US President Donald Trump (C) shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin next to US First Lady Melania Trump (L) ahead a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. The US and Russian leaders opened an historic summit in Helsinki, with Donald Trump promising an “extraordinary relationship” and Vladimir Putin saying it was high time […]
Point-of-sale (PoS) operators across Nigeria have increased withdrawal charges from N100 to N150 or N200 for every N5,000 transaction. The operators attribute the hike to the N50 electronic money transfer levy imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on financial technology (fintechs) companies. In September, fintech companies announced plans to introduce a N50 stamp […]
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has ordered the revocation of 762 plots of land belonging to individuals and corporate organisations. Public notices issued by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday said the affected groups failed to pay their certificates of occupancy (C-of-O) for the confiscated plots. Wike also threatened […]
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama has granted bail to Yahaya Bello, former Kogi state governor, in the sum of N500 million. Bello has been charged with alleged criminal breach of trust to the tune of N110,446,470,089, contrary to sections 96 and 311 of the Penal Code Law Cap.89, Laws of Northern […]
Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company has reduced the price of a litre of petrol to N899 for independent marketers, FIJ is reporting. Independent marketers are private gasoline distributors who have depot facilities and network of retail stations where end users buy fuel from. This was announced by Anthony Chiejina, the company’s chief branding and communications […]
The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested one Chidi Ekwesiri aged 50 years from Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, and two others, tormenting innocent residents of the state. In a press statement released Wednesday, the spokesman for the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the police recovered one automatic pump action gun […]
The State House has earmarked N15.09bn for the purchase of tyres for bulletproof vehicles, Sport Utility Vehicles, operational vehicles, and plain cars, and the construction of an office complex for Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants. It also proposed a total sum of N5.49bn as a provision for the annual maintenance of the Presidential Villa. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the 2025 budget proposal presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing it as “unrealistic, opaque, and insincere.” PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on Wednesday said the budget was anti-people, warning that its implementation would worsen insecurity, poverty, and despair across the nation. Tinubu unveiled […]
A late Wednesday night fire that occurred in the Ogbosisi Timber Market in the Onitsha area of Anambra State, has left several goods destroyed. An X user identified as Omaletocracy shared videos of the fire incident in a post. The video showed some traders trying to salvage their goods while the fire rages. He captioned […]
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to pay N3 million as damages to Benita Ezumezu for failing to issue her international passport within the stipulated six weeks. The court also ordered Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, and the NIS to ensure that applicants who meet all the requirements […]
