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The joint committee of the senate on the medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) and fiscal strategy paper (FSP) says it will recommend a bill to the red chamber, that will “fully privatise” the Nigerian Postal Service…

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has called on opposition parties in the country to form a coalition. Abubakar said Nigeria needs a strong opposition to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) from…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has removed the deadline for legal tender status of old N200, N500, and N1000 notes from the initial December 31, 2023, to forever.  This is according to a statement on Tuesday…

The Diabetes Association of Nigeria has called for an increase in sugar tax from 10% to 20% citing it as a measure to combat consumption of sugar. This was stated by Dr. Alkali Mohammed the president of the Diabetes…

An aircraft operated by ValueJet airline on Tuesday, slipped on taxi turn after landing and cleared off the runway at Port Harcourt…

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated the bank does not have a magic wand to solve Nigeria’s current economic challenges.   The apex bank’s chief said this in an emailed speech on Tuesday…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he his administration inherited serious liabilities from his predecessors, lamenting that Nigeria has serious deficits in port and power infrastructure, as well as agro-allied…

Worried by the indiscriminate borrowing by state governments from banks and the capital market, the federal government commenced a process to check such…

The Ogun State Police Command has threatened to commence the arrest of persons involved in the use of fireworks, popularly…

Renowned Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist Femi…

The director of Gaza’s biggest hospital said Tuesday that 179 people, including babies and patients who died in the intensive care unit, had been buried in a “mass grave” at the complex. “We were forced to bury them in a…

The Chief Executive Officer, Centurion Aviation Security and Safety Consult, Group Captain John Ojikutu, has condemned the action of the Saudi Arabian government to cancel the visa-on-arrival of 264 Nigerians. Vanguard…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, said the church has spent N61 billion on intervention projects across the country. Mr Adeboye stated this during the inauguration of…

The estranged wife of Jude Ighalo, former Super Eagles striker, Sonia, has alleged that the footballer slept with a Big Brother Naija celebrity…

A resident of Maraba town in Nasarawa State, Muhammed Sani Zangina, has instituted a court complaint, accusing a praise singer of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Dauda Kahutu, alias Rarara, of inciting public…

Transmission Company of Nigeria has shut down the national grid following the declaration of an indefinite strike by organized labour unions. Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for Transmission Company of Nigeria, confirmed…

In a bid to curb the problem of massive unoccupied buildings in Abuja, the Federal Government has warned the owners of unoccupied buildings to occupy their houses or be forced to pay triple ground rent for their…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, claims that some opposition parties planned for his third position in Saturday’s governorship…

The Federal Government has revealed that the projected price Nigerians will pay to convert their petrol vehicles to enable them to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is between N300,000 and N600,000.   This disclosure…

Nigeria’s oil production increased to 1,350,573 barrels per day (bpd) in October 2023. The drilling performance is contained in the latest crude oil and condensate production data of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum…

Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has called on his supporters and the people of the state to…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for winning the Imo and Kogi gubernatorial polls.…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members to join the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, starting from Monday…

President Bola Tinubu says he is proud of Nigerian judiciary, dismissing criticisms and attacks against the judiciary over political and electoral cases as “myopic.” “While there may be misgivings here and…