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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the federal government of denying it the use of the Eagle Square to mark the Workers’ Day celebration. The Workers’ Day is an annual celebration marked on May […]

Indofood, makers of Indomie instant noodles, has reacted to a recall of its products in Taiwan and Malaysia over an increased cancer risk. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide, […]

Hope has risen for the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, as the incoming governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will review the sack. Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in the last presidential […]

The United States, US authorities have busted a criminal network of Nigerians operating from Madrid, Spain and London in United Kingdom with speciality in depriving elderly people of their money through a fraudulent inheritance scheme. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 to a date to be determined by the incoming administration. The Minister of Information and Culture, […]

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called on those concerned with passages and movement of persons and services along contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition […]

With exactly one month to the end of its tenure, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government appears confused over whether to end or continue the provision of subsidy for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known […]

The Federal Government on Friday said it is impossible to evacuate Nigerian students right now in war-torn Sudan as any flight is at risk. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this while giving […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates billed to sit the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to start printing their examination notification slips. JAMB said the notification slips would contain their […]

When President Muhammadu Buhari announced constitutional amendments that aim to decentralize the country’s power sector, it sent shock waves throughout the country as it brought up a rare opportunity to transform this long-suffering sector and […]

Thirty-seven days to the end of his tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he could not wait to go home after eight years of being at the helm of affairs in the country, serving […]

Ahead of the June 2023 date for removal of fuel subsidy, indigenous technology-powered mobility company, NAIRAXI, has said Nigeria spends over N6 trillion yearly on the policy. The Chief Executive Officer, Kingsley Eze, while stating […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has narrated how a “prejudiced” landlord some decades ago discriminated against him for being an “Ijebu man”, a Yoruba sub-group in South-west Nigeria. Mr Osinbajo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said […]

The Chairman of the Committee, Mark Gbillah (LP, Benue), on Thursday, announced that Mr Malami, who had ignored previous invitations, will appear before the committee on 27 April, after the public holiday. He said Mr […]

The more things change, the more they remain the same’ cliché aptly captures the in-country passport application process, directly under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior. In about eight years, tonnes of resources have […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the peaceful outcome of the 2023 general elections “will go down on record as one of the proudest achievements of my administration in addition to our neutrality in the […]

Nigeria’s inflation rate has risen to 22.04 per cent in the month of March from 21.91 per cent in February 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, yesterday, disclosing it is the third consecutive […]