Outrage yesterday trailed the Federal Government’s approval of 50 per cent hike in telecommunications tariff, with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, rallying Nigerians to reject “another harsh burden” and threatening to mobilise... Read more »
Striking resident doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have accused FCT Minister Nyesom Wike of neglecting health facilities and workers’ welfare in the nation’s capital, Abuja. The President of resident doctors... Read more »
The Independent Shari’ah Arbitration Panel in Ekiti State has held its first public sitting at the popular Oja Oba Central Mosque, Ado-Ekiti. SaharaReporters reports that the inaugural sitting of the Shariah panel... Read more »
A 35-year-old businesswoman, identified as Edith Nwachukwu, has been arrested by the police in Imo State for battering her 13-year-old house help, Kelechi Ejieke. The suspect was apprehended on Tuesday evening, January... Read more »
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has rejected as “outrageous” contract variation of N532 billion from N90 billion awarded to the contractor handling the second runway of Nnamdi... Read more »
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has upgraded pharmacy, physiotherapy, and optometry degrees in Nigerian universities from bachelor to doctor status. The upgrade, the commission said, is to align with global best practices... Read more »
Kenneth Duke, a prominent church founder and bishop in Abuja, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison without the possibility of a fine by the Federal Capital Territory High Court in... Read more »
The Apex Igbo Sociocultural Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, stands resolutely at the helm of integrity and accountability in governance, issuing this unequivocal statement to all Chairmen of Local Government Areas (LGAs) across Nigeria,... Read more »
The Nigeria Police Force has recorded significant achievements in its efforts to curb crime, with the arrest of 179 armed robbery suspects, 100 kidnapping suspects, 152 Murder/homicide suspects. Not only that, 34... Read more »
Nigeria’s public debt has ballooned to an unprecedented N142 trillion in the third quarter of 2024, according to a report released by the Debt Management Office (DMO). This sharp increase, from N8... Read more »
Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior arrested a gang of Nigerian nationals implicated in an armed robbery incident at a currency exchange office in the Al-Mahboula area, taking a sum of foreign currencies estimated... Read more »
The Lagos State government has warned that individuals caught distributing or forwarding child p%rn%gr@phy and other explicit content involving children on social media could face a 14-year prison sentence, as outlined in... Read more »
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has revealed plans by the Federal Government to establish an aircraft manufacturing firm in Nigeria. The facility is a collaboration between XeJet and... Read more »
The wife of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Beatrice, has returned to Nigeria, Senator Ekweremadu, his wife, and Dr. Obinna Obeta were sentenced by a UK court in May 2023,... Read more »
Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has urged the Nigeria diaspora community to consider Enugu as their first choice of investment destination, stressing that his administration has created robust mechanisms to facilitate... Read more »
Barely eight days after being granted pardon by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, a former inmate, Sunday Omisakin, has been remanded in the Ilesa Correctional Facility for allegedly breaking into a house... Read more »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is enmeshed in another internal scandal as an officer in charge of Kaduna Zonal Office’s exhibit room allegedly absconded with over $30,000 and other valuable... Read more »
The Federal Government has debunked claim in some quarters that the Kano Abuja road has been awarded to an unknown Contractor. Recall that the Abuja-Kano road was withdrawn by the Government from... Read more »
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Rivers State has apprehended 90 foreigners accused of engaging in cybercrimes aimed at defrauding Nigerians. The arrests, carried out with the help of other security agencies,... Read more »
Minister, Communication Innovation and Digital Economy, Tijani Bosun, attributed the recent 50% increase in telecommunications tariffs to global inflation and rising operational costs. Just yesterday the stakeholders meeting in the communication sector... Read more »