Femi Adesina, the former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has described him as a friend of the masses which underscored many of his policies and decisions while in government. Adesina said such considerations were responsible for his decision not to remove fuel subsidies as Nigeria’s president. Adesina disclosed this in […]
The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Mr. Destiny Ogbeh along with his master for the alleged killing of Progress Agidi, an 8-year-old boy suspected to have been murdered for ritual purposes. According to findings by Vanguard, Destiny Ogbeh, an apprentice to a native doctor in the community, lured Progress to accompany him into […]
Igor Kirillov, a general who headed Russia’s radiological, biological, and chemical protection forces, has been killed in a bomb explosion. Russian authorities said Kirillov was killed outside an apartment building, along with his assistant, when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off on Tuesday. Ukraine had declared the Russian general wanted for using […]
Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected two bids to overturn a contested piece of legislation severely curtailing LGBTQ rights which was adopted by MPs earlier this year. “Until there is presidential assent to the bill, there is no act of which the Supreme Court will use its supervisory jurisdiction to overturn,” Avril Lovelace-Johnson, head of […]
The National Assembly is set to extend the 2024 budget cycle. It was also learned that the 2025 budget will be passed at the end of the year. President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to present the N47.9tn 2025 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly at 12 pm. The Chairman of the Senate […]
Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, is seeking to pardon Segun Olowookere who was sentenced to death by hanging for allegedly stealing a fowl and eggs in 2010. In an interview with Biola Adebayo, a Nigerian actress, the parents of the victim claimed that police officers from the Osun command arrested Olowookere for an offence he […]
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday, expressed doubt that the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, would bring an end to the insecurity challenges in the South-East. Speaking during a press briefing at the Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia on Tuesday, Soludo said that criminals […]
Monies paid by the Federal Government as electricity subsidies increased to N199.64 billion in December 2024, according to data sourced from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. According to the newly released report, ‘December 2024 Multi-Year Tariff Order,’ electricity subsidies rose by 2.76 per cent to N199.64 billion this month from N194.26 billion in November. NERC […]
As part of its efforts at ending anti-corruption in Nigeria, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it recovered N29.7 billion in cash and $966,900.83 in foreign currency in one year. Musa Aliyu, ICPC chairman, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja to mark […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set a daily withdrawal limit on point-of-sale (PoS) terminals to N100,000 per customer. In a circular to all deposit money banks (DMBs), microfinance Banks, mobile money operators and super-agents, titled ‘Cash-out limits for agent banking transactions,’ CBN said the restriction is in line with the apex bank’s ongoing […]
