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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, […]

Nigerian actress and singer, Mercy Isoyip, widely recognized as Descushiel, has issued an apology to both the Nigerian populace and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for inaccurately reciting the national anthem during the Conference for […]

The Police Command in Benue has dismissed rumours that it was planning to arrest Dr. Aondoakaa Asambe, a Makurdi-based activist and Convener, Benue Alliance for Good Governance (BAGG). The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), […]

The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta on Monday dismissed the petition filed against the Speaker of Ogun House Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo. In dismissing the petition filed by the […]

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have declined request to make public documents relating to President Bola Tinubu. The two U.S. agencies said Tinubu has “privacy rights that should […]

The Federal Government yesterday in Abuja, asked for more time to fix the nation’s electricity challenges as 17 generation and distribution licenses are due for revocation or renewal tomorrow. Just like previous administration had done […]

Tagging their move as another avenue to cash out from the nation’s resources after possibly wasting time on the exercise, civil society organisations, oil and gas experts as well as legal practitioners yesterday, said the […]

The Supreme Court has dismissed the application of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to introduce new evidence against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Justice John Okoro of the Supreme Court […]

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called on Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to review planned payment of N500 million for the release of convicts in the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 26.72 per cent in September 2023. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for September, released […]

To end the discrimination against Higher National Diploma (HND) holders, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has introduced a programme to convert HND certificate to bachelor’s degree through a one-year online top-up programme with […]

After exerting some concrete agreements to some of its demands, Organised Labour last night, sheathed its sword upturning its earlier advertised indefinite strike action to commence today. The Labour organs agreed to suspend its strike […]

Chicago State University (CSU) has released the school documents of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The subpoena was issued after a federal judge in […]

The Federal Government will, in the coming weeks, incur more subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, as the price of crude oil price, yesterday, jumped to a record high of $97 per […]

A 14-year-old boy is under arrest in Riverview, Florida after he killed his mother and shot her boyfriend five times. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said the scene was “one that nightmares are made of,” […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Bola Tinubu over failure to stop former governors, currently serving as ministers, from drawing life perks. The affected ministers are: Badaru Abubakar; Nyesom Wike; Bello Matawalle; […]

For deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), including the Acting Governor, Folashodun Shonubi, as well as the majority of the directors, the odds against them keep increasing by the day as the […]