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Speed Darlington, the Nigerian rapper, has mocked Portable, the singer, following his arrest on Tuesday. Portable was arrested by the Lagos state police…

The Rivers State Transportation Commissioner, Jacobson Nbina, has resigned his appointment bringing the number of commissioners who left the state executive council on Wednesday, May 15, to four. Nbina, a loyalist of…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has suspended a serving senator, Jimoh Ibrahim, for his alleged anti-party activities. Senator Ibrahim represents Ondo South Senatorial District. In the…

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has granted Godwin Emefiele, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a N300 million for printing new naira notes. At the court on Wednesday,…

Austen Ben-Chioma, the Commissioner for Environment in Rivers State, has tendered his resignation from Governor Sim Fubara’s government.  Ben-Chioma is the third commissioner to resign from his position today, after the…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has voiced strong opposition to the Federal Government’s proposal to unlock N20 trillion from the nation’s pension funds and other sources for critical infrastructure projects. Atiku was…

The Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Professor Chinedu Mmon, has resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Mmon is a loyalist of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former…

Nigeria experienced a surge in its headline inflation rate, which reached 33.69% in April 2024.  The figure represents a significant increase compared to the previous month’s rate of 33.20%, indicating a 0.49% points rise…

Steak and grills every weekend, a trip to that music festival you always wanted, maybe even owning a place of your own. Those feel like…

Lagos State Government has advised potential real estate investors to always check the registration portal of the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA) via its website:…

The Federal Government has charged tax practitioners to work harder in getting more revenue from taxes, stressing that tax revenue is currently the highest income…

Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been arraigned on a fresh four-count charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former CBN governor was arraigned…

• Accuses firm of employing diversionary tactics to evade prosecution  The House of Representatives has accused the Chief Executive Officer of Binance cryptocurrency company of blackmailing lawmakers to divert…

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has initiated a monthly empowerment programme, providing N50,000 to 5,200 women in the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi…

Diego Maradona’s heirs will launch a lawsuit to try and stop the auction of a trophy he was awarded after the 1986 World Cup won by Argentina.…

The National Consultative Front (NCFront), a major political consortium of leading opposition forces in Nigeria, has revealed an ongoing move to unite the major…

A New York state court has upheld the gag order preventing former President Donald Trump from publicly criticising witnesses and others involved in his New York…

Lagos State Government, yesterday, said that good parenting would always produce good children, a reason parents must not leave their children to the teachers or government for appropriate parenting. The state’s…

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has urged oil marketers to open Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, points at their filling…

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Tuesday, lauded his Rivers State counterpart, Siminalayi Fubara, for the success of the construction of the 10.98km Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo Road in Eleme Local Government Area of…

President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo of Ghana has granted Ghanaian citizenship to music maestro, Stevie Wonder, at a ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra. Akufo-Addo disclosed this on his official X account on Tuesday. His…

THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria’s oil output, excluding condensate, rose month-on-month, MoM, by 4 per cent to 1.28 million barrels per day, bpd, in April 2024,…

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday received the report of the High Powered Presidential Committee, HPPC, on Nigeria’s extended continental shelf project, with a commendation to the team of experts who worked hard over the…

•APC using propaganda to win election —Nehikhare •It’s PDP’s deceptive strategies, readiness for failure —APC THE Commissioner for Communication and Orientation in Edo State, Chris Nehikhare, has…