The Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers State chapter, Allwell Ihunda, escaped death narrowly as protesting youths chased him along Moscow Road in Port Harcourt, the state capital,…
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UAE Visa Ban: FG Provides Much-Anticipated Update
The Federal Government has announced that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will soon lift the visa ban that was imposed on Nigerian travellers. Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, said this during…
Food inflation soars by 61% in one year— NBS
Nigerians are finding it more difficult to feed themselves, as food inflation rose to 40.66 per cent in May. This was as the cost of food rose by 61 per cent…
“Return to Regional Government, Downsize Political Administration”— Afenifere Proposes, Sends Bill To Tinubu
A bill proposing a new governance model for Nigeria will be presented to President Bola Tinubu. The bill, authored by Akin Fapohunda of the Afenifere group, suggests: Dividing the country into 8…
Olukoyede: EFCC’s efforts aimed at giving Nigerians taste of good governance
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has said the Commission’s relentless efforts in ridding the country of all forms of economic and financial crimes are…
From Stairs to Stumbles: Tinubu’s Slip-Up Joins List of Clumsy Moments by World Leaders Losing Their Balance
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, slipped while boarding the parade vehicle at the venue of the 2024 Democracy Day celebration. The President had approached the vehicle shortly after he arrived at…
JUNE 12: Adeleke advocates credible elections to immortalise MKO Abiola, others
The Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has highlighted free and fair elections as the best way to honour the memory of the acclaimed winner of the June 12 Presidential election, Bashorun Moshood…
Democracy Day: No agreement yet on minimum wage— NLC Contradicts FG’s Claims
Organised Labour has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s claims that an agreement has been reached on new national minimum wages in his nationwide broadcast to make Democracy Day. Tinubu had claimed that…
Federal High Court Goes on Vacation— Here’s Urgent Matters to be Heard in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Justice John Tsoho, has announced the 2024 Annual Vacation and Roster for Vacation Judges of the trial Courts in the country. …
BREAKING: States work on total electricity subsidy removal, new tariff
State governments are getting set to eliminate electricity subsidies in their territories as more states gear up to join others in running their different power markets under their own laws. In…