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  Developers in the built industry have rejected the agreement reached between the Federal Government and cement manufacturers. At the meeting, it was resolved that prices of cement will be reduced to between N7,000 and N8,000. In an exclusive interview ...

  NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Oliver Alawuba is the Group Managing Director/CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and the non-executive director of the bank.   Oliver Alawuba Marriage. Oliver Alawuba is married to Professor Nkeiruka Oly-Alawuba. Oliver Alawuba Education. He is an alumnus ...

The Federal Government says it has uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing a conference on Public Wealth Management held in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He said ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Hans Essaadi, has said that the economic situation in Nigeria has deteriorated to the extent citizens can no longer afford to buy beer. Essaadi said this at the company’s investor call following the release ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented a car to his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un, state media said Tuesday, in another sign of warming ties between the two countries that have raised concerns in the United States The Russian-made ...

An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Azeez Akinpelu to death by hanging for killing an eleven-year-old girl, Rokibat Odeyale, in Owode Egba, in Obafemi/Owode local government area of the ...

The House of Representatives passed a bill to provide for the establishment of state police in the country for second reading The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu and 14 others, seeks to alter the ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra has banned protests against hunger in any South-East territory, adding that any Nigerian agent who dares to organise any protest in Biafraland will regret it. The pro-Biafran group stated this in a press statement issued ...

A constant cycle of corruption! BBN’s Vee slams today’s government over hardship A former Big Brother Naija housemate, Vee has slammed today’s Government, describing it has ”a constant cycle of corruption”. Vee made the statement, while slamming Nigerians about their electoral practice. According to ...

The about two-day suspension of operations with respect to the lifting of petroleum products by the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners has been called off by the oil transporters NARTO confirmed this in Abuja on Tuesday evening after the ...

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to probe how the N30tn Ways and Means loans of the Central Bank of Nigeria was obtained and spent by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari Ways and Means is a loan facility through ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested six persons in Lagos over alleged involvement in currency racketeering and the sale of new naira notes for commercial purposes Its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale said this in a statement on Tuesday ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is working to distribute some seized food items nationwide as the biting food crisis continues in the country According to the National Public Relations, CSC Abdullahi Maiwada, the food items will be distributed ...

The Ondo State Government has declared Thursday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 23 as public holidays in honour of the late former Governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to ...

President Bola Tinubu has directed immediate payment of outstanding electricity bill utilised by the State House to Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) A statement yesterday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the President’s directive followed ...

Food prices have started dropping at major grain markets in Kano, Taraba and Niger states There had been protests in Lagos, Kano and Niger states against the hardship in the land. The latest demonstration against the high cost of living ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone, has disclosed the death of some of its members due to economic hardship alongside poor remuneration of academics and unfavourable working conditions The 1st zonal coordinator, ASUU, Abuja zone, Salahu Muhammed ...

Nollywood actor, Seun Sean Jimoh has appealed to Nigerians with rich friends and loved ones in the diaspora to take it easy on them this period   Taking to his Instagram page, he appealed to them because it is not easy anywhere.   Making ...

The Nigeria Customs Service, Kano Area Command, says it has intercepted four trucks of food items as part of efforts to tackle smuggling This is contained in a statement by the spokesman for the service, Saidu Nuradeen, on Tuesday, in ...

Civil servants in Niger State have declared an indefinite strike over the failure of the government to meet their demands The civil servants, acting under the umbrella of the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, had presented some demands ...

Nigerian singer, Jaywon has berated the people supporting the administration of President Bola Tinubu calling them a f**l, and saying the present Government do not care about the people, and if at all they do, Nigerians would have known. He says if they do, they ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed He is being detained for alleged fraudulent transactions involving billions of naira that took place during his tenure as governor. According to The Punch, a credible source ...

  No fewer than 86 ministries, agencies and departments of government are owing the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company to the tune of N47bn. According to a public notice by the management of the AEDC, the Presidential Villa owes the DisCo ...

  The Distillers And Blenders Association Of Nigeria has said that investments worth over N1.2tn will be lost while 5.5 million direct and indirect workers would be out of jobs if the Federal Government insists on the recent ban implemented ...

  Nigeria’s local currency is currently exchanging above 2,000 naira against the Great Britain Pound at the parallel market. A Bureau de Change operator at Wuse Zone 4, Malam Ibrahim, confirmed the rates on Monday. He said, Yes it is ...