Sunday, April 6, 2025
The West African bloc of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso is working with 🇷🇺 Russia to launch at least two satellites, an official statement said on Tuesday. Col. Assimi Goita, the president of Mali and current chair of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), discussed the project with Ilya Tarasenko, […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have again arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Christian Ogbuji. Ogbuji was first arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on May 10, 2023, upon arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951 for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine […]
The outgoing Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has been told to take the path of honour and obey the subsisting court judgement reinstating his estranged deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu as the duly elected Deputy Governor of Edo State. Shaibu made the call in a statement issued by his media […]
#FearlessInOctober Protests: Take-It-Back Movement Unveils Time, Convergence Points For Protesters In Lagos, Rivers, Kwara, Others September 24, 2024 The nationwide protests aim to highlight the pressing issues of hunger and economic hardship, and draw the attention of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to the plight of Nigerians as a result of […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has insisted on bold reforms in the UN Security Council with a view to giving Nigeria and other African countries permanent seats at the council. Tinubu who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of States and Government of the Economic Community of West African […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says N1.4 trillion will be distributed in the next three months to aid cash flow within the banking system. Olayemi Cardoso, CBN governor, spoke on Tuesday during a press conference in Abuja. Speaking on the issue of cash insufficiency in most bank’s automated teller machine (ATM), […]
Reveals he has two oil blocks, but won’t invest heavily in upstream segment •NNPC has pledged to give us 390,000 bpd in October, says Africa’s richest man •Insists selling crude in local currency will reduce pressure on Naira by 40% •Maintains imported fuel 15 to 20% more expensive than his […]
1. The meeting reviewed the flooding in some parts of the country, especially the one that destroyed almost 50 percent of Maiduguri in Borno state. The meeting also backed the President’s idea of setting up a Disaster Relief Fund to be funded by a portion of the revenue accruing to […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit seeking the removal of Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In his ruling, Justice Ekwo upheld the preliminary objections raised by the 2nd and 3rd defendants, which centred on the claimant’s lack of […]
THERE are indications that the electronics call-up truck management system introduced by the Lagos State Government to prevent a repeat of Apapa port gridlock in the Lekki Port corridor may have hit a the rocks as key stakeholders disagree on implementation several years after the programme was initiated. The two key […]