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Air tragedy: Pilot collapses, dies onboard Boeing 787

A pilot, Ivan Andaur, has collapsed and died in a toilet onboard a Boeing 787 while flying from Miami to Chile. Andaur, 56,...

Paucity of funds: TETFund mulls exclusion of foreign scholars from FG’s scholarship program

With the scarcity foreign exchange and the difficulty in accessing it coupled with paucity of funds, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) daysy...

76 days after inauguration, Pres. Tinubu to swear in ministers on Monday

Over 76 days after his inauguration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will on Monday, August 21, inaugurate his cabinet. This was confirmed by a...

N6.9bn procurement fraud: FG to arraign Emefiele, accomplices on Thursday

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and his accomplices will be arraigned for N6.9 billion procurement fraud...

N56m illegal drugs in FCT: NDLEA busts 343 suspects

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, says it has seized 3,022.529kg of illicit drugs valued at N56 million from January...

U.S. contributions to Nigeria estimated at over $4.6 billion in the last 5 years

The United States, the world’s largest economy, has a longstanding tradition of providing foreign aid for humanitarian causes and economic development. This aid...

Tinubu salutes brave soldiers who lost their lives in NAF helicopter crash

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night saluted the courageous officers and soldiers, who lost their lives in the ill-fated helicopter in Chukuba Village...

Economy in dire straits under Buhari, Tinubu unfortunate — Oshiomhole

Sen. Adams Oshiomhole (Edo North) on Tuesday gave a damning report on the ex-President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying President Bola Tinubu has the...

No going back on deregulation of oil sector, we‘ll continue in that direction, Pres. Tinubu vows

“The market has been deregulated. It has been liberalized and we are moving forward in that direction without looking back. Mr. President, wishes...

Rising crude oil prices, foreign exchange rates: Tinubu govt plans ‘temporary subsidy’ on petrol

Amid rising crude oil prices and crazy foreign exchange rates with cumulative effects on landing cost of imported petrol, President Bola Tinubu, might...

Release suspended EFCC chair, Bawa immediately or prosecute him, SERAP tells Pres. Tinubu …threatens legal action over Bawa’s detention

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to take legal action against the President Bola Tinubu-led administration over the continued detention...

Breaking: Nigeria’s inflation accelerates to 24.08%, the highest in a decade

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released for July 2023, on Tuesday, disclosed that inflation rate...

Ogun Gov. Abiodun appoints Lekan Adeniran as Chief Press Secretary

Ogun Gov. Dapo Abiodun has named Mr Lekan Adeniran as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). The Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tokunbo...

Just in: FG slams 20 fresh charges on Emefiele in FCT court, to withdraw Lagos arms case

There appears to be more troubles for the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as the Federal Government on Tuesday...

CBN gets  Pres.Tinubu’s marching order to reverse Naira slide against other currencies 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Government appear set to reverse the free fall of the Naira. To this end,...

We’ll declare indefinite nationwide strike if petrol price rises above N617, NLC threatens

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to declare a nationwide strike if there is a further hike in the pump price of...