Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, on Friday said it’s leadership failure for President Bola Tinubu to acquire a new presidential jet while Nigerians are hungry. Last week, Tinubu’s senior aide, Bayo Onanuga, had confirmed the arrival of a new presidential jet for the Nigerian president. Onanuga said Nigeria procured an […]

The Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has made history by rising to eighth place in the latest FIBA rankings, released on Thursday. This significant leap of four spots secures their position among the top 10 teams globally, making them the first African team – men or women – to break […]

NLC President, Joe Ajaero Finally In Police Custody (Photos) The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero, on Thursday landed at the Nigeria Police Force attached with the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) to answer some questions that relate to allegations on terrorism financing. 9News Nigeria correspondent monitoring the development reports […]

Auwal Dankode, an employee of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO), found and returned $10,000 in an aircraft at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. Dankode came across $10,000 (approximately ₦16m) while carrying out his cleaning duties, as a Cabin Cleaner, on the aircraft. Auwal has exhibited the core […]

Popular prophet of the Celestial Church of Christ, Israel Ogundipe, has revealed how a bank offered him N1 billion loan. Ogundipe, who is the founder of Genesis Global Ministry, Lagos, said he was offered the loan to help him expand his ministry to reach more members globally. He revealed this […]

French authorities on Tuesday indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov with six charges and released him from custody on a €5 million bail. Durov faces six charges including “complicity in the offences of making available without legitimate reason a program or data designed for… organized gang distribution of images of minors presenting […]

700,000 applications verified’ A massive boost to reflate the economy is underway, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite said yesterday. Seventy-five major companies will get N1 billion single-digit loan disbursement next month, while another N125 billion will be given out as loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises […]

A group of prominent political leaders from the North emerged yesterday, named the League of Northern Democrats (LND), which said it would convene a strategic summit to revive the region’s political and economic place in Nigeria. The group, which declared its intention to unite and reposition the North as a […]

The Federal Government is targeting a $500m loan from the World Bank to tackle inadequate human resource issues in the country’s education and healthcare systems. The proposed loan, part of the Nigeria Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity Governance Programme, is intended to tackle long-standing staffing gaps and enhance […]