July 2023

4 Minutes

National

Anger as Senate defends N70bn palliative for lawmakers

Akanji Philip July 17, 2023 0 Comment

Anger has continued to trail the decision by the National Assembly to earmark N70bn for its members out of the N819bn federal supplementary budget passed by the legislature last week. The lawmakers had...

7 Minutes

Local News

IG withdraws mobile policemen from ex-govs, ministers, VIPs— Report

Akanji Philip July 17, 2023 0 Comment

The Federal Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to several Very Important Persons, including ex-governors, former ministers and lawmakers. The order, which was contained in a police wireless message from...

2 Minutes

Featured

BREAKING: CSO demands Malami’s probe over alleged N1bn car gifts

Akanji Philip July 17, 2023 0 Comment

A civil society organisation, Human and Environmental Agenda, has demanded a “thorough, immediate and urgent investigation” into the alleged N1bn car gifts by the immediate-past Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,...

2 Minutes

Business

POS operators In Osun Jerk Up Service Fees On Transaction

VAM News July 17, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update THE Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN), Osun State Chapter at its State General Meeting held on Saturday, 15th July, 2023 resolved that the Convenience Charges for...

2 Minutes

Featured

Shettima: No military solution to North West security crisis

Akanji Philip July 17, 2023 0 Comment

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Sunday, said military offensives alone could not sustainably resolve the security crisis in the North-West. Rather, he said it would take a mix of kinetic and...

2 Minutes

Politics

Osun Governor Reveals Why He Went Back To School After Losing 2018 Guber Election

VAM News July 17, 2023 0 Comment

THE governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has urged Nigerians not to see age as a barrier to pursuing educational dreams, saying one of the conditions he was given before his 2022 governorship ambition...

2 Minutes

Business

World Bank links Lagos building collapses to poor regulation— Report

Akanji Philip July 17, 2023 0 Comment

The World Bank has attributed the frequent building collapse in Lagos State to gaps and loopholes in the permitting process and the use of unqualified professionals in the design and construction of buildings. ...

6 Minutes

National

Alleged resignation: Controversy over APC chair, Adamu rumoured decision

Akanji Philip July 17, 2023 0 Comment

There were controversies, on Sunday, over the alleged resignation of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. While some sources confirmed to the Newsmen that the embattled chairman...

1 Minute

World News

Extreme Weather Plagues U.S. – By Abioye Abdulrazak Adeboye

Bright Olorungbotemi July 17, 2023 0 Comment

•scorching heat wave in the southwest Heavy precipitation was not the only extreme weather plaguing the US. A scorching heat wave across the Southwest has put roughly one-third of Americans under some type of...

2 Minutes

Local News

JUST IN: Navy uncovers vandalised NNPCL oil well, arrests four

Akanji Philip July 17, 2023 0 Comment

The Nigerian Navy has excavated and dismantled oil equipment of a suspected oil syndicate on Oil Mining Lease-18 in Elem Krakama Creek in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. ...