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The federal government has declared Wednesday, May 1, as a public holiday to commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government on Tuesday, April 30. He re-iterated the need for excellence, efficiency and equity in all …

They were first scheduled to be arraigned before Justice Justice Usman Na’abba on April 17 but the arraignment could not go on due to service failure. The Kano State High Court has fixed May 16, 2024 for the scheduled arraignment of the immediate-past governor of Kano State and national chairman …

Binance Executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has disclosed that fleeing crypto chief Nadeem Anjarwalla will be smoked out and extradited to Nigeria to face tax evasion. Vice President of INTERPOL (Africa) Executive Committee, Garba Umar, made this known on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday. …

Motorists and others waited for hours in queues at the few filling stations dispensing the product. Other states that experienced acute scarcity are Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Edo, Anambra, Enugu, Abia, Benue, Plateau, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger and Jigawa. The scarcity first hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) last week. But an …

The Nigerian Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has warned that the country may experience complete lack of electricity in the next three months if the recent hike in electricity tariff is not implemented. He made this statement during an investigation hearing by the Senate Committee on Power in Abuja, concerning …

The Federal Government of Nigeria received an additional N3.8 trillion in what appears to be fresh Ways and Means Borrowing in the last six months of 2023. This is according to provisional data published in the latest Statistics bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2023 recently released by the central …

Multiple explosions from fuel tankers at the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State have resulted in the burning of not less than 100 vehicles and an unknown number of casualties. The incident, which occurred late Friday night, has left many travelers stranded. According to reports, a tanker …

Obi and Omokri   A former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri on Wednesday alleged that the real reason Anambra State became number one in NECO exams under the administration of Peter Obi was the high rate of exam malpractices. In his tweet on X, Omokri argued that Anambra did not become …

  Nigeria and 15 other countries have been boosted with 36.5m dollars in new funding, to eliminate trachoma in their countries. Dr Joy Shu’aibu, Country Director for Sightsavers, an international development organisation, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Trachoma is a neglected tropical disease, which begins …

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will partner with Bayero University Kano (BUK), on entrepreneurship and climate adaptation towards addressing food security in Northern Nigeria. Dr Beth Dunford, the AfDB Vice President of Agriculture, Human and Social Development, made this known on Wednesday when she visited the University Centre …