Tuesday 31 October 2023 70 corpses, skeletons uncovered near Abia cattle market – Gov Power: Tinubu canvasses N2tn Discos’ recapitalisation, tariff review Retire now, Presidency tells Atiku, ex-VP rubbishes S’Court judgment FG Approves N2.1 Trillion As 2023 Supplementary Budget INEC To Receive N18bn For Conduct Of Imo, Bayelsa, Kogi Polls – FEC What Is […]
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to transfer $9.8 million and £74,000 recovered from Andrew Yakubu, a former group managing director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to an account under the control of the chief registrar […]
An elder statesman and leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has said Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is behind the plot to impeach Rivers State Governor, Sam Fubara. According to him, Wike’s intention is to force Fubara’s deputy to resign after a successful impeachment and […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that Nigerians aspiring to secure admission to foreign universities spent about $340.84 million on application fees between January and June 2023. The figure marked a notable fall of 44.28 percent when compared to the previous quarter. According to the data, which detailed records on expenditure for […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a ceasefire in the Gaza war “will not happen” as it would be “to surrender” to Hamas. Netanyahu also told a press conference that other countries must give more help in the struggle to free more than 230 hostages seized by Hamas in its October 7 […]
The Presidency has berated the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, in reply to his press conference on Monday where he questioned the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the election of President Bola Tinubu. Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a […]
The Borno State Governor Professor Babagana Zulum has raised the alarm that the Boko Haram insurgency is threatening to consume the nation if the humanitarian crisis in the North-East is not contained. Professor Zulum says the continuous existence of IDP camps in Local Government Areas of Borno State is a potential time bomb […]
A ministerial aide has been sacked from his government role after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, BBC reports The British government has expressed its disapproval of comments made by Paul Bristow, citing that “were not consistent with the principles of collective responsibility”. In a letter to the prime minister last week, Bristow said […]
The Federal Government on Monday approved a N2.18tn supplementary budget for the 2023 fiscal year to cover additional spending in defence, works as well as welfare packages such as wage awards and conditional cash transfers agreed with the Organised Labour. Unveiling the details to State House correspondents at the end of this week’s Federal […]
President Bola Tinubu can now heave a sigh of relief as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies in the United States will no longer release his files purportedly containing his records of crimes. Nigeria’s famous investigative journalist, David Hundeyin and Aaron Greenspan had commenced an FOIA request process regarding Bola […]
