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The Federal Government has ruled out the importation of food as part of strategies to address the high costs of foodstuffs and the economic hardship troubling the country. It has also set up a committee […]

increased cases of building collapse and building project abandonment among Nigerians as the price of a 50-kilogramme bag of cement jumped to N7,500 from a previous cost of N4,500 in December 2023, representing a 60 […]

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has advised Nigerians not to destroy their own country over the current bad times. The group said great democracies like Britain, France, Canada and America are facing worse economic decline. […]

The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), Faruk Abubakar on Tuesday, said 42,000 nurses have left the country in the last three years. Faruk’s comment came on the heels of the […]

The immediate-past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday that $6.2m was released from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2023 using a forged document. The money, he said, […]

A meeting between the Federal Government and organised Labour to stave off the planned strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress deadlocked on Monday night. The Minister of State Labour and Employment, […]

The Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Fatai Adams, is dead. Though details of his death have not been revealed, it was gathered that he died in the early […]

Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Task Force) yesterday, impounded 497 motorcycles (popularly called okada) along the Lagos-Badagry expressway. The agency said the arrests were to ensure public safety and uphold […]

The Management of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), has cautioned its customers against making payments for installation of prepaid meters. It said customers within its network coverage in Bauchi, Gombe, Benue and Plateau should […]

The Federal Government on Monday confirmed it had begun talks with the government of United States of America on the ongoing investigation of a chopper crash that claimed the lives of the Group Chief Executive […]

The United Kingdom will today sign a new deal with Nigeria to boost trade, investments and unlock new opportunities in various sectors. This was disclosed in a statement by the UK’s department of Business and […]

Nurses, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Abuja chapter, have protested against the recently issued verification of certification guidelines by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), […]

For the fourth time in one month, the benchmark foreign exchange (FX) rate for computing import duties has been raised to N1,444.56/$. The rate was adjusted on February 2 to N1,356.883/$ and reviewed to N1,413.62/$ […]

Following the death of its Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, Access Holdings Plc, has now announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as its Acting Group Chief Executive Officer. Wigwe died in the […]

This is not the best of times for Nigerian families, who have had to adopt bizarre cost-cutting measures to cope with the recent hardship occasioned by the dramatic hike in the prices of goods and […]

Access Holdings on Sunday confirmed that its group CEO Herbert Wigwe died in a helicopter crash in the United States. “Dr. Wigwe died alongside his wife and son on Friday, February 9, 2024 in a […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday said he would support the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) to achieve its humanitarian goals. Sanwo-Olu made the pledge during an event organised by the NRCS, Lagos […]