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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, said the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund created 221,000 jobs since its inception. The governor spoke at the Lagos Employment Summit organised by the Trust Fund. In a…

In furtherance to its efforts at purging the Nigerian educational system, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has raised an alarm, saying it had uncovered 3,000 fake graduates in possession of illegal certificates…

The Senate, on Wednesday, raised an alarm over the influx of substandard Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol, and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) or diesel into the Nigerian market. In a matter of urgent national…

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said contrary to public opinion, he earned a total allowance of ₦25m while in office. Dogara who represented the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal constituency of…

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has disclosed that the issue of releasing Nnamdi Kanu was not part of his discussion with the South-East governors in Enugu State on Tuesday. The former President and Chief Emeka Anyaoku met with…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has decried the magnitude of stealing by corrupt elements in the country. He said anytime he checks case files and sees the amount stolen, he wonders…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government to do a detailed breakdown on the utilisation of borrowed funds. Obi made the demand in a post on X on Monday while decrying significant…

The Nigerian Air Force has refuted claims that its helicopter crashed in the early hours of Monday in Tami village, located in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The spokesman for the NAF, Edward Gabkwet in a statement…

The Federal government would not pay compensation for new structures erected along the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, the Minister of Works, David Umahi has warned. The Minister, who stressed that erecting new structures with…

President Bola Tinubu has condemned Saturday’s suicide bomb blast in Borno State, describing it as a desperate act of terror. 18 people were killed when four suicide bombers set off improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Gwoza, the…

The Turkish Embassy in Nigeria on Saturday confirmed that there is no visa ban on Nigerian passport holders, dispelling reports that have raised concern. Reports surfaced on Thursday suggesting that Ethiopia, Turkey, and the United…

The Presidency on Saturday denied claims that it will run four budgets in the 2024 fiscal year. This came as the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Temitope Ajayi, reacted to a thread of tweets by former…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced plans to carry out critical maintenance work on the 132kV Akure Osogbo power transmission line. According to a public notice issued on Sunday, the upgrade will disrupt power supply to…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and other freedom fighters in…

Aisha Maikudi, a professor of international law, has been appointed as the acting vice-chancellor (VC) of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja). Habib Yakoob, UniAbuja’s acting director of public relations, confirmed the appointment in…