NATIONAL NEWS

Vice President Kashim Shettima chaired the monthly statutory meeting of National Economic Council (NEC) in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.  Membership of NEC includes the governors of the 36 states of the federation, Ministers of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Finance, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Group Chief […]

The arraignment of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja over N6.9 billion alleged procurement fraud has been stalled due to the absence of the second defendant who are said to be indisposed. Although Emefiele (the first defendant) was present in court today […]

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the military officers killed in Niger State. Bandits at the weekend invaded Chukuba Ward in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger, and shut down a fighter helicopter in the area, killing the pilot among other officers. In a statement he personally signed yesterday, President Tinubu said “the tragic loss […]

The management of the University of Calabar has begun an investigation into an allegation of sexual harassment levelled against the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, on Monday by the students of the institution. In a viral video on social media on Monday, the students of the faculty accused Ndifon of sexually […]

The Kano command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested 10 suspected drug dealers operating in different parts of the state in July alone. Mr Sadiq Maigatari, the state NDLEA Public Relations Officer, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. Maitagari said that the suspects included Abubakar Yunusa 33, […]

President Bola Tinubu said yesterday that the federal government would take measures to maintain the current pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, in the country without a reversal of its policy on subsidy removal. He also said the threat by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to shut down the economy […]

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency, address the humanitarian crisis in Benue State Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps with hundreds of out-of-school children and many teenage pregnancies as a result of gunmen attacks. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, made the call during […]

Anambra state government has sealed an orphanage, Arrow of God Community Children’s Home at Nkwelle Ezunaka near Onitsha. The commissioner of women and social welfare, Ify Obinabo who disclosed this on Wednesday, said the license of the owner of the facility had also been withdrawn indefinitely. She said the action followed a report which accused […]

In a significant development, two siblings, Samuel and Samson Ogoshi, have been extradited from Nigeria to the United States to stand trial for their alleged involvement in a transnational sexual extortion operation, which tragically resulted in the death of a teenage US citizen, Jordan DeMay. The decision to extradite the Ogoshi siblings came as a […]

A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission crashed on Monday at about 1.00 p.m. near Chukuba Village in Niger State. A statement by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Edward Gabkwet, said the aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School en route to Kaduna but was later discovered to have […]