Why it’s difficult to remove sitting president, by Salis
The governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 2019 election in Lagos State, Owolabi Salis, yesterday, said it is impossible for the courts, including the…
APC Reacts to Reported Coalition Between PDP, SDP, Five Other Parties
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the proposed coalition of seven opposition parties, stating it won’t lose sleep over their…
“10th N’Assembly didn’t buy N57 billion SUVs, we only received them” – Labour Party senator, Ireti…
Ireti Kingibe, FCT’s only senator who was elected on the platform of the Labour Party, says that the 10th Senate was not responsible for the purchase of the N57 billion worth of SUVs. In an interview with AriseTV,…
Tinubu approves four new appointments
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of four new members of the National Council on Privatization (NCP). According to a statement by presidential media aide Ajuri Ngelale on Thursday evening, the newly…
FG spends N750 feeding each prisoner daily; N800 on one dog, says NCoS
The comptroller general, Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS), Haliru Nababa, has revealed that the federal government spends N750 feeding an inmate daily while it spends N800 daily on a dog. Mr Nababa disclosed this…
Canada announces new visa requirements; raises proof of funds from $10,000 to $20,000
Canadian authorities have announced that “cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants” for international students will increase from $10,000 to $20,000, starting from January 1, 2024. Marc Miller,…
Prisoners From Foreign Lands Working At Construction Sites In Nigeria – Senate Panel
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, has raised the alarm that prisoners from foreign countries are working at construction sites in Nigeria. He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday when the Minister of…
President Tinubu Appoints Lokpobiri chairman of NCDMB, Others as Governing Council
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the State Minister of Petroleum, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri as chairman of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The president also…
UK not safe for me, family – Prince Harry
Prince Harry believes he was forced to leave the UK and that he and his family can never feel safe during visits home without adequate security, a court was told Thursday. The youngest son of King Charles III quit the…
I won’t surrender to blackmail, intimidation – Fubara
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has said that no level of sabotage deliberately staged in some quarters will make him abandon the mandate given to him to serve, protect, and advance the fortunes of the…
ZAMFARA: ANOTHER TWO ABDUCTED PROSPECTIVE CORPS MEMBERS REGAIN FREEDOM
The National Youth Service Corps has again secured the release of two females among the abducted Prospective Corps Members who were kidnapped in…
VP Kashim Shettima arrives Kaduna to visit victims of recent military bombings
Vice President Kashim Shettima has landed in Kaduna State alongside Governor Uba Sani and top government officials. The visit is to offer support and assess the aftermath of the devastating air strikes mistakenly carried…
“I have decided to stay back” – Akpabio cancels Dubai trip amid backlash over Nigeria’s COP28…
In the wake of public outcry over Nigeria’s extensive 1,411-delegate contingent to the COP28 Climate Change Summit accompanying President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Akpabio has cancelled his planned trip. The…
LCCI appoints Gabriel Idahosa as president
Gabriel Idahosa has been appointed as the new president and chairman of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). According to a statement on Thursday, Idahosa succeeds Michael Olawale-Cole, who diligently…
NASS to remove tertiary institutions from IPPIS – Speaker
The House of Representatives has restated its commitment to remove tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), to enhance lecturers’ welfare and reduce the brain…
BE DILIGENT, AVOID SHORTCUT TO SUCCESS, DG TELLS CORPS MEMBERS
Corps Members have been advised to be diligent at work and exercise patient in climbing the ladder of success. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Yushau…
Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City must learn to win without Rodri
Pep Guardiola has admitted Manchester City must find a way to win without Rodri after seeing his side fall to a 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa. Leon Bailey’s deflected strike in the second half earned Villa a deserved win and…
Compensate easterners over destroyed properties – UK Igbos tells Sanwo-Olu
Igbo Leadership in the United Kingdom and Ireland has urged the Lagos State Government to compensate Igbo people in the state whose properties have been destroyed. It also appealed to the Federal Government to be fair and…
Olukoyede never said “7 out of 10” Nigerian students are criminals – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, have rebuffed reports claiming that its chairman Mr. Ola Olukoyede labelled 70 per cent of Nigerian university students as internet fraudsters. Olukoyede was quoted to have said…
Oando unveils plans to roll out 12000 electric buses in Nigeria
Oando Clean Energy has said it will soon roll out 12000 electric buses in Nigeria in line with the climate solution agenda to limit carbon greenhouse gas emission in the world. Mr Ademola Ogunbanjo, Executive Vice…
Zero Allocation For Mambilla Power Project In 2024 Budget
There is no allocation in the 2024 budget proposal for the project of the construction of the multi- billion naira Mambilla Hydro-Power plant at Gembu in Taraba State, Daily Trust reports. This is just as the Ministry of…
‘Enough is enough’ – Diddy reacts as fourth woman accuses him of rape
Music mogul. Sean Combs, popularly known as Diddy, has reacted to several sexual assault allegations levelled against him in the past few weeks. This comes after a fourth woman alleged that Diddy and others gang-raped…
Foreign investors pull out N310bn assets, as P&G, Equinor exit Nigeria
Against the backdrop of more exits from ground operations in Nigeria by more multinational companies, Nigeria’s economy is expected to lose $335 million (about N310bn) in Foreign Direct Investments, FDI. The amount…
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…