NATIONAL NEWS

At least three yet-to-be-identified persons including a baby and one adult were trapped in a collapsed building in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State on Friday. This is just as one person has been rescued from the debris of the collapsed one-storey building with penthouse. The Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret […]

The Nigerian Army Council has promoted a total of 47 Brigadier Generals to Major Generals. Also, 75 Colonels were elevated to the rank of Brigadier General. Their promotion is coming after the retirement of 113 generals on Wednesday. However, a statement on Friday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the […]

As cash scarcity occasioned by the redesign of three naira notes continues to bite Nigerians about a year after the implementation of the policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned against collusion between Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Point-Of- Sale (PoS) operators. In a statement on Thursday by its spokesperson, Sidi Ali, Hakama, […]

After more than four months of investigation, the Special Investigator probing the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jim Obazee, says former CBN Governor Mr Godwin Emefiele and others embezzled billions of naira and committed other gross financial offences. According to a report by an online newspaper, Obazee’s findings and recommendations were contained in a report he […]

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, and Nigerian governors have set up committees on crude oil theft and management as well as economic affairs. This decision was taken during the 138th meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) which was held virtually on Thursday. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice […]

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, has tasked newly-appointed Permanent Secretaries to drop their personal ambitions and work towards aligning with the priorities of the present administration’s “Renewed Hope Agenda.” She affirmed that as good administrators, personal decisions must respect public feelings. According to a statement released by her […]

Following its reintroduction on Thursday, December 21, President Bola Tinubu has directed that the school feeding programme be transferred from the Humanitarian Ministry to the Education Ministry. During a one-day workshop on incremental improvements in the middle ministerial targets between 2023 and 2027, Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, revealed this information. It was […]

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has said that Catholic Churches in the country would not bless same-sex unions. The bishops said the blessing of the same-sex union is against God’s law, the teachings of the church, and the law of the country. They made this known in a statement released and signed by the […]

Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Dr. Dan Okoh, have expressed optimism that Nigeria would flourish once again under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Mrs. Tinubu and Okoh, made the remark in a homily delivered at the 2023 Service of Nine Lessons and […]

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to promptly tackle the ravaging effects of gully erosion in Yenagoa, Obogoro, Famgbe, Ikolo, and other communities within and around the Ikoli River in Bayelsa State. The House said the menace must be tackled to save the communities from the risk of extinction by implementing reclamation […]