Just In: World bank approves 1.5billion loan for Nigeria
The World Bank has finally approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. This was announced in a statement by World Bank on Tuesday noting that the facility is a … Read More
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BREAKING: Reps suspend FG’s 774,000 jobs scheme
The House of Representatives has called for the immediate suspension of the controversial Special Works Scheme of the Federal Government. The National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Labour, Employment … Read More
BREAKING: Omah Lay, Tems regain freedom
Omah Lay and Tems, two fast-rising Nigerian singers, have regained freedom from detention in Uganda — about three days after they were arrested. Bebe Cool, a Uganda singer, broke the … Read More
Strike: FG, ASUU meeting postponed again
A meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities was cancelled by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, on Monday. This was the second time in … Read More
Fear in Abuja as PTF advises minister to reactivate Covid-19 enforcement team
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has called on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Malam Muhammad Bello to reactivate COVID-19 Protocols Enforcement Task Team to stop its violation … Read More
Olopoeyan is an unrepentant political jobber, saboteur, ripe for Suspension from PDP— Atilola
A chieftain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Chief Waheed Atilola has fired a shot at Governor Seyi Makinde’s estranged political associate, Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan, describing the party … Read More
Police rescue abducted Lebanese in Ibadan
Oyo State Police Command said the Lebanese kidnapped at the Panarama Farm Mekun, Oke Alaro area in Ibadan had been rescued. The Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mr … Read More
774,000 Special Public jobs to begins Jan 5 – says FG
The 774, 000 Special Public Works (SPW) jobs will now commence on January 5, the Federal Government said on Sunday. Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, told … Read More
FG moves to secure Omah Lay, Tems’ release in Uganda
The Federal Government is making efforts to get detained Nigerian singers, Omah Lay and Tems, freed in Uganda, says the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa. Both singers … Read More
Ekiti State University students owe N2bn tuition fee – VC
The Vice-chancellor, Ekiti State University (EKSU), Prof. Edward Olanipekun has disclosed that students of the institution were owing a total sum of N2bn as tuition fees. Olanipekun said that the … Read More
IPMAN orders sale of petrol at N162.44 per litre
In compliance with the federal government directives, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Kano State on Monday directed its members to sell fuel at N162. 44 per … Read More
VIDEO: Buhari appears in video visiting his cows in Daura, Katsina
President Muhammadu Buhari has been spotted visiting his cows in Daura after refusing to visit the school and parents of students attacked by bandits over the weekend, according to a … Read More
Police IG, Adamu orders immediate deployment of SWAT officers
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of recently trained officers of the special Weapon and Tactical Team, SWAT. Adamu ordered SWAT deployment for routine … Read More
COVID-19 Lockdown: Over 500 secondary school students pregnant in Benin
More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools of Benin’s northeastern department of Borgou during the 2019-2020 school year, the Beninese news agency (ABP) reported from Cotonou. “Altogether, 547 … Read More
Oyo: Two killed in effort to rescue abducted foreigner
The Oyo State Police Command has said that two bodies were recovered in an effort to rescue one Hassan Mills, a foreigner who was kidnapped by gunmen in the State. … Read More
Southwest PDP Caretaker C’ttee suspends chairman over negligence of duty
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) South West Zonal Caretaker Committee has suspended its Chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro, for negligence of duty, saying he has failed to call any meeting since he … Read More
No contact yet from abductors of 333 pupils, says Masari
THE headache for Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari is how to locate and bring back home 333 pupils that are still missing after weekend’s abduction of pupils of Government Science … Read More
Ede agog for LAUTECH don’s professorial chair
Family and friends from across the country on Sunday flooded the ancient city of Ede, Osun, to join the fiesta marking the grand professorial chair of LAUTECH don, Professor Lukman … Read More
Dr. Aborode’s death is most shocking—Lanlehin
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in the 2019 general election, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin has condoled with the family of Dr. Aborode who died on Friday. In a statement … Read More
Defection: Ex-commissioners attack Nyesom Wike
Two former commissioners in Rivers State, Ibinabo Michael-West and Dr John Bazia, have hit back at Governor Nyesom Wike, for describing them as ‘political neophytes’ and people of ‘slippery characters’. … Read More