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The National Association of Nigerian Students on Wednesday commended the Federal Government for excluding universities, polytechnics and colleges of education from the platform of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has assured Nigerians that it has enough cash in circulation. This assurance is coming amid cash scarcity being experienced in some parts of the country. The CBN had earlier attributed the…

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved the exemption of federal universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary institutions of learning from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel…

Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, known as Portable, has been hospitalised after his return from a recent trip to the United Kingdom (UK). The controversial artiste returned to Nigeria on Tuesday, 12 December, after a…

Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, on Wednesday, demanded the dissolution of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria(AMCON) over the failure to recover…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC Ltd) remitted N4.5 trillion as revenue to the federation account in October. The Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Wednesday…

In line with his determination to bring world class standards to Nigerian Civil Aviation in consumer protection and the promotion of the wellbeing of Nigerian passengers and other…

Grammy Award-winner Beyoncé Knowles is set to join the esteemed billionaire echelons as her net worth scales new heights, currently estimated at a staggering $800 million by Forbes.   Earlier in June, Beyoncé secured…

Former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr. Olu Agunloye has replied the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he’s not a fugitive and not on the run.…

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced the extradition of Afeez Akinloye, 42, a Nigerian national, from South Africa to the District of Nebraska on charges of…

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Rt. Hon. Simon Lalong has resigned his appointment as a member of the Federal Executive Council to go to the Senate. Sources say the…

The Federal Government has distanced itself from the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State, stating that it has no hand in it. The Minister of Information and National…

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has informed the federal government that he is ready to testify for Nigeria “in any forum” over the disputed Mambilla…

The former director general of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is at risk of losing re-election in 2027. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Lukman…

Many have been killed following coordinated attacks on commercial banks in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Wednesday, December 13. Eyewitnesses say the robbers, who were armed to the teeth, arrived the banks shooting…

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued four resolutions following the defection of 25 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly from the…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has exempted universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary institutions from the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) payment platform. The…

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, presented a budget estimate of N2.2 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. The budget, entitled “Budget of Renewal”, was presented at…

A 200-level student of the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan (UI) in Oyo State, has been arrested by the institution’s security officials for allegedly raping a 100-level colleague within the campus. It was gathered…

The World Bank said on Wednesday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), widely accused of being the most opaque oil company globally, needs to be transparent as the government drives reforms to achieve…

Popular actor Andre Braugher has passed away at age 61. Braugher was best known for playing Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street and Captain Raymond Holt in the popular comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.…

Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter’s Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. “The place is already prepared. I want to…

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The Rivers State House of Assembly group led by Martin Amaewhule has condemned the demolition of the assembly complex by the state government, branding it as “a rape on the…