Friday 03 November 2023 Lagos man drowns during church beach hangout Navy busts crude theft on Lagos vandalised pipeline Naira rebounds as CBN clears forex debt backlog PDP sues Tinubu for appointing APC member A’Ibom REC NAFDAC alerts public on recalled energy drink India shuts schools as toxic smog engulfs capital NASS Passes N2.17trn […]
Saudi Arabia is making another $13 million available to aid civilians in Gaza, according to a statement made by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) on Thursday. NAN reports that Saudi King Salman and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman are donating the money themselves on behalf of Saudi Arabia. KSRelief, founded […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, said the discovery of dead bodies in Abia State showed the level insecurity in Nigeria. “It unearths how insecurity has continued to ravage many parts of the country, taking innocent lives and killing the economy, “Obi said in a […]
The Senate and the House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed the N2.17trn 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill after third reading. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonized sittings of both red and green chambers on the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill as submitted by Chairman of the Appropriations […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has given former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, till January 25 to appear in court to explain the circumstances surrounding the $53m judgment debt arising from the Paris Club refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling on Wednesday, gave Emefiele another opportunity to […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not ask for a presidential yacht, Tope Ajayi, his spokesman, has said. There has been outrage since details of the N2.1 trillion supplementary budget Tinubu submitted to the National Assembly were published. According to the budget, N5.09 billion was allocated for the yacht, N2.9 billion for sport utility vehicles […]
The war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, is closing in on the Gaza Strip’s main population centre as the death toll continues to mount. On Tuesday, dozens of people died after an Israeli strike targeting a Hamas commander hit the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. The Jabalya refugee camp is […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised Pilots and Airline Operators to exercise caution over hazardous weather as the dry season approaches. This warning was contained in a release by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) on weather alerting the public on the possibility of deterioration in visibility as a result of observed dust […]
The Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof Charles Okechukwu Esimone, has approved the immediate suspension of a staff member, Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya (Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor) for six months for allegedly presenting a forged degree result to the university. The six months suspension is to enable the university authorities carry out […]
Egypt will help evacuate “about 7,000” foreigners and dual nationals from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. For the first time after weeks of deadly fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants since the Hamas attacks of October 7, the Rafah border crossing opened on Wednesday to let […]
