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Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly ahead of the presentation of the 2024 Appropriation Bill by President Bola Tinubu. Men of the Department of State Services deployed to man the entrance gates are restricting access to the complex. Security agents are deployed to ensure that only those …

As a responsible brand that has always been involved in fostering financial literacy among young individuals in the country, Access Pensions is spearheading yet another educational initiative, providing financial literacy training to secondary and primary school students in 30 schools across Nigeria in the first phase of the company’s plan …

Ondo State government, led by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, is scheduled to hold a diaspora summit with the objective of arranging resources for swift and enduring local development. The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs (OSSAP-SDGs) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are assisting in …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman. Suleiman was removed as the member representing Ningi Central Constituency in Ningi Local Government Area of the State. In the judgement it delivered on Friday, the Appeal Court ordered a …

Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says that all individuals holding a certificate of office in Abuja, need to recertify their document to incorporate the recently suggested features. During a press conference today, Wike said he had stopped signing C-of-Os in his capacity as the minister …

Cardtonic is a gift card trading platform in Ghana and Nigeria, and well-known comedian Nasty Blaq has been announced as their ambassador. Nasty will represent Cardtonic at future promotional campaigns and events, and we are excited to have her on board as our newest brand ambassador. As Cardtonic expands throughout …

The Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is willing to work with Mexico to expand Abuja’s agricultural industry. This was said by Wike during office visit from Mr. Alfredo Ortiz, the Mexican ambassador to Nigeria. Mexico is a nation well-known for its agriculture. Numerous Mexicans …

President Bola Tinubu’s administration inherits a dead economy, according to Prof. Charles Soludo, the governor of Anambra State. Soludo made the statement on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today program, where he was discussing the policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He compared the previous …

Access Holdings Plc’s Board of Directors has declared the death of Bababode Osunkoya, the company’s chairman. Thursday night, November 23, 2023, saw the signing of a statement containing this disclosure by Sunday Ekwochi, the company secretary of Access Holdings Plc. In the statement, Ekwochi said that Osunkoya passed away on …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited announced yesterday that as all of the nation’s refineries would be up and running by then, it would stop importing refined petroleum products. Additionally, it predicted that by the end of 2023, the national oil company’s revenue would have increased to N4.5 trillion, and …

Kogi State government has issues immediate effect for all state and local government accounts to be frozen. No payments of any kind should be pay to anyone from the government account going forward, according to a statement released ttoday and signed by Asiwaju Asiru Idris, Commissioner of Finance. According to …

Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, has denied claims on social media that he traveled abroad for more than N400 million. A newspaper article claiming that the governor spent N170,276,294.31 on foreign travel and transportation, N221,567,094 on local travel, and N6,929,500.00 on private security within three months was cited in …

Hope Uzodimma, the governor of Imo state, dismissed two of his appointees today: Mbakwe Obi, the general manager of Imo Housing Corporation and special adviser, and Noble Atulegwu, the commissioner for lands, survey, and physical planning. Cosmos Iwu, the secretary to the Imo state government, confirmed this to reporters in …

The State Election Petitions Tribunal had dismissed Abdullahi Sule, the governor of Nasarawa State, but the Court of Appeal in Abuja overturned that decision in a ruling on October 2. In rendering its decision, the three-member panel, chaired by Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam, concluded that the Tribunal was required by law …

Thirty-one kidnapped victims in Sokoto State have been rescued by troops of Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD). This is because the Northwest Operation, which is led by Major General Godwin Mutkut, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, increased the intensity of …

The ECOWAS and European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria announced on Tuesday that a million euros, or N847 million, would be provided to combat the diphtheria outbreak in the Northeast and Northwest regions of Nigeria. In an attempt to combat the disease outbreak in Nigeria, the bloc sent money to …

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama has granted bail to Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), valued at N300 million. In a decision today, Justice Hamza Muazu mandated that Emefiele present two sureties, each of whom had to have acquired land in …

The first-year multi-locational confined trial in the Nigerian Genetically Modified (GM) Potato project has concluded in three locations, and the biotech potatoes indicate a notable yield advantage over the conventional varieties planted in Nigeria. Newsmen in Kaduna received the information in a statement signed by Alex Abutu, the AATF’s Communication …

A recent study on the tobacco industry’s influence in Nigeria has shown an apparent increase in the industry’s meddling in public health regulations, particularly those about tobacco control. Nigeria’s ratings fell from 53 in 2021 to 60 in 2023, according to a report by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa …

Nigerians will have better access to electricity by the first half of 2024, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Amb Maitama Tuggar, following the signing of the Siemens gas agreement between Germany and Nigeria. On Channels Television’s Politics Today program yesterday, Tuggar gave a virtual speech from Berlin, Germany. “In …