•Minister of Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri The federal government has denied a report that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources had ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell fuel at ₦1,000 per litre. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser, Media and Communication, to the Minister for Petroleum Resources (Oi...
•Late Gospel singer, Aduke Gold The family of the late gospel singer, Aduke Ajayi, popularly known as Aduke Gold has revealed that the singer died of cervical cancer. Aduke Gold passed away at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan on Monday, August 12, 2024, reports Vanguard. Her sudden passing sparked a range of reactions […]...
The Department of State Services (DSS) says it was not involved in the raid of the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) located in the Central Business District area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was earlier reported that masked security operatives suspected to be from the DSS last night stormed and raided […]
•Kingibe and Wike The lawmaker representing FCT in the National Assembly, Senator Ireti Kingibe, has denied sponsoring the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja, amid an allegation by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, that a serving senator was behind the ongoing hunger protests in Abuja. A video had gone vira...
•National President of NLC, Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has denied reports that it has withdrawn from the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship scheduled for August 1. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said the union cannot withdraw from a protest that it did not organise, reports The PUNCH. This was contained in a [&hel...
•Prof Ishaq Oloyede The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied setting cut-off marks for admissions into higher institutions across the country. In a statement posted on its official X account yesterday, the Board dismissed reports that it had set 140 as cut-off marks for universities, and 100 for polytechnics respectively. ...
•United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates has denied approving $10k bank balance, and N640k fee requirements for Nigerians applying for visas into the country, reports The Cable. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced on Monday, that the UAE authorities agreed to vacate travel restrictions imposed ...
State Police appears to be on the way to becoming a reality after President Bola Tinubu and state governors agreed to work on the modalities to establish it. But the clearest indication yet that the quest may translate into reality is a ‘Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the […]
•Tompolo High Chief (Dr.) Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, has denied several newspapers advertorials allegedly placed by him and Tantita Security Services Limited, celebrating President Bola Tinubu just as he affirmed that he stood by the president’s directives. It could be recalled that President Tinubu had warned against celebrating hi...
•Ahmed Idris A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mahmud Tukur, denied promising the former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, leniency in exchange for indicting the former Minister of Finance and others. The former Accountant General of the Federation had told the Federal Capital Territory High Court ...

