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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced plans to launch its new app — Threads — to rival Twitter. The platform will be launched on Thursday, July 6, 2023. The move comes months after […]

A certificate of origin is an essential document in Nigeria. From job placements to admission into educational institutions and political appointments, the certificate, issued to only indigenes of a particular state, validates that one is […]

The selection of principal officers of the National Assembly, yesterday, blew open the cold war between President Bola Tinubu and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as he was […]

President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will, today, open their defence in the petition by presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and his party, challenging their declaration as winners of […]

Absence of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun of a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Monday stalled proceedings in an assault case brought against afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. Kuti and his counsel, as well as […]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says forgers of its discharge or exemption certificates risk jail term, option of fine or both as penalties. The Director, Legal Services, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim, said this on Monday […]

Subsidy removal on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and the jostle towards right pricing of electricity may have triggered a major shift in the pattern of energy consumption, with about 75 per cent of households now […]

Here are the seven top business news you need to track this week — July 3 to July 7. DBN TECHPRENEUR SUMMIT The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) will, on July 4, 2023, hold its […]

The Lagos chapter of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN), has announced a new price list for PoS transactions in the state. In an interview on Channels Television on Friday, […]

By Busola Aro Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., says a temporary limit has been made to the number of posts users can read daily on Twitter. The move seeks to tackle issues […]

From tomorrow, July 3, 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will begin quote offers for naira-settled OTC FX Futures (NSOFF) contracts with tenors between 13 and 60 months until June 28, 2024. The apex […]

Former spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Jimmy Akpor, has been appointed Chief of Defence Administration in a fresh shakeup in the army that is expected to take effect from July 3, 2023. Army […]

The World Bank has unveiled plans to commit additional $750m to deepen access to electricity through the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP).World Bank’s Director of Strategy and Operations for Western Central African Region, Ms Elizabeth Huybens, […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public of a batch of “unwholesome” Sprite 50cl drink circulating in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, the agency said the […]

The Ebonyi Government has declared Saturday, July 1, as sanitation day throughout the state to mobilise residents of the state to clean the environment. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Victor Chukwu, […]

A business tycoon who is also a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Tein Jack-Rich has refuted online publications, claiming that he (Jack-Rich) has made a N500 million bribe for a ministerial slot […]

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has redeployed top officers in a fresh shakeup by the new boss, Ikechukwu Ogalla. The reshuffled appointments of top senior officers comprised 56 rear admirals (Major General equivalent) and a Commodore […]

Ex-spokesperson of the Senate, Dr. Ajibola Basiru said he did not see any seat that was said to be reserved for Governor Ademola Adeleke at at the Eid praying ground in Osogbo, Osun state. The […]

One Supreme Court justice explained her absence from a case. One justice didn’t. The difference shows how difficult forging consensus over even small steps on ethics can be at the Supreme Court, which is facing […]