NATIONAL NEWS

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has hailed his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom for backing the return of power to the southern region of Nigeria at the expense of his senatorial ambition. Wike spoke on Tuesday during the commissioning of the Government Secondary School Kpor in the Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Ortom […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it is not aware of any “missing” N20bn in the company. The company’s spokesman, Garba Deen Muhammad, in a statement on Monday, said the company knew nothing about the payment of the sum of N20bn to ghost consultants as alleged by an online platform. “The NNPC Ltd […]

Ndigbo in Lagos State have received Commendations for their decision to commence relocation of some of their key businesses to Southeast states. Speaking in Awka, the Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Chief Damian Okeke Ogene said the move is a good response to the incessant call of the state government and Ohaneze Ndigbo to […]

The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday, in Zamfara, said his opposition to the Central Bank’s new naira policy cost him his reelection bid at the March 18 Governorship election. He also said Zamfara saw more military personnel deployed during the election than when the State Government requested military assistance to route out […]

The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Umar Bakare, has stated that the recent fuel scarcity and cash shortages were unforeseen factors that have stalled the completion of the Lagos -Ibadan expressway. Despite assurance by the Lagos State Government last week to partner with the Federal Government to ease the situation, especially around the Kara Bridge/Berger-OPIC […]

Nigeria’s public debt stock which includes external and domestic debt hit a new mark of N46.25 trillion in Q4 2022 from N44.06 trillion in Q3 2022. This is according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics(NBS) which released its quarterly report titled “Nigerian Domestic & Foreign Debt Q4 202” on Friday. The report revealed that the […]

The Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) has expressed satisfaction with efforts geared towards increasing cash flow around the country, following the nationwide scarcity occasioned by the naira redesign and cash swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). “As far as our members are concerned nationwide, they are satisfied with minimum doubt which we want […]

The Senate yesterday set up an ad hoc committee to investigate and recover the over N6 trillion which accrued from the non-payment of ground rent from property owners across the country. The resolution of the Senate to investigate and recover the over N6 trillion which accrued from the non-payment of ground rent from property owners […]

More governors-elect including Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom and Dikko Radda of Katsina State have received their certificates of return. The governors-elect got their certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at different events on Thursday. In Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, and his deputy Noimot Oyedele alongside […]

The Lagos State government has arraigned Chrisland School Limited, and some of its staff members over the death of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, who died during the school’s inter-house sport on the 9th of February, 2023. They were all arraigned on Thursday before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on […]