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$418m Paris Club fees: The facts, fictions
Yemi Adebowale
Amassive US$418 million. That’s what six consultants have been battling to grab from the 36 Nigerian states and 774 local governments, supposedly for...
Confusion as APC Ward executives lift suspension on Oshiomhole
There is considerable uncertainty about the reported lifting of suspension on the embattled erstwhile chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole...
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Twenty-four states share N43.416bn SFTAS fund
The federal government has disbursed N43, 416, 000, 000.00 to 24 states of the federation under the World Bank-assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and...
Nigeria listed among world’s top 20 ‘hunger hotspots’ in new FAO-WFP report
A new report produced jointly by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) has named Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan...
Queen’s funeral: Elizabeth II is buried beside Prince Philip
The Queen has been buried beside her husband, Prince Philip, after a state funeral and a poignant chapel service - as the nation bid...
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Edo go be Lagos?
Sonala Olumhense
How long can Nigeria’s Fourth Republic last?
Perhaps it is over already. In 2023, a heavily-flawed candidate won the presidency in a manipulated...
I did not fall at Eagle Square, I prostrated for democracy – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has made light of his slip while trying to get on the parade vehicle during yesterday’s Democracy Day celebration at Eagle...
Account for stolen N10tn under your watch–PDP tells FG
As President Muhammadu Buhari commemorates the third anniversary of his administration today, the People Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the government to account for...
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New naira notes will buy you nothing
Abimbola Adelakun
On Wednesday, Nigeria’s President, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), along with the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and some...
Banks refund N76.7bn, $20.9m to customers in 11 months
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that commercial
banks in the country refunded N76.75 billion and $20.90 million to their
customers at November 30,...
Alleged rapists set victim on fire on way to court hearing
An Indian woman was in a critical condition Thursday after
allegedly being set on fire by two men she had accused of rape as she...
Mobile voice subscription rises to 185.74m
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, in its statistics released recently disclosed that mobile voice subscription across networks moved up slightly from 184.7 million...
NCAA clears the air about issuance, renewal of AOC for TAL
The director general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Musa Nuhu has said that the agency will not be a Father Christmas...
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SERAP asks court to stop FG from borrowing N895bn from Nigerians’...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari and the...
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Newborn Nigerian baby dies during home circumcision in Italy
A newly-born baby from a family of Nigerian migrants in Italy has died following a botched home circumcision, the second such incident in little...
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Inflation declines to 23.18%
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services further declined to 23.18 per cent in...
Airline of interest, Max Air resumes operations after suspension
Max Air has announced its planned resumption of scheduled services barely two month after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) suspended its operations for...
NSIB, Aero sign MoU on transfer of expertise
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) and Aero Contractors on Monday entered into an agreement with Aero Contractors to strengthen collaboration in safety training,...
Amazing-Grace Salami, 11, wins maiden U.S. Consulate Spellingbee contest
An 11-year-old pupil of Greenpath Preparatory School, Abuja, Miss Amazing-Grace Salami, has won the maiden edition of the U.S. Consulate-sponsored Spellingbee In Nigeria (SpIN)...
Rivers Govt begs lawmakers to end hostilities as impeachment plot thickens
The Rivers Government has urged the Rivers State House of Assembly (RSHA) to reconsider its stance and prioritise the welfare of the people to...
Rivers lawmakers serve Fubara, deputy impeachment notice, list 19 infractions
The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday issued a notice to the state governor, Mr Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof...
Nasir el-Rufai: The bloodlust of a presidential wannabe
Chidi Odinkalu
In the week in which former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai abandoned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to chart a different political...
More points for Lalong’s Bill
Mahmud Jega
Despite nearly twenty-five years of its unbroken practice, the single longest stretch in Nigeria’s history, democratic practice gets many K-legs here, which probably...
Akpoti-Uduaghan creating content on social media – Senate
The senate on Monday dismissed allegations by the embattled senator representing Kogi Central, Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan regarding a planned arrest upon her return from...
Bishop Kukah named as pro-chancellor, Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia
President Bola Tinubu on Monday named the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, as the pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council of...
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Telecommunication companies warn NCAA against demolishing masts
Ime Akpan
Telecommunications operators in the country have warned the
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) of the consequences of making good its
threat of pulling down over...
