New Naira: ICPC raids bank, discovers N258m, makes arrests
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says that as part of ongoing efforts to ensure that commercial banks comply
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Buhari appoints rectors, principal officers for three federal polys
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the appointments of rectors and some principal officers for three federal polytechnics in the
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UTME: JAMB cancels registrations of 817 candidates for biometric infractions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the cancellation of the registrations of 817 candidates in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
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Six killed in fresh Anambra crisis, police search for suspects
About six persons have been feared killed with many missing and houses destroyed in renewed crisis between Omor and Anaku communities in Ayanmelu
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JUST IN: Nationwide strike as IPMAN directs members to suspend operations, shut filling stations
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has directed members to suspend all operations across the country, The PUNCH reports. In a statement signed on
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Protesters shut Benin’s CBN branch
Hundreds of protesting Edo State Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO) have shut the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Benin branch in Edo State over the scarcity
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Naira redesign: FG blasts opposition parties for rushing to court
he Federal Government has blasted some opposition parties for rushing to court for an injunction to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor of
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Five features of Google’s Bard you should know
Technology company, Google has said it is planning to release its own conversational Artificial Intelligence service called Bard. The conversational AI service is
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Turkey: 1.4m children likely affected by earthquake, says WHO
The World Health Organisation Senior Emergency Officer, Adelheid Marschang, has said about 23 million people, including 1.4 million children, were likely to be
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Fuel tanker crushes student to death in Niger
Tragedy struck on Monday evening when a fuel tanker crushed a yet-to-be-identified student of Niger state College of Education, Mokwa campus in Mokwa
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JUST IN: Protest rocks Abeokuta over fuel, naira scarcity
A protest broke out in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Tuesday when residents poured into the roads and streets over biting scarcity of cash and
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Man United eye Osimhen for £107m
Premier League’s Manchester United are reportedly ready to sign Nigerian player, Victor Osimhen, from Napoli this summer. La Gazzetta dello Sport, an Italian
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Court bars PDP, Ayu from suspending, expelling Wike
he Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its leadership from suspending or expelling Rivers State Governor
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We won’t victimise lady claiming she graduated with help of p**sy – Rector
The Rector of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri Dr. Michael Arimanwa has said the management will not victimise the lady who claimed she graduated from
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Ikenga Ugochinyere’s house attacked again by gunmen
Three weeks after the house of the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Ugochinyere, was attacked by gunmen, which
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Protesters defy Ondo CP, block Benin-Ore highway
Angry Nigerians have blocked the busy Benin-Ore highway in protest over the scarcity of naira notes and fuel across the country. The protesters blocked the
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I will reduce cost of governance if elected –Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he will reduce the cost of governance if elected in the upcoming
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NNPC evacuates 450.92m litres of fuel in one week
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has disclosed that an average of 64.42 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit was evacuated daily between
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Court remands Lagos lecturer for alleged incest
Lagos Magistrates’ Court in Ogba has remanded a lecturer at the Lagos State University of Technology formerly (LASPOTECH) (names withheld) in the custody of Kirikiri Correctional Centre
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Killers of 16 Nigerians in Burkina Faso will be punished — Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday said those who killed several travellers, including 16 Nigerians, in Burkina Faso will be
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20 Things to know about Nigerian first female Grammy winner Tems
Temilade Openiyi aka Tems has become the first female Nigerian artiste to win a Grammy award. Tem won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category
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Naira scarcity: Why NLC is not calling for mass actions against FG, CBN – Wabba
National President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has given the reason why the leadership of the labour movement in thr country has
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Breaking! Ahmad Lawan is the APC Yobe North senatorial candidate, declares Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has affirmed Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Yobe North. In a majority judgment delivered
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2023 election: Be apolitical, Wike tells military
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has advised officers and men of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, to be
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No plan to shutdown stations over N195 per litre enforcement-IPMAN
The lndependent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has denied insinuations that marketers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, are getting
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BREAKING: Parties threaten election withdrawal if CBN shifts new naira deadline
Thirteen political parties out of the 18 political parties in Nigeria on Monday threatened to withdraw from participating in the 2023 general elections
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Police after thugs for attacking Adamawa First Lady’s convoy
Police operatives in Adamawa State have gone after thugs who damaged the press bus in the convoy of wife of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, Hajia Lami
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Rivers NLC orders sit-at-home from Monday
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Rivers State chapter, has ordered its members to observe sit-at-home from Monday, unless government addresses the lingering fuel
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S’Court dismisses suit against Imo PDP Rep candidate. Says APC has no locus.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the All Progressives Congress against the People’s Democratic Party on Ahiazu Mbaise Ezinihitte Federal
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Meet Nigeria’s hottest strikers
ith 53 points from 20 matches and sitting pretty atop the Serie A table, Napoli are on the verge of claiming their first
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