Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Northern Youth Alliance pulls out of nationwide protest
The group, in a press statement signed by Mr Abdullahi Usman, its National Coordinator and made available to newsmen in…
Senate amends Finance Act to allow imposition of windfall tax
Presenting the report, Musa said that the Senate at the plenary session on Wednesday July 17, read the letter of…
Senate passes 2024 Appropriation Act Amendment bill of N6.2trn
Olamilekan in his presentation said out of the N6.2 trillion,N3.2 trillion was for capital expenditure, while N3 trillion was for…
Wike: Planned protest against Tinubu government politically motivated
Wike acknowledged that people were not happy due to hunger and unemployment, adding, however, that the Tinubu administration was not…
Wike vows to complete Karshi-Apo Road in 7 months
Wike noted that while the FCT Administration has paid more than 86 per cent of the contract sum for the…
NG-CARES: Anambra, Kaduna left out as FG disburses over N438bn to 34 States, FCT
Malam Suleiman Odapu, Information and Communication Officer, Federal CARES Support Unit (FCSU), in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja quoted…
Prof Olatunji Dare at 80: Celebrating a man who chose to dare
Friends, family, colleagues and former students converged on Lagos on 17 July to celebrate Professor Olatunji Dare, a man who…
EFCC nabs banker, 3 others for currency fraud in Kano
The suspects specialized in obtaining mutilated Naira notes from various banks with the sole purpose of removing a few notes…
Alleged libelous publication: Edo APC threatens legal action against newspaper
By Jethro Ibileke The Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has threatened civil and criminal lawsuit against…
Kano: Man, 17-year old girl in DSS custody for abducting 4-year- old girl
Impeccable source in the Kano office of the DSS, hinted that the State Hisbah officials handed over Aisha who was…
Police nab 4 secret cult suspects, recover arms in Edo
One of the suspects, Isioma Unwogo (21), was arrested by the Ahor police station division at Orio community with one…
Nigerian Babajide Israel twerks for over 3 hours to set Guinness World Record
GWR said Babajide attempted to set a new record for twerking to give comfort to those suffering from depression all…
How we were kidnapped, freed after payment of N5m ransom- Corps members
The corps members identified as Oluwaseun Adewole, Feranmi Oluwadara, Patience Andrew, Taiwo Oribamise and Lekan Ajayi were returning to Akure…
Why we imposed $200m fine on Meta, WhatsApp — FCCPC
”Only last week, FCCPC issued a final order and imposed a monetary penalty of $220,000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Twenty Million…
Katsina Elders tackle Umahi over revocation of road contract
Dr. Danmajiya, further stated that, "after the awards of the road contract, a Special Monitoring and Supervision committee was created…
Ibadan man Ismail Bukar remanded over alleged defilement of 10-year- old girl
Bukar, who resides at the Tose axis of Moniya, Ibadan, is facing a one-count charge of defilement.
Tinubu wants youths to shelve planned nationwide protest – Minister
The Minister said Tinubu does not see any need for protest. He added that the President has listened to the…
Akpabio apologises to Natasha over ‘nightclub’ comment
However, while tendering apology to Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan over the incident on Tuesday, Akpabio said that he would never deliberately denigrate…
I-G Egbetokun: How police will respond to planned nationwide protest
Egbetokun was however quick to add that the police have a duty to protect lives and property and will not…
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Senate speedily passes 2024 National Minimum Wage Amendment Bill
The bill which was transmitted to Senate by President Bola Tinubu on July 23, was given accelerated consideration, resulting into…
Imo Labour Party Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi joins APC
His defection, which was witnessed by Hope Uzodimma, the governor of of his home state of Imo and the chairman…
Kyari urges Dangote to reveal NNPC staff with interest in Malta refinery
Kyari, in the statement published on his X account said "I am inundated by enquiries from family members, friends and…
EFCC busts illegal miners with 6 trucks in Oyo
Dele Oyewale, spokesperson for the anti-graft agency said in a statement that the six trucks the suspects were arrested with…
Benin businessman Olabinjor Ajobor bags 7 years jail term for fraud
Ajobor was arraigned before Justice (Professor) C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City by the…
Soyinka: Nigerians, most noxious abusers of social media
Soyinka who added that he has kept off the social media because of the 'fictions' that goes on there said…
Amaewhule-led Rivers Assembly calls for arrest for Caretaker Chairmen
The lawmakers made the call during the sitting when the House Leader of the faction Hon. Major Jack, drew the…
Police Sergeant shoots father to death in Maiduguri
Kenneth Daso, the spokesperson for the Borno Police Command confirmed the tragic incident to journalists in Maiduguri on Monday According…
Soyinka: I intend to keep quiet about Tinubu’s administration for now
Soyinka said this while responding to questions in an interview session by a team from The NEWS magazine in commemoration…
APC wins all chairmanship, councillor seats in Ebonyi LG election
Mr Jossey Eze, Chairman of the commission, who announced this in Abakaliki said the party won all the 13 Chairmanship…