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Bayo Onanuga appointed Presidential Adviser on Information, Ms. Delu Yakubu aide on Poverty Alleviation

In the latest appointments announced on Friday night, Mr Bayo Onanuga, former Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has been appointed...

Nigeria raises N652bn in 6th Sovereign Sukuk Project Fund

The N150 billion Sovereign Sukuk whose offer for subscription closed on October 11, 2023, was well received with a total subscription of N652.827...

Tinubu bolsters Wike’s executive powers as FCT Minister, exempts FCTA from TSA

“President Tinubu also approved the creation of the FCT Civil Service Commission” By executive fiat, President Bola Tinubu has pulled out the Federal...

World Bank announces historic collaboration between multilateral development banks

The World Bank is bolstering its collaboration with nine Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to fast-track solutions that can change the lives of people...

Second Republic Minister, Maitama Yusuf, dies

A second republic Minister and Sardauna Dutse, Alhaji Bello Maitama Yusuf, is dead. He died in the early hours of Friday in Kano...

Foreign exchange: CBN lifts restrictions on 43 items

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that Importers of all the 43 items previously restricted in 2015 are now free to...

Tinubu appoints Special Adviser for Digital Economy, new CEOs for NCC, NIGCOMSAT, NIPOST, others

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the...

Guilt-racked Army General bags seven years for stealing $2.17m, N1bn

An Army General, Maj.-Gen. Umaru Mohammed is to spend the next seven years in prison for theft of N1.06 billion and 2.17 million...

Of Oppprtunists, Scavengers, Blackmailers and Vitriolic Attacks on Mele Kyari

By Engr Kunle Sajimi The drawback of achievements and accomplishments in public life is that it often sparks jealousy and unrestrained animosity towards...

Nov. 11 Bayelsa guber poll: Court disqualifies APC candidate, Timipre Sylva

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and former Petroleum Minister, Chief Timipre Sylva, has been disqualified from contesting the November 11, 2023...

FG not paying petrol subsidy again — NNPCL GCEO, Kyari

Contrary to insinuations on the social media, the Bola Tinubu administration has not returned to payment of subsidy to any person or group...

Israeli-Gaza War: Is a Ground Invasion Imminent?

According to a 2017 research brief by the RAND corporation, Israel has the military capability to wipe out Hamas, but doing so could...

Kevin McCarthy and the Travails of Democracy by Dakuku Peterside

“Why should we be interested in the impeachment of McCarthy in the US? There are parallelisms in the issue of trust and mechanics...

After two years in exile in Benin Republic, Sunday Igboho regains freedom, jets out to Germany

Two years down the line after fleeing from ex-President Muhammadu Buhari government’s arrest and exiling in Benin Republic, celebrated Yoruba nation agitator, Chief...

NNPCL busts another fake news, denies awarding pipelines rehabilitation to “Northern oil cabals”

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has refuted reports in an isolated section of the media, alleging underhand dealings in the award...

Buhari living in regret, his govt failed woefully, says ex-Minister Dalung

Ex-Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung, on Sunday passed a damning judgment on former President Muhammadu Buhari, saying his administration failed...