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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 ...

  OAU LOSSES STAFF TO LION ATTACK The management, staff, students and the entire campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have been thrown into mourning following the untimely death of Mr. Olabode Olawuyi. A release by the ...

The family of Alexei Navalny, the Putin critic who died in a Russian prison, have reportedly been told his body will not be released for two weeks. His mother was informed it was being held for “chemical analysis”, a representative for Navalny ...

Guinea’s military junta, which seized power in a coup in September 2021, has dissolved the government The announcement was made through a presidential decree read on state TV on Monday by the presidency’s Secretary General, Brig Gen Amara Camara. Mr ...

  FIRSTBANK SET TO REWARD CUSTOMERS WITH 36 MILLION NAIRA IN THE SECOND SEASON OF ITS FIRSTMOBILE CASH-OUT PROMO   Lagos, 29 January 2024 FirstBank has launched the second season of its Cash Out promo designed to reward users of ...

Mali captain Hamari Traore has been handed a four-match ban after being found guilty of unsporting conduct towards a referee. The 32-year-old defender was sent off straight after the final whistle following his side’s quarter-final defeat by Ivory Coast at the 2023 Africa Cup ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has sealed the Priesthood Orphanage in Karon Majigi Village, Abuja after 23 children between the ages of one and 14 were rescued from the orphanage The children were believed to have been allegedly trafficked ...

A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others, in a report released ...