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A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been elected as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly. Akpabio is the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress. The voting in the election […]

Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci was on Tuesday finally declared as the Guinness World Record holder for the longest cooking marathon. The Guinness World Record in a statement on its website said Hilda now holds the […]

Nnaji Nnolim, former chairperson of the house of representatives committee on aviation, has described the allegation that he requested for five percent equity in Nigeria Air as spurious. Hadi Sirika, former minister of aviation, made […]

Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, said democracy in Nigeria remains in bondage and it will need the energy of everyone to rescue […]

LAGOS — AS Nigerians celebrate the 30th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential poll, President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigerians must never take democracy for granted noting that the winner of the June […]

By Jide Ajani Conspiracy they wrote! National security chiefs, politicians and officials of the Ministry of Justice as well as key officials of the Ibrahim Babangida administration were involved. General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida was President […]

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Bwari has affirmed Edozie Njoku the legitimate National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The court in a ruling by Justice Mohammed Madugu said that […]

Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has held a meeting with Labour Leaders on how they can create palliatives following the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit known as petrol. Abiodun met with labour […]

Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12, 2023, a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. The Permanent Secretary, federal ministry of Interior, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade who made the declaration, congratulates all Nigerians […]

The House of Representatives has called for a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to determine its assets and liabilities as well as its current market value. According to the House, the […]

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has collaborated with Token.io, A2A payments (often called ‘Pay By Bank’) are a fast and secure way to move Europe’s leading account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider, to power Pay […]

With limited capacity to raise the prices of their products, alongside the intensive use of energy, local manufacturers have yet again raised concerns about their inability to manage energy shocks arising from high energy prices […]

Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, shunned a scheduled meeting with government officials over the removal of subsidy and subsequent over 200 per cent hike in the pump price of petrol until fuel […]

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun has announced the dissolution of the 7th State House of Assembly. This is contained in a statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to the governor on Sunday in Osogbo. […]

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has presented the federal government with a list of demands to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal on citizens. The demands include an increase in the minimum wage, tax […]

The meeting between organised labour and officials of the federal government on fuel subsidy ended in a deadlock with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) insisting on the reversal of the price increase. The meeting was held at […]

By Adekunle Williams The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has backed the current administration of President Bola Tinubu on the removal of fuel subsidy, describing it as a bold and positive step. The National Secretary, SDP, […]

By Busola Aro Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, says the new petrol pump price is reflective of the current market cost of the commodity, and […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, the outgoing speaker of the house of representatives, says those speculating his appointment as the chief of staff (COS) to President Bola Tinubu should allow the “system to work”. There were reports on […]

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with the nation’s security apparatus at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he gave marching orders to the nation’s security agencies in the country to redouble efforts in dealing with […]