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Fuel scarcity in some parts of the country especially Abuja and its environs have been linked to the fact that depot owners are paying for logistics cost including shipping, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) charges and […]

The United States (U.S.) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Community Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission (cPMTCT) programme in Lagos to support a healthier population in Nigeria. Speaking at […]

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says Nigeria will remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and replace them with N5000-a-month transportation grant to the poorest Nigerians. Speaking at the launch of the World […]

The Federal Government will from next year transfer about N2.4 trillion to about 40 million Nigerians as transportation grants as government begins move to totally remove subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Most stakeholders are, […]

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, snubbed the call by the United States and the United Nations for the implementation of the leaked report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims […]

By Kunle Daramola Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, says the federal government will act on parts of the #EndSARS reports that fall within its ambit after state governments are done with the procedural processes. On November […]

Babatunde Omidina, the comic Yoruba actor popularly known as Baba Suwe, has passed away. Bolaji Amusan, president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), broke the news on Monday. Adesola […]

A wealthy Republican with no formal economics training, Jerome Powell on Monday nonetheless won support from Democratic President Joe Biden to lead the Federal Reserve for a second term. The 68-year-old former investment banker has […]

Some of the ships seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have begun to sink in waters across the country, while many of those temporarily and permanently forfeited by suspected corrupt persons are being […]

ONLINE shopping scams cost consumers £15.4million last Christmas as more than 28,000 people reported being conned — up 61 per cent on the year before. Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales last year also saw […]

The United States has once again warned that it may stop rendering military assistance to Nigeria if the country fails to protect human rights. The US Secretary of States, Antony Blinken, who gave the warning, […]

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in […]

The British High Commission says the high demand for standard UK visitor visas has been responsible for the delay in processing. In a statement addressed to Nigerians on Friday, the commission asked intending clients not […]

He was stark naked and walking incoherently along the presidential road, Enugu, last Tuesday afternoon. Looking at the young man who was murmuring to himself as he walked, he was not up to 25 years […]

The Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NURW) has announced a suspension of its three-day warning strike, following an agreement reached with the federal government. The strike, which commenced on Thursday, led to the shutdown of […]

Before the advent of unicorn fintechs and banks, people entusted their savings with thrift collectors. One of them stood out in Lagos and the areas that now constitute the South West of Nigeria: Taiwo Olunaike […]

Nigeria deserves a prominent seat wherever the most consequential issues are discussed, the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has said, adding that his country was ready to partner with Nigeria differently from the […]