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The Chief Whip of Senate, Sen. Ali Ndume has urged the Federal and State to intervene by subsidising the Hajj fare pegged at N5million, to enable first timers attend this year’s Hajj to the Holy Land. Ndume made the call in a…

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has uncovered a massive illegal oil refining site in a forest in the Odagwa community of the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers…

Telecommunication companies will disconnect more Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) numbers not linked to National Identification Numbers (NIN) on Friday, March 29, 2024, the Nigeria Communications Commission has said. The Director of…

Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it is not in the purview of the apex bank to regulate or prosecute actors in the cryptocurrency sector. Cardoso clarified this at a news conference on Tuesday after…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has lamented the poor power supply in the country, saying this is not good for business and national development. The labour union said 12 years after the sector was privatised by the administration…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday approved the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund to bridge the country’s $25bn per annum infrastructure funding gap. The new initiative will be domiciled in the Presidency, the Minister of…

The Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed…

The Federal Government has assured that the government will complete the construction of six new cancer centres in Nigeria in the next two years. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Ali Pate gave this assurance in…

The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) has confirmed the escape of Nadeem Anjarwalla, a regional manager for cryptocurrency platform Binance, from lawful custody on Friday, March 22nd, 2024. Anjarwalla was a suspect in an…

In a significant move aimed at upholding fiscal responsibility and preserving the economic integrity of the nation, the Federal Government has taken legal action against Binance, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange platform. The…

The Lagos State Government has announced that the Lekki Conservation Centre will be reopened on March 29, 2024, following the completion of maintenance work. This was disclosed in a statement on the official website of the state…

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has faulted the position of those expecting naira to stabilise at N400 to the dollar, describing it is unrealistic. He made this known in a series of post on…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop the payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies. The organisation recalled that in 2017, it filed a suit seeking the…

President Bola Tinubu has hailed the National Security Agency, Nuhu Ribadu and other security agencies over the safe release of the Kuriga school children in Kaduna State. About 287, were kidnapped on March 6 when the gunmen on…

A former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has recounted how fake news circulated on social media nearly destroyed his 40-year-old marriage. The ex-minister shared his story during an event in…