The Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Dr. ‘Lere Oyewumi, has disclosed plans by the 10th National Assembly to probe abandoned Federal Government projects across the country. Oyewumi, the lawmaker representing Osun West Senatorial District, made the disclosure in Ikire on Friday while speaking with journalists. According to him, there were over 10,000 projects […]

  Tony Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings, has denied a report that he is being lined up as the next governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). An All Progressives Congress (APC) member, Imran Muhammad had made a post on X (formerly Twitter), suggesting that Elumelu is likely to be the next CBN governor. […]

  President Bola Tinubu has recalled Sarafa Isola, Nigeria’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK). The notice of the recall of the high commissioner is contained in a letter by Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, dated August 31. “I have the honour to notify you of Mr President’s decision to recall you, signalling […]

  Police killed eighteen people in a shootout in South Africa’s northeast on Friday, saying they had targeted suspects who were planning to rob a cash truck. As soon as police approached the address, the group of suspects began shooting, police retaliated,” the South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement. “Sixteen males and […]

  A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he is pleased with developments in Gabon following soldiers’ seizure of power in the oil-rich Central African country. In an exclusive interview on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, Fayose said that while he does not support military intervention in politics, he believes the recent […]

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the Federal Government’s palliatives following the removal of subsidy on petroleum. While the Federal Government had months back removed subsidy on the commodity, it gave food palliatives to state governments for onward distribution to Nigerians. It also gave N5bn to them. But hours after declaring a two-day […]

  The move by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to attract major international research grants to Nigerian scholars has received a massive boost as the European Union has committed to provide 440,000 euro to support shortlisted research teams in the country under the Horizon Europe Project. The Head of TETFund’s team on Horizon Europe programme, […]

  President Bola Tinubu has amended the recently reconstituted Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), approving the replacement of the Ondo and Cross River representatives on the Board. This was contained in a statement on Friday evening by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. Tinubu also said the […]

  The Nigerian Army (NA) has dismissed as fake, an online advert by fraudulent individuals claiming to be conducting recruitment on behalf of the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Friday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the fake recruitment was […]