Senator Godswill Akpabio Members of a diaspora group, Diaspora Support Network have unanimously adopted the Senator-elect for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the President of the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Convener of the group, Mr Paul Manner disclosed this to newsmen …

The World Bank Nigeria’s borrowing from the World Bank has reached $14.34bn as of March 31, 2023, This was an increase from the $13.93bn debt recorded by the Debt Management Office as of December 31, 2022. This means that fresh disbursements on approved loans added $410m to Nigeria’s debt from …

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria said it has increased the maximum housing loan for participants to N50m. But the review is exclusively for higher income earners that subscribed to the scheme. The disclosure was made by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FMBN, Ayodeji Gbeleyi during the …

PSC Chairman, Dr Solomon Arase The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved salary payments for the 2021/2022 set of Police recruits who passed out of the Police Colleges and have been functioning in the various commands and formations without salaries. The officer’s salaries were held for six months due to …

A fresh batch of 425 Nigerians have been successfully evacuated from war-torn Sudan, and have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. This brings the total number of Nigerians evacuated to 1,471. According to the Twitter page of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NidCom), the latest batch of evacuees …

Ndubueze The senator-elect from Imo North Senatorial District, Patrick Ndubueze, has joined the race for the position of Senate President ahead of the 10th Assembly inauguration. The Imo-born politician declared his intention in an open letter that he wrote to the ruling All Progressives Congress party and all the 109 …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has closed its case in a £2.6 billion alleged fraud charge slammed on an oil firm, Petro Union Oil and Gas Limited, a consultant to the company and three of its directors. The Consultant is Abayomi Kukoyi (Trading under the name and style …

A non-governmental organization, Democrats Alliance for Good Governance (DAGG) on Saturday condemned in strong terms the report making the rounds concerning the “secret adoption” of one of the aspirants for the position of the speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas from Kaduna State and Hon. Benjamin …

A former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has described his ongoing N388.8 million fraud case as politically motivated, adding that he was being tried based on an unsigned petition. He said this through his counsel, Dele Adesina, SAN, at the resumed sitting on Thursday before …

R-L: Suspects arrested from the shanties close to Alaba international market. L-R: An image of the burning shanties by the authorities. The Lagos Police Command has debunked reports of a fire outbreak at the popular Alaba International Market in the state. The state Police Spokesperson, Ben Hundeyin, reacted to the development …