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FG stops exportation of cooking gas to crash price

The Federal Government, in its bid to crash the price of cooking gas, has stopped the exportation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The...

Ex-Brazilian star Dani Alves jailed four years for rape

Ex-Brazilian star Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for raping a woman at a Spanish night...

Economic hardship: Nigerian military warns against calls for coup

The Nigerian military authorities have issued a stern warning to those calling for a coup over the economic crisis in the country. The...

Just in: After 26-month self-exile, Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Igboho returns to Nigeria

Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also referred to as Sunday Igboho, a foremost Yoruba Nation activist, has returned to Nigeria. Spokesman for the Yoruba Nation...

Just in: 86 people murdered daily in South Africa — Police Minister

At least 86 people are killed daily in South Africa, according to the country’s current crime statistics released by Police Minister Bheki Cele....

Appointment: Kemi Nandap is the new Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has a new Comptroller-General. She is Deputy Controller General Kemi Nanna Nandap. The appointment, which President Bola Tinubu...

Just in: Labour Party’s National Chairman, Abure, Arrested

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has been nabbed by the Police. He was apprehended in Benin City,...

Tackling food inflation: FG gives 36 governors special intervention fund of N30bln each, says Akpabio

In a bid to address the skyrocketing cost of living in each state of the federation, the Federal Government, through the Federal Inland...

Economic hardship: FG set to restart direct cash transfers to 15m households

The Federal Government has concluded plans to restart direct cash transfers to the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians. This follows the hardship that...

Senate to FG: Discard electricity subsidy removal for now

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to refrain from removing the electricity subsidy amid the ongoing hardships in the country. The Senate’s...

Economic hardship: Elumelu to partner MOFI to boost economy

Nigerian philanthropist and Chairman of Heirs Holdings Group, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has expressed readiness to partner with and support the Ministry of Finance...

Bayern sack Thomas Tuchel, to exit in June

Following the abysmal performance of Bayern Munich this season, Thomas Tuchel will leave the German club at the end of the season, a...

Shelve protest, embrace dialogue, DSS warns organised labour

The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a stern warning to sections of organised labour planning to stage protests on February 27,...

Just in: 2025 AFCON to be played in July, August in Morocco

Despite the Confederation of African Football (CAF) President not giving a tentative date for the next Africa Cup of Nations, an agreement has...

Eschew negative tendencies capable of destroying Nigeria’s reputation, NIPR President urges Nigerians

The President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Ike Neliaku, has called on Nigerians to shun negative attitudes capable of...

UN Secretary-General appoints Malick Fall of Senegal as Resident Coordinator in Nigeria

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Mr. Mohamed M. Malick Fall of Senegal as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, with...