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Lagos state authorities must disclose identities of Endsars victims scheduled for mass burial, Amnesty International, an organisation focused on human rights, has said. Isa Sanusi, the organisation’s director, in a statement on Monday, said the […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has cleared his activities for Tuesday and Wednesday as he tries to review and finalise his ministerial list, TheCable can report. As a result, he will not be receiving visitors for […]

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has placed its emergency response team on high alert over an anticipated heavy to moderate rainfall today. The Director-General of the Agency, Dr Abbas Idriss, said in […]

Ahead of the 2023/2024 academic calendar year, the management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has announced new fees payable by both the new undergraduate and returning students. The new fee regime, which ranges […]

When Shakirudeen Bankole and his wife relocated to Abuja shortly after they got married in Lagos earlier in the year, the young couple prepared soup every week with about N7,000 or N10,000. Although the economic […]

The Lagos government says the demolition of distressed buildings in Alaba International Market in the Ojo area of the state is to protect lives. According to NAN, Gbolahan Oki, general manager of the Lagos State […]

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it generated N5.5 trillion as tax revenue in the first half of 2023. In a statement on Thursday, Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, special assistant on media and communication to […]

To avert air disasters, the House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate cases of aviation fuel contamination. The House gave the yet-to-be-constituted committee the mandate to investigate the […]

The senate has asked the federal government to suspend a tender by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to purchase electricity meters for the second phase of the national mass metering programme (NMMP) abroad. TCN […]

Embattled Nigerian hurdler Tobi Amusan has become the third athlete from the country to be provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). The AIU announced Amusan’s suspension on Wednesday and she joins Divine Oduduru […]

Recent research published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health shows that annually, 14 billion litres of breast milk that could be produced to feed babies is not, due to cultural barriers and structural impediments […]

Military air strikes have reportedly killed 22 terrorists in Katsina state. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the air strikes were conducted by the air component of Operation […]

As part of efforts to grow the gas market and make cooking gas accessible and affordable to consumers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and UTM Offshore Limited Thursday signed the Heads of Terms […]

Hundreds of protesters have stormed the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad over a reported plan to burn another Quran, the Muslim holy book, in Stockholm, Sweden’s capital. The protesters scaled the building’s […]

A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to grant Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), access to his medical records and doctors […]

The house of representatives has asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) not to approve the proposed increase in electricity tariffs. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during a plenary session on Thursday, following […]

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Sonny Echono, says the federal government is owing the organisation N323 billion. Mr Echono said the federal government borrowed N371.3 billion from the agency but […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday attributed the rise in the petroleum pump prices in the country to ‘market forces’. The NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, disclosed this while speaking […]