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Oransaye report: List of FG’s agencies, depts, corporations to be scrapped, merged

Following the adoption of the Steve Oronsaye’s report for immediate full implementation by President Bola Tinubu on Monday, here is the full list...

Breaking: Merger, scrapping of many govt agencies underway as Tinubu orders full implementation of Oronsanye Report⁣

12 years after the Steve Oronsaye panel submitted its report on restructuring and rationalizing Federal government parastatals and agencies, President Bola Tinubu has...

CJN swears in 11 new Supreme Court justices

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, swore in the newly appointed 11 Justices of the Supreme Court on Monday, warning them...

Tinubu inaugurates Economic Advisory Committee with Elumelu, Dangote as members

A tripartite Economic Advisory Committee, consisting of the Federal Government, subnationals, and the private sector, was established by President Bola Tinubu on Sunday...

Breaking: Fire destroys FCT Minister’s home

A morning fire on Sunday completely destroyed the private residence of the FCT’s Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, in Asokoro. The fire...

Shun NLC protests, rallies, Afenifere urges Nigerians particularly Yoruba, says will escalate tension

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation — Afenifere — has urged Nigerians particularly Yoruba to exercise patience and refrain from engaging in protests or actions...

Breaking: Tinubu announces suspension of sanctions on Guinea, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso

President Bola Tinubu has demanded that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lift the economic sanctions against Guinea, Niger, Mali, and...

ECOWAS Chair, Pres. Tinubu, presides over regional body’s summit in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday presided over Extraordinary Summit of heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States...

Blackout: COAS laments decomposing corpses in Army mortuaries

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has frowned at the total blackout being experienced in some barracks and cantonments...

Harsh economy: NIN required as Customs begins distribution of seized food items to poor Nigerians

In a bid to alleviate the current hardship in the country, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) said it has begun the distribution of...

APC’s Sen. Okpebholo emerges candidate for Edo governorship poll

Sen. Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the party’s primary ahead of the Edo State...

$800m rehabilitation funds for Nigerian ports almost ready – FG

The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, has said that the rehabilitation of the nation’s ports will commence soon. He...

Emefiele slams N25bln suit on Akpabio for alleged defamation 

The ex-governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has slammed a N25 billion suit on Senate President Godswill Akpabio over...

FG Uncovers 32 Routes for Smuggling Food Out of Nigeria

The Federal Government says it has uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who disclosed...

State Police Bill scales second reading in House of Reps

A bill proposing an amendment to the 1999 Constitution to establish state police has successfully passed the second reading in the House of...

Presidential Villa, EFCC, FIRS, 83 other MDAs risk total blackout over N47.1bln electricity debt

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has threatened to disconnect the electricity supply of 86 ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) over a staggering...