areola Abraham. This is just as the state government slammed a…

Geregu Power Plc has announced an impressive audited financial year result and accounts for the full year ended December 31, 2024, with its profit before tax at N41bn, an increase of 69 per cent from…

Former governor of Oyo State and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on Monday, demanded a public apology from former Osun State governor, Chief Bisi Akande, over a narrative on the murder of…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the timeframe for eligible bureau de change (BDC) operators to access the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) for foreign exchange (FX). On December…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Olu Agunloye, the former minister of power and steel, before a federal capital territory (FCT) high court in the Apo area of Abuja. Agunloye was…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, February 3, 2025, arraigned 42 foreign nationals before separate Federal High Courts in Ikoyi, Lagos, over alleged…

The Federal Government has issued a warning to Nigerians to avoid travelling to Uganda ans some other countries with confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease. Confirming the outbreak of the disease in Uganda,…

Following various reports that that Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has been ordered go proceed on retirement, the Police Service Commission has issued a statement. The spokesperson for the commission,…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a N4.8 billion funding package to sustain HIV treatment programs across…

Following the high cost of living and building materials across the country, renting houses in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city has become almost impossible for salary earners. In the past, self-contain apartments also…

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit seeking to compel the National Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned nationwide protest against the 50% increase in telecommunications tariffs, following a…

Ontario, Canada’s most populous province and its economic engine, announced Monday a ban on US companies bidding on tens of billions of dollars worth of government contracts, and dumped a deal with…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has summoned Kenya Airways to its headquarters in Abuja over a social media video showing a heated exchange between a maltreated Nigerian passenger and Kenya Airways agent at…

Following the inability of oil companies to meet the demand for crude oil by local refineries, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has warned that it will henceforth deny export permits for crude…

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja has removed HRM Ahmed Muhammed Tajani Anaje as the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland. Presiding Judge, Justice Salisu Umar, issued the ruling on Monday, directing Anaje to cease parading…

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has warned against tenure extension for Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the Executive Director of MURIC, in a statement on Monday, said…

Many persons have been killed in the crisis rocking Esa-oke town in Obokun Local Government area of Osun State over the appointment of a new monarch. The crisis followed the appointment of Prince Timileyin Oluyemi…

Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has called on the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and it 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to persuade Goodluck Jonathan to…