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President Bola Tinubu has sacked Solomon Arase as the chairperson of the Police Service Commission (PSC). The president replaced him with Hashimu Argungu, a retired deputy inspector general of police, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media ...

  Two students of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, have been found d3ad in a room at the FMC Quarters in Bida town, within the Bida Local Government Area of the state The lifeless bodies of the students, simply ...

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly kidnapped passengers along the Maiduguri-Kano highway According to Daily Trust, the insurgents struck between Garin Kuturu and Mannanari village near Auno, along Damaturu highway at about 5:50 pm on Monday. The insurgents reportedly blocked ...

President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast on the occasion of Democracy Day at 7 am on Wednesday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement issued on ...

Diageo, the parent company of Guinness, has announced its exit from the Nigerian market after operating in the country for 60 years. The company has agreed to sell its 58.02% majority stake in Guinness Nigeria to the Singaporean conglomerate, Tolaram ...

  Fire has gutted the School of Technology at Kano State Polytechnic located on Matan Fada Road in Kano metropolis The fire engulfed the entire Department of Art and Industrial Design building on Tuesday. An eyewitness, Abba Ahmed, said the fire was ...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Monday, denied reports that it inflated the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, by N3.3tn during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari It argued that its subsidy claims were verifiable, ...

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Abia State Command, in collaboration with the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS), has arrested 12 suspected pipeline vandals in Obiakpo Obuzo, Asa in Ukwa West LGA, Abia State The ...

  Access Bank Plc has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of African Banking Corporation (Tanzania) Limited in line with its strategic expansion goals. Access Bank, in a statement on Monday, stated that the milestone achieved by the ...

  Fidelity Bank was by far the most traded stock in the NGX on Monday, 10 June 2024, with a turnover volume of about 605.257 million shares, even as the stock gained 6.52% to close at N9.80. Since announcing its ...

  Elon Musk announced Monday that he’ll ban Apple devices from his companies’ premises if the iPhone creator goes forward with its planned OpenAI integration. Apple held its annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference Monday, and the biggest takeaway was OpenAI’s ChatGPT will be ...

  The military aircraft conveying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima which went missing on Monday has been found The military plane carrying the VP and nine others, including the former First Lady, Shanil Dzimbiri, failed to make a landing on ...

  A group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives are seeking alterations to the 1999 Constitution to pave the way for the rotation of the Presidency among the six geo-political zones of the country. They also want an amendment ...

Scores of residents, particularly youths in Ondo State, have protested the sting operation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at some night clubs in Akure, the state capital The EFCC had stormed the popular Alba Royale Club and ...

An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice President, Saulos Chilima has been declared missing Also on board are nine others. A statement from the president’s office has confirmed this. The Malawi Defense Force aircraft “went off the radar” after it left the nation’s capital, Lilongwe, on Monday, ...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Monday in an ongoing clash against Benin Republic in the fourth round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, recited the ‘Arise O Compatriot’ anthem as opposed to the newly signed ‘Nigeria We Hail Thee’ ...

  Benin Republic beat the Super Eagles for the first time on Monday, defeating them 2-1. That scoreline leaves Nigeria’s World Cup qualification on the line. Nigeria have only a miserable three points from four World Cup qualification games and are at ...

  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu was on Monday nominated as the new Chairman of the Southwest Governors Forum. Sanwo-Olu was nominated at the Southwest Governors’ Forum’s meeting held at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos on Monday. All Southwest governors were ...

  A 44-year-old man, Raimi Saka has been remanded in a correction centre in for allegedly shooting and k!lling a She-goat owned by one Mr Babatunde Azeez in Ibadan Oyo State Saka was arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in ...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress has ruled out strike action scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, to demand a new national minimum wage. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made this known on Monday during the ongoing International Labour Conference taking place in ...

  Nigeria’s ethical banking institution, The Alternative Bank has signed a pioneering deal with the Niger State government worth N14bn to finance the delivery of 5,000 electric tricycles to drive social impact, youth empowerment, business growth, and economic prosperity in ...

  The shareholders of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated have given their approval for it to raise N600m in fresh capital raise within one year. This was revealed in the resolutions adopted at the 36th annual general meeting and extraordinary general meeting ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Directorate, on Sunday, said it had arrested 127 suspected Internet fraudsters in Akure, Ondo State. The alleged Internet fraudsters, according to a statement by the Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in ...

  The Imo state Police command has arrested a 27-year-old lady, Oluchi Nzemechi, for st3bbing to d3ath her partner, Kelechi Nzemechi, over alleged failure to give her a cut of alleged internet fraud proceeds (Yahoo Yahoo) to the tune of ...

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has secured the conviction of Quadri Ismail Adeyinka, a staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service for committing travel passport fraud, and this one sweet us! ICPC arraigned the convict before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie ...