•Islamic police The case involving a Jigawa State Commissioner and an official of the Kano State Hisbah Command has taken a new turn after the Islamic police denied all earlier video and audio clips implicating the commissioner in an alleged illicit affair with a married woman in Kano. Reports indicate that the Hisbah Commander in […]
•Dangote Dangote Refinery has announced its readiness to drop the case instituted against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and five other companies over importation of petroleum products. The other five companies are Aym Shafa Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, T. Time Petroleum Limited, 2015 Petroleum Limited and Matrix P...
•Hunger protest Some #EndHunger protesters have blocked the Keffi-Abuja highway preventing motorists from plying the road. Nigerians are holding protests from today August 1 to 10, 2024 mounting pressure on the government to tackle hunger, bad governance, and high cost of living in the country, reports Daily Trust. It was earlier reported that...
•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has appealed to youths in the nation’s capital not to join the planned August #EndBadGovernance protest against hardship and economic woes. The former Rivers State governor had last week said the FCT was not available for any protest, attracting a barrage of ...
•Prof Tahir Mamman The Education Minister Prof Tahir Mamman, has made a U-turn in his earlier statement, where he directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to admit only candidates who have attained 18 years in tertiary institutions. Mamman today, in an ongoing policy meeting organised by JAMB, in Abuja, announced that only ...
•Donald Trump In a surprising turn of events at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, former contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, have endorsed Donald Trump as the party’s candidate for the upcoming November election. Both Haley and DeSantis emphasised the urgency of a unified Re...
Zamfara State Government has reversed its earlier stand on the recently appointed Federal Permanent Secretary, Mrs Maryam Ismail Keshinro, by recognising her as an indigene of the state. The government had earlier in a letter issued by the Head of Service, Alhaji Ahmad Liman, rejected the appointment of Mrs Keshinro on the grounds that she [&h...
•Soldiers of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Kenya braced for fresh demonstrations today under heavy security, after major concessions from the government which agreed to scrap contentious tax hikes following deadly protests that saw parliament ransacked. The rallies this month — led largely by young, Gen-Z Kenyans — caught the authorities off-...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a notice of withdrawal to discontinue an appeal against an order of a Kogi High Court restraining it from arresting the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. In the notice filed on April 22, the EFCC said the withdrawal is predicated on the fact […]
•The United Kingdom Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch and Nigerian Trade Minister Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, at the signing yesterday in Abuja. The federal government has retracted its earlier statement on the legal aspect of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed with the United Kingdom yesterday. This came f...

