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Those rubbishing N5,000 vulnerable intervention fund as insufficient are elite — Minister
The Minister of Humanitarian Services, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, has described those saying N5,000 monthly national cash...
FEC approves $2.81bn for railway services
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the sum of $2.81 billion for the Ministry of Transportation for the procurement...
Contaminated petrol: We’ll handle erring suppliers, House of Rep C’ttee assures Nigerians
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) has intervened in the current fuel situation in the country with a...
Most addicted social media users in Africa : Nigerians rank first, trailed by South Africans, Ghanaians
Globally, social media usage has plateaued, according to the Global Web Index’s flagship report on the latest trends in social media. The...
Full-blown crisis breaks out in Tinubu’s political family as estranged ally, Aregbesola, vows to sack his cousin, Osun Gov.
Ahead of 2023, a political brouhaha of epic proportion has broken out in the political family of the All Progressives...
Update: Suspended DCP Abba Kyari declared wanted by NDLEA over cocaine deal
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared the suspended head of the Police...
Ethiopian national carts home 7th Lagos City Marathon $30,000 cash prize
At exactly 8:03am on Saturday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu crossed the finish line of the Access Bank Lagos City...
Methanol-blended petrol: Are NNPC, NMDPRA to blame?
By Ayo Akinsola Following the discovery of Methanol-blended petrol otherwise known as Off Spec fuel by the Nigerian National Petroleum...
Beleaguered Mali Govt moves to end crippling sanctions as ECOWAS urges more action
By Paul Ejime The beleaguered military-dominated Interim Government in Mali has set up Dialogue Mechanisms towards ending the ECOWAS and...
Former mayor of Kabul becomes refugee in US after fleeing Taliban
Former Kabul mayor Fazal Karim Aimaq had seen more than his share of turbulence during decades of war, but nothing prepared him for...
Breaking: Nigeria’s Supreme Court voids Buhari’s Executive Order 10, says it’s unconstitutional, unlawful
The 2021 Executive Order 10 on the funding and autonomy of state judiciary and legislature issued by President Muhammadu Buhari has...
House of Representatives member remanded over alleged N185m fraud
A House of Representatives member, Gabriel Zock (APC — Kachia Kagarko, Kaduna State) is now cooling his heels in custody for...
COVID-19: CBN says over N3trn loans disbursed to revive economy, create jobs
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To facilitate economic recovery and generate employment opportunities in the wake of the...
Insurgency will end in my tenure, says Gov. Zulum
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has said insurgency will end during the life of his administration. “God willing, insurgency...
2023: Buhari warns diplomats not to interfere in Nigerian politics
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As the 2023 general elections draw closer, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned diplomats against interfering in...
Exposed: Adulterated petrol: Oando, MRS, others imported commodity, not NNPC, says Kyari
NNPC threatens sanctions against the erring companies As the nation grapples with contaminated petrol which has resulted in scarcity in virtually...
