JUST IN: Sanusi Seeks NNPC Audit, Says President Shouldn’t Be Petroleum Minister
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has called for a proper audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), noting that this call was what cost him his job at the…
EFCC arraigns three over alleged $1.6m Crypto-currency fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the operator of McHarvey Capital Limited, Benjamin Okenna Ikaa and two others: Chidera Jonas and Ikaa Ejike Benjamin…
It’s An Offence To Fix Additional Headlamps On Cars, Motorbikes, Others – Police Warn…
The Nigeria Police Force has said that fixing additional headlamps on vehicles, tricycles, popularly known as Keke Napep and motorcycles can be categorised as a criminal or traffic offence. According to the police, it is not…
Man Arraigned For Refusing to Pay After Drinking
A man, Michael Adams, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate’s Court for allegedly ordering drinks worth N113.000 at a bar in the Shomolu area of Lagos…
Passengers Groan as return Air tickets climb N500,000 on monopoly routes
Air travellers to some of the selected routes in the country are groaning over the skyrocketing airfares among the indigenous airline operators. Checks by Nairametrics revealed that airfares in some of the…
N27.5 trillion budget proposal too small to meet Nigeria’s economic obligations – Budget…
Ben Akabueze, the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, has said that the proposed N27.5 trillion budget for 2024 awaiting approval in the National Assembly is deemed “too small” to adequately…
Criminals using fake presidential number plates to deliver smuggled vehicles – Customs
According to Wada, they have also been dubiously using such fake number plates belonging to various state and local governments, MDAs, Emirate Councils, and other governmental institutions. Wada disclosed this when he…
FG raises exchange rate for cargo clearance to N951/$
The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria, has raised the exchange rate for cargo clearance from N783/$ to N952/$. This is coming barely three weeks after the rate was increased from N757/$ to N783/$. The…
PDP, NNPP, five other political parties form coalition against APC
Seven political parties have announced the formation of a new coalition called the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties (CCPP). The announcement came after a…
Fox Petroleum Group offers NNPC Ltd $2.5bn annually to revamp oil & gas sector
Fox Petroleum Group Board of Directors has reached an agreement to offer a credit facility of $2.5 Billion per year over a consecutive 3-year period to enable Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC…
We recovered 2,055 unexploded explosives from Ikeja Cantonment — COAS
Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday, disclosed that 2,055 unexploded explosive ordnances were recovered from the 2002 bomb blast site in the Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos, at the end of its clearance…
IVF: Nigerian youths sell gametes for survival
.Students considered hot cake To survive the harsh economy, Nigerian youths have resorted to selling their male…
Akeredolu’s health: Court orders Ondo Assembly, Speaker to appoint medical panel
AN Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, yesterday, granted leave to applicants in a suit, seeking an Order of Mandamus to compel the House of Assembly and the Speaker to constitute a medical panel to assess…
P&G Exit: Nigerians fear price hike of diaper, sanitary pads, job loss
The recent announcement by Procter and Gamble regarding plans to cease operations in Nigeria echoes a Déjà vu moment for consumers, raising fears of significant job losses and escalating prices of essential items…
Sanwo-Olu appoints another Special Adviser on Infrastructure
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, appointed and sworn in another Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure, Olufemi Daramola, months after…
Opay, Palmpay, other non-deposit financial institutions to be taken down from fund transfer channels
According to a circular from the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), banks in Nigeria have been directed to take down every non-deposit taking financial institution from their NIP fund transfer…
FG, tread softly with banking sector recapitalisation
As the saying goes: “To stumble on the same stone twice is a proverbial disgrace.” This wisecrack is more than a timely counsel as Nigerians eagerly await…
Lady found dead in Lagos hotel, boyfriend disappears
A yet-to-be-identified female adult has been found dead in a hotel at Morogbo in the Badagry area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened on Friday, November 31, after the deceased lodged…
Customs federal operation unit intercepts N873m vehicles
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja said it intercepted 13 units of imported vehicles, nine trailer loads of foreign rice, and 18,100 litres of premium motor spirit worth N873m. The…
JUST IN: NUPENG Ex-Scribe, Frank Kokori, Dies On 80th Birthday
The former Secretary General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, is dead. Chief Kokori…
Details of Meeting Between Tinubu and Beninese President Talon Emerge
The president of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, on Wednesday evening, visited his Nigerian counterpart, President Bola Tinubu, at the State House in…
DSS raid on my home caught me unawares – Sunday Igboho
Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, speaks about the July 1, 2021 midnight invasion of his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services and the future of…
Gunmen stole Kogi guber petitions, tribunal secretary says
Secretary to the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, David Mike, has said that gunmen carted away petitions of four parties…
Oshiomhole flays NLC for poor negotiation skills
NASU, SSANU deny receiving withheld salaries Negotiation skills of the labour movement have progressively been on the…