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The UK defence ministry has been fined £350,000 ($440,000) for disclosing personal information of 265 Afghans seeking to flee the Taliban, a data watchdog announced on Wednesday. “This deeply regrettable data breach let down those […]

President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, commiserated with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and the Royal House of Saudi on the passing of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Bandar […]

As Nigeria struggles to meet the goal four of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and tackle the increasing menace of out-of-school children, some states have continued to expend millions of naira on overseas […]

The UK Home Secretary, James Cleverly, disclosed the new set of rules on Monday on the floor of Parliament. According to Cleverly, the United Kingdom is set to raise the minimum salary requirement for obtaining […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress is expected to meet ahead of the resumption of negotiation between the Federal Government and the organised labour on the new minimum wage. This is to arrive at a living wage […]

KADUNA — THE Nigerian Army, mistaking a village for a bandits’ camp on Sunday night, bombed a Maulud event in Kurmin Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing no fewer than […]

Huge crowd besieged banking halls on Monday, as customers moved to link their Bank Verification Numbers and National Identity Numbers to their bank accounts. This followed the new directive of the banking regulator to the […]

Following Wednesday’s presentation of the 2024 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, lawmakers, yesterday, began debate on general principles of the N27.5 trillion proposal. At the floor of […]

American multinational technology company, Google has announced its plan to permanently delete accounts that have not been used within a specified period. In a recent blog post, Google said it deems an account inactive if […]

A total of 4,068 inmates of correctional centres across the country have been released as part of efforts to decongest the centres, Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said. The minister made this known […]

The Association of Resident Doctors of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to Enugu State Government to employ more doctors and ensure security. This is […]

Google has issued a three-week warning to the users of G-mail accounts about a clean-up exercise that could see their e-mails, documents, photos and videos permanently deleted. Google while issuing the warning to users said […]

After barely two days at the trenches, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) reached a truce with the Federal Government, late yesterday, bringing to an end the indefinite strike called by the […]

Nigerian inflation continues to defy global trends, setting a new multi-decade of 27.3 per cent in October even as experts warned that prices, which have been an uptrend in the past two years, will not […]

Level 400 students of Adult Education Department of University of Ilorin (Unilorin) have reconstructed the abandoned borehole serving Tanke Oke-Odo community of Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara. Mr Oladejo Abiodun, the President of […]

Official corruption, lax enforcement of extant building regulations, and poor monitoring by government officials contributed heavily to the over N1 trillion worth of property investment loss, which investors in Lagos State are suffering presently. An […]

Popular stand-up comedian and Nollywood actor, Ayo Makun also known as AY, says he was taught how to crack jokes by Fela Kuti, late father of Seun Kuti, the Afrobeat singer. AY was reacting after […]

Many African governments are currently caught in the crisis of refining domestic debts at cut-throat costs even as they overstretch the funding capacity of their central banks to bridge the gaping hole in their finances, […]