Over 10,000 persons have been displaced while farmlands and other properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by flood after a “few weeks” of intense rain in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Emir of Gummi, Justice Hassan Lawal (retired) disclosed this on Saturday when Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal paid an on-the-spot […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is happy working for President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress government. Wike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and the only opposition member in Tinubu’s cabinet, made this remark on Saturday during the PDP Congress in Port Harcourt, the […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has rolled out a two-month visa amnesty programme to visitors who have exceeded their visa limits, effective from September 1, 2024. The programme is aimed at assisting overstayers in regularising their residency status or returning to their home countries with no penalties, according to the authorities. It was also designed […]
Claim X users shared list of Nigerians in Ethiopia prison. Verdict This claim is UNPROVEN.There’s no concrete evidence that supported this claim Full Text Users on X platform, Pst Okezie and Delani recently shared a list and claimed the names on the list are Nigerians currently in Ethiopia prison. The posts by Pst Okezie and Delani on X generated over 355k and more than 800 reposts. […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas over “the failure to end the apparently unlawful practice by the National Assembly of fixing its allowances and running costs, and the failure to account for the monthly running […]
Sunday 01 September 2024 Secret network of dispatch riders transporting hard drugs, sacrifices for customers Wike threatens PDP govs for supporting Fubara I don’t give a damn, El-Rufai tells critics Meta to restore Hisbah’s hacked Facebook account – Board EndBadGovernance protesters fault FG’s order on arrest Flood destroys 4,167 houses, farmlands in Gombe, Yobe Abducted […]
As the people of Sokoto State, especially those in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, continue to battle insecurity, a group of professionals within the local government, Gobir Development Association, has revealed that the people of the community paid over N160bn in levies and ransom payments to bandits in the area. According to a press statement […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has terminated the appointments of the board and executive directors of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending (NIRSAL). A source at CBN confirmed on Saturday. NIRSAL, a non-bank financial institution owned by CBN, was created to redefine, measure, re-price and share agribusiness-related credit risks in Nigeria. […]
Ogun State Government has revoked the provisional licenses of 20 private orphanage owners operating in the state due to non-compliance with regulations and laws prioritising the well-being and safety of vulnerable children. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Adijat Adeleye, made this known on Friday during a meeting with the private orphanage owners, […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Head of the Legal Services Department of the apex bank to appear before it with specific documents on Monday, September 2, the new date fixed for the continuation of the trial in the money laundering case brought […]
