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  Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced plans to reduce its foreign exchange losses through a N599.1bn rights issue. This was disclosed by the company secretary, Uaboi Agbebaku, at the ‘Facts Behind the Rights Issue” presentation by Nigerian Breweries at the ...

  Controversy has surrounded the reported visit of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission headquarters. While the ex-governor’s media team claimed that their principal honoured the invitation, the anti-graft agency countered these claims, insisting ...

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service has announced plans to implement an e-invoicing platform to advance Nigeria’s tax administration system. The new digital platform, named FIRS e-Invoice, is set to streamline invoice management in alignment with the Tax Administration and Enforcement ...

  The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has announced plans to embark on an indefinite strike if their outstanding salaries are not paid within ...

  The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man named Tahiru Hamidu for allegedly engaging in unlawful s3xual intercourse with a mentally unstable married woman (name withheld) in the Owode community, located in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of ...

  Statistics obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that more males are getting infected with Mpox in Nigeria. According to figures posted on the NCDC website on Monday, 67 per cent of Mpox cases recorded ...

  Instagram has introduced ‘teen accounts,’ a new feature aimed at enhancing the safety of users under 18 on the platform. The new approach, which limits who can contact kids and what information they can see while still ensuring their ...

  Former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, yesterday, took a critical look at the living condition of most Nigerians and concluded that “the hardship in the land is getting out of control”. However, as Nigeria grapples with the ...

  Operatives of the Onikan Division of Lagos Police Command have arrested one Suspect, Yakubu Yusuf, for vandalising a segment of the Third Mainland Bridge railings. This was disclosed in a statement on X.com by the Lagos State Police Command on ...

  Georgian politicians have approved the third and final reading of a law on “family values and the protection of minors” that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBTQ rights. The bill, adopted on Tuesday, would provide a legal basis for ...

  A quiet village is reeling after an investigation into infanticide revealed that a local babysitter had two newborn babies buried in her garden. Chiara Petrolini, 22, was arrested after DNA tests allegedly confirmed she was the mother of one of ...

  Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, is still wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and is not in their custody. The EFCC made this clarification in a statement signed Wednesday by Head, Media & ...

  Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana, has condemned the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) for its role in determining the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, following the deregulation of the ...

  The Rivers State Police Command has rescued 16 youths from job scammers and arrested a suspect. Rivers State Commissioner of Police Olatunji Disu briefed journalists at the Command Headquarters on Moscow Road on Tuesday, explaining that operatives from the Octopus ...

  President signed the peace accord in the rundown to his election, the Presidency clarified last night. It was reacting to the comment by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah that the President did not sign the peace accord. Kukah, the Bishop of the Catholic ...

  Former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, on Tuesday handed over to a new Commissioner of Police, Mr Olanrewaju Ishola, at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayoade, immediately after handing ...

  The Lagos State Government has threatened to demolish 280 illegal structures to forestall the creation of slums, distortion of the Lagos State Master plan and erosion of the state coastal area. A statement titled ‘LASG SERVES CONTRAVENTION NOTICE ON ...

  The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has disclosed how his ambition to lead a paramilitary group led to a significant personal loss. Adeboye recounted an incident from years ago when he was deceived ...

  The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down an illegal factory producing counterfeit cosmetic products at Benue Plaza, Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State. This action followed a raid by NAFDAC operatives who discovered ...

  The Rivers state governor, Siminialayi Fubara, has suspended the local government committee chairman of the Akuku-Toru local government area, Otonye Briggs. Fubara in a statement signed on Tuesday, September 17, by his chief press secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, said Briggs had ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that fuel subsidy removal, lower import bills, and increased external debt servicing obligations could pose downside risks for the growth of external reserves by 2024/2025. CBN disclosed this in its Monetary, Credit, Foreign ...

  Labour Party’s Peter Obi has donated the sum of N50m to Borno flood victims. Obi led a delegation to Borno State to support victims of the recent devastating floods. Accompanied by Senator Nenadi Usman and Datti Baba-Ahmed, Obi paid a solidarity ...

  A former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has FINALLY honoured an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello’s decision follows consultations with his family, legal team, and allies, according to his media office. The EFCC ...

  The Federal Government on Tuesday alerted Nigerians to the water release from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. The FG made this known in a press statement signed by the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Umar ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has reconstituted the board of directors of Keystone Bank. The move announced on Wednesday, as part of the apex bank’s strategy to ensure sustained growth for the financial institution. According to a statement from ...