•Workers protest The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened a massive protest that will shut down the Nigerian economy should the federal government fail to cancel the controversial cybersecurity levy recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. •TUC President Festus Osifo addressing Nigerian workers The TUC in a statement signed by ...
•Governor Fubara and Speaker Amaewhule The Rivers State House of Assembly has once more vetoed Governor Siminalayi Fubara, by consolidating the Rivers State Local Government Amendment Law number 5 of 2015, 2023, and number 4 of 2024. After the consolidation, the state lawmakers passed it into a unified law, reports Channels TV. They said this ...
•House of Reps and Nadeem Anjarwalla The House of Representatives has denied demanding a bribe from the Binance Group following a recent allegation by the cryptocurrency company. This is as the House has also resolved to launch an investigation into the escape of the Binance Executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, from the National Security Adviser’s cu...
•Noelia Voigt The reigning Miss United States of America (USA) Noelia Voigt has resigned her title, making the decision on mental health grounds. Ms Voigt, who won the annual competition in September 2023, said she believed in making decisions “that feel best for you and your mental health”. “Never compromise your physical and mental wellbeing...
•CBN Building The Central Bank of Nigeria has released a comprehensive list of licensed Deposit Money Banks operating within the country. The list, which was made public on the CBN’s official website yesterday, provides insights into the banking landscape in Nigeria. Banks with international authorisation include Access Bank Limited, Fidelity ...
An X user Justus, who identifies as LordJustusN on X.com, has expressed dismay over the deplorable state of a hostel, Eni Njọkụ Hostel, in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Justus disclosed that he had visited the hostel to inspect the room his cousin was assigned to, only to be met with appalling conditions. Sharing a […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has returned from his trip abroad after days of speculations over his whereabouts. The president returned to Nigeria this morning. A news flash by the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, simply said: “President Bola Tinubu returns to Abuja after his trips to the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.” The president’s locat...
•OAU main gate Former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Michael Faborode, has said it would be difficult for Nigeria to eradicate certificate racketeering among Nigerian youths studying either at home or overseas. The don said he based his view on the fact that most Nigerians, including parents, nowadays place more v...
The lifeless body of a man, said to be a father of 12 children has been found in a brothel at Tombia-Amossoma road axis of Yenagoa, Bayelsa. According to the residents of the area, the deceased is a 40-year-old man from Delta, though his name was not known as at the time of filling the […]
•Prof Ebenezer Yebisi Professor Ebenezer Yebisi, Provost of the College of Law at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), has advocated for the exclusion of serving judges from presiding over election petition matters in Nigeria. He believes this will mitigate corruption, bribery, intimidation, and other malpractices during election petiti...