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Former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and his brother, Ahmad Sirika, on Thursday pleaded not guilty over an alleged contract fraud worth N19.4 billion. Sirika, his brother, and a company owned by Abubakar – Enginos Nigeria…

Former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano. Sanusi’s reinstatement followed the passage of a new law by the State House of Assembly which abolished four emirates created in addition…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the former commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, two weeks’ bail after 27 months in detention. Kyari is expected to conclude his mother, Yachilla Kyari’s burial…

Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the Nigerian Army over the closure of Banex Plaza in the Federal Capital Territory following attacks on some soldiers last…

In response to recent issues with the presidential jets, a committee within Nigeria's House of Representatives has authorized an investigation. The House Committee on National Security and Intelligence met behind closed doors on Monday,…

The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government a two-month ultimatum to implement all its demands or else it will use all legitimate means, including invoking ‘no pay, no work’ to enforce compliance.…

The Nigerian Army has provided an update on the temporary closure of Banex Plaza in Wuse, Abuja, following a recent incident where soldiers were brutally attacked by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums. In a press statement issued on…

Former Anambra State governor and ex-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has warned that untrained youths will constitute a problem for Nigeria in the future. Obi stated this…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again raised the Monetary Policy Rate by 150 basis points to 26.25 Per cent from 24.75 percent. Briefing the press on the outcome of the 295th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja,…

A Nigerian YouTuber based in the United Kingdom, Emdee Tiamiyu, has been reportedly deported. Emdee Tiamiyu is infamous for his views on migration to the UK by Nigerians through the study route. In the months to follow,…

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged the Federal Government to stop what he called financial indiscipline and prioritise human and national development. Obi, who wrote on X on Monday expressed his…

The Organised Labour has agreed to attend the “negotiation” meeting of the Tripartite Committee on the Minimum Wage slated for Tuesday. The Vice President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr Etim Okon, confirmed this in an interview on…

Ahead of the formal opening of the Student Loan portal this Friday, the Nigeria Education Loan Fund has said it will commence with students in federal tertiary institutions. This comes as the Fund has said only students whose…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike. They were sued for failing “to account for the spending of trillions…