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The Federal Government and the International Criminal Police Organisation have commenced extraditing a Binance chief, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped detention in Nigeria on March 22. Security agencies had arrested…

Ali Ciroma, a former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has been confirmed dead. His death was announced in a statement on Tuesday, April 3, 2024, by Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, family member, who is also the…

The Federal Government has disclosed plans to remove electricity subsidy for 15 per cent of consumers.⁣⁣The move would reduce its N3.3tn cost and save the government…

US President Joe Biden has reportedly warned his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, not to interfere in the upcoming US presidential election scheduled to take place on November 5. According to a report by Voice…

The federal government’s new gas pricing policy that allows producers to sell at a controlled price regardless of their cost of production and business assumptions has come…

Official figures indicate that at least four people have been killed and around 60 injured as a result of the severe earthquake off the coast of Taiwan. This was confirmed by the island’s national fire authority on…

Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has criticised some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers for declaring support for Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state. Wike…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to Christians over its Easter message. On March 31, in a now-deleted post about Easter, the FIRS wrote that “Jesus paid your debt, not your taxes”— a statement…

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says Nigerian youths prefer being aides to old politicians instead of aspiring for top positions in the country. Sowore spoke on Tuesday in…

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has detected 1,665 counterfeit A’level results during the Direct Entry registration process.    This was disclosed in the board’s weekly bulletin in Abuja.  …

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) aggressive stance on the naira defence is projected to lead to an enormous interest payout, with the CBN set to incur approximately N1.01 trillion. This figure emerged from the…

The newly elected president of Senegal,  Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has appointed popular opposition figure and political ally, Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister barely hours after being sworn in as president.  Sonko, 49,…

Forbes, the world’s most authoritative voice in wealth reporting, recently released its 2024 list with four Nigerians making the cut.   Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Abdulsamad Rabiu and Femi Otedola were the…

The Nigeria Police has opened up on why the Force cannot arrest crossdressers in Nigeria. In an interview on Channels TV on Tuesday, the police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi revealed that they cannot be arrested…

The tax agency in its Easter season advertisement, said, "Jesus covered your debt, not your taxes." The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States has urged Israel to promptly investigate an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that resulted in the deaths of…

The CEO of the SNECOU Group Limited, Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, has vowed that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will pay for all his properties demolished in the Asokoro district…

Bola Muinat Shagaya is a 65-year-old Nigerian businesswoman and fashion enthusiast. She is the third richest woman in Africa according to various publications. She is the founder and CEO of Bolmus Group International, a…

After a few days of sustaining a slash in theCustoms exchange duty rate, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the exchange rate for computing Customs duties at the nation’s seaports by 2.1 percent. The Customs…

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has approved over N1.1trn statutory budget for the 2024 fiscal year for the FCT. Wike, who disclosed…

Turnover at Nigeria’s foreign exchange market jumped to the highest in a single day since 2017 on Tuesday, as a prolonged dollar shortage that has dampened economic activity for years gives way. Some $1.085 billion…

A Lagos State commissioner, who does not want his name in print, has cleared the delivery bills of a visually impaired nursing mother of twins, Agnes Forte, following a PUNCH report that she was stranded in the hospital.…

The shareholders of consumer goods firm, Cadbury Nigeria Plc will get no dividend payment for the financial year 2023 as the firm suffered N19. 09bn loss after tax. According to its annual report and financial statements for…

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Tuesday, said security agencies will go after individuals with fake university certificates in the country. According to the minister, the individuals will be tracked…