Connect with us
The newly redesigned naira notes will enter circulation on Thursday (today), with Deposit Money Banks distributing them to customers through over-the-counter payments. This came...
Pensioners in Niger State went crazy Wednesday, storming the Government House in Minna over seven years of unpaid pensions. The retirees disrupted the swearing-in of chairmen...
The Federal Government announced on Monday, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, that pre-arrival or post-arrival testing for COVID-19 is no longer required for all travelers,...
Justice John Tsoho, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, expressed concern over the quantity of cases outstanding before the court on Monday, noting that some...
Abdullahi Ishaq, Special Adviser on Security to Governor Babagana Zulum Borno State, has claimed that ex-Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had 83 concubines. Ishaq stated over...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged network subscribers to use its shortcode 2442 to stop unsolicited messages from Value Added Services (VAS) providers and network...
Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the newly redesigned Naira notes are now in banks and ready for issuance. Emefiele...
Due to outstanding fees, Baze University Abuja has denied 185 of its students the opportunity to sit for their ongoing examinations. A lecturer at the college...
NNPC Group Chief Executive Mele Kyari stated in Lagos on Thursday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited will provide an additional N1 trillion for road...
Federal government agencies and petroleum marketers have pledged to end the country’s acute petrol shortage, which has driven up pump prices to N285 per litre. ...
Most of the lawmakers condemned the policy, with Gbajabiamila noting that he would meet with President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, to see if the chambers...
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, stated on Thursday that the Nigerian economy was ripe for a cashless transition since the Federal Government...
The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) has spoken out against the CBN’s cash dispensing policy, claiming that it will harm mobile...
Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director of Nigeria Railway Corporation, revealed that the Federal Government lost about N113 million due to the non-operation of trains on the...
ABUJA — Governors struggled last night to extricate themselves from President Muhammadu Buhari’ accusation that they loot local government funds. But governors who reacted to the President’s...
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), has stated that the stalled development at the local government level is the result of governors and local...
Three African migrants have reached the Canary Islands in Spain having spent 11 days on a ship’s rudder from Lagos. According to the report, the men...
The Federal Government hopes to complete its 748 housing units, which are currently 97% complete, by December in order to improve the supply of housing. During...
The Ministry of Labour’s zonal skill development program involved the payment of more than N208 million, and THE SENATE discovered that participant signatures had been forged....
Rauf Aregbesola, the interior minister, stated over the weekend that 100 high-risk financiers of Boko Haram have been identified by the federal government. He claims that...
Kogi State government has approved 65 years as the new retirement age for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the state. The Kogi State...
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Transportation, extended the start date for the rail services between Abuja and Kaduna on Sunday. While on an inspection...
The number of inmates in the various custodial centres across the country rose by 18,805 between 2015 and 2022, a document by the Ministry of Interior...
The frequent appearance of queues of desperate motorists at filling stations in search of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, could affect the Christmas and...
An unnamed Nigerian who just arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, was stopped by authorities after they discovered an African giant...
Apple, a major US technology company, is apparently interested in purchasing Manchester United. According to a statement on the club’s website, United said earlier in the...
On Thursday, oil marketers warned the public sternly to prepare to pay “any price” for gasoline. Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria-affiliated marketers told our correspondent...
Senator Francis Fadahunsi, who represents the Osun East Senatorial District, has pleaded with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency not to involve the entertainment sector in...
The number of imported automobiles that entered the nation through Ports & Terminal Multipurpose Limited between January and October of this year decreased by roughly 40%...
The number of Nigerians asking for visas to the UK has risen recently, according to Catriona Laing, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria. When Laing spoke...
The higher wage and welfare package for judicial officers has been approved by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired), and he has directed that steps...
The Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning’s Home Finance Department has asked the World Bank for roughly $8.93 million to buy 21 items, including vehicles,...
Dr. Chris Ngige, the minister of Labor and Emplyment, has linked the threat of crude oil theft to the nation’s rising unemployment rate. Ngige...
Brigadier-General Mohammed Fadah, the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps, has reportedly been fired by President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired). When reached, Eddy...
Dr. Monica Eimunjeze, a director at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, has been named the organization’s acting director-general. This came...
To enable clients to return old naira notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered all commercial banks in the nation to open on Saturdays through...
According to Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, the Commission has recovered nearly N117 billion between...
The Senate decided Wednesday to endorse the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) plan to redesign the Nigerian Naira through legislative action. The Committee on Banking,...
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency has announced the arrest of some serving and retired civil servants in the state in connection with a fraudulent contract worth...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said the dollar may appreciate to N200 after the redesign of naira notes....
Senator Smart Adeyemi, chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, has condemned the actions of vandals who allegedly dismantled some of the freshly...
According to the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, most Nigerian roads and highways considered death traps had expired. Nuruddeen Rafindadi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of...
The Federal Government has lowered the Nigeria Police Force’s projected budget by over N93 billion, a condition that the security outfit has warned will stymie its...
According to Report the naira has recovered 20.8 percent to 720/dollar in the parallel market. The move happened two weeks after the local currency was under...
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra State, has stated that the claimed investment of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in the state government is worth...
THE multi-million naira Onitsha Drug Market, popularly known as Ogbo Ogwu, was gutted by fire on Tuesday afternoon, claiming three lives and destroying a building, leaving...
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, claims that the Nigerian Election Debate Group has barred him from participating in presidential debates ahead...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has written to the Nigerian Governors Forum to request a meeting to decongest jails across the country. Sola Fasure, the...
Rail service from Abuja to Kaduna will resume this month, according to Transportation Minister Mu’azu Sambo. Similarly, the rail route will be monitored 24 hours a...
Some bank customers of various banks in the country have lamented the increasing spate of ‘illegal’ withdrawals from their accounts. Some of the customers who were...