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The federal government has announced plans to double the beneficiaries of the N-Power programme from 500,000 to one million. It is also seeking to expand the number of those benefitting from the conditional cash transfer […]

National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Wale Oke, said the level of insecurity in Nigeria tormented him to the point that he prayed for the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari. Oke […]

The Federal Government has told workers that the transfer of the National Minimum Wage from the Exclusive to Concurrent list would not work. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, gave the hint at […]

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over the worsening insecurity in the country. Speaking on Wednesday, Mbaka said God is angry with the president […]

Cement prices have increased by 67-100 per cent in the South East states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, hitting as high as N4,500 in Abakaliki. A market survey conducted by NAN at various […]

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the National Poverty Reduction With Growth Strategy submitted by the Presidential Economic Advisory Council. The decision was taken at the weekly meeting of the council presided over by […]

Following discrepancy discovered in the story of an amputee sachet water hawker, Mary Daniels, 26, who recently received donations from Nigerians due to her situation, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the relevant […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced date for the 2023 general election in the country. According to INEC, the general elections would hold February 18, 2023. Chairman, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed […]

Nigerians have condemned the verbal attack on Senator Smart Adeyemi by Senator Oluremi Tinubu after the latter said the current insecurity challenges in the country is threatening Nigeria’s existence. Adeyemi is the senator representing Kogi […]

Gbenga Omotosho, Lagos commissioner for information, says the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration is not seeking to protect any personality with the anti-graft law it recently signed. On Sunday, TheCable reported that the governor signed a law […]

By Taiwo Adebulu The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it will introduce another tariff review for the 11 distribution companies (DisCos) in the country. In a notice posted on its website on Monday, the […]

The federal government says it will issue a new travel advisory within 48 to 72 hours for travellers coming into the country from regions where there is a surge in COVID infections. Mukhtar Mohammed, secretary […]

The family of a man who died after diving into the River Thames to rescue a woman who fell from London Bridge have said he had a “very good heart” – and accused search teams […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says God’s promise for Nigeria’s greatness cannot be defeated by human machinations. He stated this on Sunday at the ongoing 108th annual convention of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), taking place at […]

Hip hop singer, Eedris Abdulkareem has hit back at Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, calling him a blackmailer for exposing private conversations he had with him years ago. Keyamo had on […]

Victor Ogunyinka Senior Special Assitant to President, Garba Shehu, has lamented that the way killings are being reported under the Muhammadu Buhari-administration is like it had never happened before. Garba Shehu explained that killings had […]