Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has approved the payment of ₦70,000 as the new National Minimum Wage for all staff of the FCT Administration, News360 Nigeria reports. This announcement was made by the Acting Head of the Civil Service of FCT, Mrs. Grace Adayilo, on Tuesday in Abuja, in a […]

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly to approve a fresh N1.767 trillion as a new external borrowing plan in the 2024 appropriation act. According to the president, the loan is based on an exchange rate of N800 to $1. Tinubu’s request was read by the speaker, […]

The Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, Babatunde Osibodu, declared the All Progressives Congress the winner of the Saturday Local Government elections in the state in the early hours of Sunday. Osibodu said the “APC won all 20 local government seats and 236 councillorship wards in the state.” He […]

Attempts by drug syndicates to export large consignments of cocaine, methamphetamine and opioids through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja to the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey and Qatar have been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, […]

President Bola Tinubu will depart Nigeria for Brazil on Sunday for the 19th meeting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. Disclosing this, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the president’s latest trip is at the instance of the Brazilian President and current President of the group, Luiz Inacio […]

The Federal Government has spent $1.36bn to service outstanding debts owed to 12 international and multilateral creditors in the first six months of 2024. This is according to an analysis of data from the public debt reports released by the Debt Management Office. The figure for payments made between January […]

AFCON 2025 Qualifier Nigeria vs Rwanda Date: Monday 18th November Time: 5;00pm Venue: Godswill Akpabio Stadium Uyo Nigeria

The Kano royal palace was a beehive of activities on Friday as relatives, friends, and dignitaries gathered to witness the turbaning of DSP Aminu Sanusi Lamido as the Ciroman Kano by the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. LEADERSHIP reports that the traditional title of ‘Ciroma’, reserved for a crown prince […]

A secret Iranian nuclear weapons research facility was destroyed in Israel’s attack on the Islamic Republic last month, according to US and Israeli sources. US officials said the facility, 20 miles east of Tehran, was being used to design the explosive mechanism needed to detonate a nuclear bomb. Israeli strikes also […]

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev, revealed on Friday that the Federal Government will unveil the Clean Nigeria Campaign Strategic Plan next Tuesday, aiming to accelerate progress towards the nationwide 2030 Open Defecation-Free target. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja ahead of the strategic plan’s launch […]