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NLC under Ajaero destroying successes LP recorded in 2023 general election – Abure
…says attack on party HQ an act of rascality, lawlessness …vows not to allow NLC hijack the party The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Comrade Julious Abure, has accused the President of the Nigeria Labour…
FX backlog: Show evidence of payment – Foreign airlines tell FG
Following reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has cleared all valid foreign exchange backlogs, foreign airlines, yesterday, questioned the claim. President of Association of Foreign Airlines and…
2024: NPA seeks Reps’ approval for N630bn budget proposal
Managing Director and CEO of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, presented a N630 billion budget proposal for the 2024 fiscal year on Thursday…
JUST IN: Otti signs law scrapping pensions of Abia ex-govs, deputies
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, Thursday night, signed into law, a bill scrapping the payment of pensions to former Governors and their Deputies. The Governor’s assent to the bill known as the “Abia State Governors and…
Bill To Increase UBEC Funding From 2% To 4% Passes Second Reading
The Bill to increase the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Act t funding from the consolidated revenue from 2% to 4% has passed the second reading in the House Representatives. Chairman House Committee on…
This Is A Delicate Period To Govern Nigeria – Shettima
In view of the prevailing situation in the country, Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said this is a delicate period to be in public office in Nigeria. This is just as he called on governors to put together policies…
Land Dispute: Soldier Breaks Into Kwara Police Station, Stabs DPO
A soldier serving at sector 3 Garrison, Monguno, Borno State, Suleiman Sidiq, has allegedly stabbed Marufu Keji, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of a station in Ilesha Baruba, Baruteen Local Government Area of Kwara State,…
‘I don’t care’ – El-Rufai damns consequences of meeting with SDP officials
Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has damned the consequences of meeting with officials of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Daily Trust had reported how the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain…
Insecurity: 16 Govs Endorse State Police – NEC
Worried by the security challenges facing the country, 16 state governors have endorsed the establishment of state police. The National Economic Council (NEC) disclosed this on Thursday in a report submitted to the…
Pinnick, Davido go for out-of-court settlement over failed concert contract
The Effurun Division of the Delta High Court has granted Brownhill Investment Company and David Adeleke, aka Davido, an out-of-court settlement. Justice Michael Obi of High Court Three, on Thursday, commended both parties…
Okuama killing: Troops will not rest until perpetrators are identified, says GOC
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Arm and Land Component Commander, Joint Task Force, south-south, Operation Delta state, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, has warned that troops will not rest until…
BREAKING: Tinubu appoints Holloway as Museums, Monuments Commission DG
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olugbile Holloway as director-general of the national commission for Museums and monuments. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by special adviser to the President on…
Military Has Been Too Hard On Bandits – Sheik Gumi
Popular controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, says the Nigerian military has been too hard on bandits with the approach it uses to win the war against banditry in the northern part of the country. He said…
Nigeria’s FX reserve to increase to $35.01 billion by end of March – CBN Deputy Governor
The Deputy Governor in charge of Economic policy at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Muhammad Sani Abdullahi has projected Nigeria’s external reserve to increase from around $34.98 billion to over $35 billion by the end of…
Nigerian Government Should Treat Bandits Like Niger Delta Militants, Grant Them Amnesty – Sheikh…
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said that the Niger-Delta region is relatively peaceful after the Nigerian government granted amnesty to militants and appointed their leaders, adding that the same method must be…
Nigeria received highest payment from Shell to governments in 2023 at $4.92 billion
In 2023, Nigeria was the top recipient of payments from Shell, receiving approximately $4.92 billion. This amount, the highest paid to any government by the oil giant, included company income taxes, fees, royalties,…
Dump your dollars to avoid tears, Naira’ll appreciate – Presidency warns
The Presidency has warned forex speculators to discard their Dollars, saying that the Naira will soon appreciate. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this call in a…
CBN will no longer grant loans to FG until outstanding is paid – Cardoso
Olayemi Cardoso , Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said that the apex bank will no longer grant Ways and Means advances to the federal government unless the outstanding balance is settled. The CBN governor made…
Foreign airlines dispute CBN’s claim of settled FX backlog
Against claims by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that it has successfully settled all outstanding foreign exchange (FX) obligations,foreign airlines says the status quo remains the same. Kingsley Nwokeoma,…
Binance laments FG’s continued detention of officials without court order
World’s largest cryptocurrency trade platform, Binance, has raised the alarm over prolonged detention of its officials, Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and British-Kenyan Nadeem Anjarwalla, by the Federal Government…
My husband hid his infertility challenges, love child from me, dissolve our union – Woman…
A divorce-seeking woman, Taiwo Olaniyan, on Thursday begged a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, to dissolve her five-year-old union to her estranged husband, Michael on grounds of deception and…
Two touts arrested for imposing N100 levy on pedestrians using Yaba bridge
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps has apprehended some miscreants due to their involvement in the extortion of traders and Lagosians on a pedestrian bridge in…
Nigerians not financing terrorism – Gumi faults FG’s list
Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has disagreed with the Federal Government over its recently released list of those linked to terrorism financing in the country. The PUNCH reports that the Federal…
Man arrested for threatening to kill EFCC chairman in six months
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested one Kayode Cole for issuing a death threat against its chairman, Ola Olukoyede. According to EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, Cole was arrested at…