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The Federal Government is poised to receive fresh loan funding from the World Bank, with approval expected for loans totalling $2.25bn on June 13, 2024. The funding will be received via two major development projects. The first project is the […]

By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Federal Government on Wednesday rubbished claim by Binance that some unidentified government officials are demanding $150 million bribe from the company. A statement issued by Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant to the Minister of Information and National […]

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, sentenced a 23-year-old student, Rabiu Garba, to 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a laptop and two cell phones. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Garba after he pleaded guilty to the two […]

Adetunji Akinyemi is a true son of Agege. He knows the area intimately, having grown up in the Sango slum amidst the Hausa community. His childhood home was a lively environment, with a bustling market in the backyard and the constant […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has released the list of transactions exempted from the new 0.5% cybersecurity levy imposed by the apex bank. A circular from the apex bank on Monday, May 6 had statedthe levy would commence in two […]

Former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to allow the United States and  French military bases in Nigeria. Sani made this appeal in a statement via his verified X handle on Tuesday.null He stated, […]

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and some Point of Sale (PoS) operators have agreed to protect customers’ interest. The Registrar-General of CAC, Hussaini Magaji, said this when the operators visited him in his office in Abuja. Magaji said the operators […]

Former Head of state, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Monday urged the nation’s leaders to imbibe the transparent and people-oriented leadership style which late president Umaru Yar`Adua made his watchword. Gowon said this in Abuja at the first Umaru Yar’Adua International Leadership […]

Nigerians on Monday rejected  the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s reduction of the tariff payable by Band A customers from N225/kWh to N206.8/kWh. The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, electricity […]

EFCC grills six senior NSCDC officers over N6bn fraud 7th May 2024 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested six senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over alleged N6bn fraud. The senior officers are currently […]