Queues have begun to vanish from filling stations across Nigeria’s major cities after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd intervened in the logistic issues that had breached the supply of premium motor spirit (PMS). Findings by this newspaper across filling stations in Abuja showed that queues are disappearing and normalcy …
Read More »Meet UTME Top Scorers From 2013 To 2023
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced the release of the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The tertiary institutions entrance examination for 2024 commenced on Friday, April 19, and was concluded on Monday, April 29, 2024. The Board’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede announced this at a …
Read More »FG Declares Wednesday May 1 Public Holiday
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 …
Read More »$413,000 Bribery: Court Again Adjourns Arraignment Of APC Chairman, Ganduje, Wife
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 …
Read More »Shaibu’s Ambition Was Risky And I Must Protect Edo People — Governor Obaseki
Shaibu and Obaseki, former allies, fell off in the former’s quest to become the governor of Edo State. The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that he could not risk backing Philip Shaibu to succeed him as the leader of the state. Shaibu and Obaseki, former allies, fell off …
Read More »Fleeing Binance Executive, Anjarwalla Will Be Extradited, INTERPOL Assures
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. …
Read More »Backward Integration: Dangote Targets 700,000MT of Refined Sugar in Four years
…As Q1 revenue rise by 20.1% to N122.7bn Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) has unveiled plans to produce 700,000 metric tonnes of refined sugar from locally grown sugarcane in the next four years, through its Backward Integration Programme (BIP). Chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dangote stated this …
Read More »Insecurity: North Must Develop Its Economy Without Further Delay – Gov Yahaya
Gombe state governor, Yahaya Inuwa …Let’s Pool Resources To Reinvent North’s Economy – Gov Sani Gombe State governor and Chairman, Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF), Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has said on Tuesday that for the north to get out of the current security challenges, it must develop its economic and …
Read More »‘Waste Of Time’ – Court Strikes Out Suits Seeking Ighodalo’s Removal As PDP Edo Guber Candidate
Dr. Asue Ighodalo The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out two separate suits seeking the removal of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo in the Edo State gubernatorial poll. The Edo Polls would be held later in the year and Ighodalo was …
Read More »After N392.6bn Net Loss Induced By High-Interest Rate, Naira Crisis, MTN Push For Tariff Hike
MTN Logo Nigeria’s biggest telecoms provider, MTN Nigeria Plc is battling with the country’s harsh operating environment which has dragged it to a N392.6bn loss after tax between January and March. The situation has made the company to lobby for regulatory permission to hike its tariff for voice and data …
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