There are strong indications that President Bola Tinubu is planning to rejig his cabinet to ease out underperforming ministers. The President has been facing increasing pressure from within and outside his party, the All Progressives Congress, to sack ministers who have been inactive. Sources in the Presidency revealed that a cabinet reshuffle was imminent, with…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Head of the Legal Services Department to appear before it on Monday, September 2, with specific documents related to the money laundering case against Binance Holdings Limited and its executives. The court has requested the CBN…
As the people of Sokoto State, especially those in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, continue to battle insecurity, a group of professionals within the local government, Gobir Development Association, has revealed that the people of the community paid over N160bn in levies and ransom payments to bandits in the area. According to a press statement…
Northern minorities are calling for the restructuring of Nigeria into three regions: the South, the Middle-Belt, and the North. Under the Coalition of Indigenous Middle Belt Organisations (CIMBO), these ethnic nationalities convened a conference in Kaduna where they also demanded the rewriting of the current 1999 constitution. They believe that restructuring and establishing a new…
The Abia State Government has announced plans to establish a mobile sanitation court at Orie Ugba Market and other defiant areas to prosecute defaulters who trade or engage in activities that contravene the Abia State Sanitation Law. The Abia Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Philemon Ogbonna, made this revelation on Saturday while addressing traders at Orie…
On Friday, August 30, 2024, Nigeria mourned the loss of its famous music star Onyeka Onwenu, affectionately called the ‘Elegant Stallion.’ She was buried in Lagos after a funeral service at the Fountain of Life Church in Ilupeju, followed by a private burial in Ikoyi. This decision about the burial site has caused a strong…
Auwal Dankode, an aircraft cleaner with the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance), recently made headlines when he discovered and returned a $10,000 left behind by a passenger in an Egypt Air flight at Kano’s airport. While cleaning the cabin of an MS 878 aircraft, Dankode uncovered the cash tucked away on a seat….
President Bola Tinubu is set to arrive in Beijing, China, on Sunday morning for a five-day official visit aimed at strengthening economic ties and attracting investments to Nigeria. The visit marks a significant step in fostering cooperation between Nigeria and China, focusing on various critical sectors. Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, had noted that Tinubu’s visit…
Nonye Ayeni, executive director and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says Nigeria recorded total receipts of $2.7bn from non-oil exports in the first half of 2024. Ayeni made the disclosure in Abuja on while addressing the media at the council’s presentation of its progress report on the non-oil sector performance…
Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Security Services, on Friday, 30 August, returned the seized passport of multiple-award winning investigative journalist Adejuwon Soyinka, blaming his arrest on “possible mistaken identity.” Inibehe Effiong, human rights activist and public interest lawyer, accompanied Soyinka on a visit to the DSS office in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday to…
