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Breaking: Again, Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 28.20%

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate for November soared up to 28.20 percent relative to October headline inflation rate of 27.33 percent. Persecond News reports...

Breaking: Supreme Court sets aside A’Court judgment, insist on Nnamdi Kanu’s trial for terrorism

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the treasonable charges against Nnamdi Kanu and set aside the judgment of Court of Appeal that ordered...

Rivers political conundrum: Lawyers, politicians, elder statesmen, others react, urge Tinubu’s intervention to avert the state going up in flames

There is no governance in Rivers State. I think it would not be out of place to say that what is happening in...

Former Anambra governor, Ezeife, dies at 86

A former Governor of Anambra State in the botched third republic, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead. Aged 86, the elder statesman passed on...

21 LG chairmen, 239 councillors bow out in Kogi

Kogi State 21 local government chairmen and 239 councillors have vacated their offices as they served out their three-year tenure on Thursday. The...

Wike-Fubara feud: Five commissioners quit Rivers Govt cabinet in 24 hours

A wave of mass resignation by commissioners has hit Rivers State as the political crisis worsens with five of them throwing in the...

Again, FG sweeps off all directors of aviation agencies, hours after firing MDs

The Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has announced the sacking of all directors of aviation agencies barely 24 hours after President Bola...

Barely 24 hours after “presentation” of 2024 budget to five lawmakers, Gov. Fubara signs bill

Following a “speedy passage” of the 2024 Rivers State budget of N800 billion by a five-member legislature, Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, has signed it...

Rivers State Attorney-General, Zaccheus Adangor, quits

Amid political crisis in the state, Mr Zacchaeus Adangor, has stepped down as the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice of Rivers State. Adangor...

Kaduna village bombing: One accidental bombing too many

On the night of Dec. 3, a group of Muslims gathered to celebrate the Maulud festival in Tudun Biri village, Igabi local government...

Ondo Acting Gov. Aiyedatiwa assumes duty

Ondo State Acting Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has assumed office after the mandatory transfer of power to him by the ailing Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu...

Crude oil production, price benchmark for 2024 budget is achievable – NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.), the largest oil producer and supplier in Africa, has assured that the projected crude oil...

Pres. Tinubu fires MDs of FAAN, NAMA, NCAA, others, names replacements

President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, and five other...

Varsities, Polytechnics, others removed from FG’s IPPIS

Federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education forcefully enrolled captured in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by the Buhari administration...

Hungry people in Nigeria, other West, Central African countries to reach 49.5m in 2024, WFP raises alarm

Hungry people in West and Central Africa including Nigeria may reach a staggering 49.5 million by August 2024, the United Nations World Food...