The House of Representatives has sent a stern warning to the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (CMAN) over the arbitrary increase in the price of cement in the country. The Chairman, House Joint Committee...
The Federal Government has said the first phase of the Student Loan will be officially open for students in federal institutions whose institutions have completed the uploading of their data. The Managing Director of the...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has revealed that some politicians and other political stakeholders go as far as threatening judges over their cases in court in order to have favourable judgements. The...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has faulted his trial, claiming it is illegal. Kanu spoke on Monday after a proceeding to determine his bail request at the...
Police officers visit a Pastor who refused to refund a Church member who accidentally sent him the sum of N1M instead of N100,00.00. An unidentified preacher made headlines after attributing money mistakenly transferred to...
A 62-year-old man who had been buried alive for four days was rescued after police heard his muffled cries for help coming from underground. Officers in Moldova found the man as they were investigating after...
A football coach working with a male football team in Osogbo, Osun was apprehended by the operatives of the Department of State Security for trying to sodomise one of his players. Sources who spoke...
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two persons in an attack on Ikachi Village in Akparata area of Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. Ezza and Effium...
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued two infants who were locked up in an apartment on Adelakun Street, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State. The toddlers were found in a state...
Eight manufacturers, including Dangote, BUA and Lafarge saw their foreign exchange-related losses rise to N627.7bn in the first quarter of the year. This is according to an analysis of the financial statements of the...
Iranian state media said President Ebrahim Raisi died on Monday after his helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of the country. The government has not yet issued a confirmation of the leader’s death. Rescue...
President Bola Tinubu set to receive the performance evaluations of his cabinet members this week. As the Administration approaches its one-year anniversary next week, the ministers will have served nine months in office by...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has officially rescinded its directive that required banks and payment service providers to collect and remit fees as specified under the Cybercrime Prevention and Prohibition Amendment Act of...
The Organised Labour has said it would reject the Federal Government’s offer of ₦100,000 as the new minimum wage because it has the capacity to pay more. It also asked the government to be...
The Lagos State Government has restated that it will demolish buildings without proper approvals after the expiration of the 90 days amnesty window to get them legalised expires. Mr Olaoye Olusegun, office...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has sacked all transition committee chairmen across the 21 local government areas of the state. This is contained in a letter titled ‘Expiration of tenure and handover to Heads...
The apex Yoruba socio-political organisation Afenifere had lamented insecurity in the country and is asking President Bola Tinubu to invoke an executive order to create state and local government police. In a statement on...
The Obong of Calabar Executive Forum, OCEF, which is an advisory and executive arm of the Palace of the Obong of Calabar has called on the federal government to start the construction of the...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of 555 persons to serve as Pro-chancellors/Chairmen and members of the Governing Boards of 111 Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. The appointment of the governing...
The Federal Government has reacted to the planned alliance between Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Atiku Abubakar Beady swordblog earlier...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has explained the difference between corruption by politicians and other people. Ndume said corruption in Nigerian politics is people-driven and should not warrant any serious punishment....
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that if in 2027, the party decides that it is the South-East’s turn and selects Peter Obi as its candidate, he...
Indigenes of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have declared that the major demand of the people of the ancient city from the Federal Government is the creation of ‘Ibadan State’. The indigenes made this...
Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima has expressed the need for unity and collective action among governors of the North-East to tackle the challenges facing the subregion. This is as he commended the governors for...
The 94th anniversary of the Okpe Union will take place in Obalende, Lagos, on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Members of Okpe Union from all the branches in Nigeria and abroad will gather at...
The Minister urged private broadcasters to participate in the Federal Government’s Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative to reduce operational costs through more affordable energy. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a crucial directive instructing...
The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has condemned the assault on a female doctor by family members of a deceased patient at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Keffi. Rep. Amos Magaji, Chairman...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has queried the move by the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu to use pension funds to finance infrastructure projects. The former Vice President described such acts...
The organized labour on Wednesday abandoned a meeting of the tripartite committee on new minimum wage due to the ‘ridiculous offer’ made by the federal government and the Organized Private Sector (OPS). According to...
Wigwe University, founded by the late Herbert Wigwe, former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, has announced its course fees and a premium accommodation option priced at N1 million per month. With academic...
As the political turbulence in Rivers State takes a new turn, two commissioners have resigned from the cabinet of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. .The commissioners are Prof. Chinedu Mmom (Education), Dr. Gift Worlu (Housing),...
President Bola Tinubu has reassured investors in the energy sector of his administration’s resolve to further enhance the business environment and ensure investment convenience. The President gave the assurance while inaugurating three milestone projects,...
