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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, on Thursday, announced that payment of ₦77,000 to corps members will begin in February 2025. The NYSC DG disclosed this while speaking…

The Ogun State Government has warned against any attempt to establish a Sharia Court in the state. The state government, in a statement signed by Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, noted that sharia courts cannot be legally…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has reacted to the statement made by the former Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, who is insisting that he remains the speaker. According to a statement signed by Ogundipe Olukayode on behalf of…

Embattled former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, says nursing an ambition to become the governor of Lagos in 2027 is not a sin. During a press briefing at his residence in the GRA area of Ikeja, the…

TikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect. TikTok credited President-elect Donald Trump, who retakes power on…

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has restrained the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) from arresting vehicles with faded number plates. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order on Friday and also restricted the FRSC from imposing…

President Bola Tinubu has commended governors for okaying the Tax Reform Bills, describing the move as “bold”. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Thursday threw its weight behind the controversial bills in a move that came as good…

Nigerian governors have thrown their weight behind the Federal Government’s tax reform bills. But they are proposing a new sharing formula for value-added tax (VAT). The decision followed a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum…

President Bola Tinubu has called on Africa to act now, saying that the continent has what it takes to develop itself. He said this in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates on Monday during a meeting with the Rwandan President, Paul…

The Ministry of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is on the heels of some suspected vandals allegedly responsible for stealing and vandalising sewage manhole covers in Abuja. The Senior Special Assistant on Public…

The Organised Labour says it is pushing for an annual increase to the ₦70,000 minimum wage paid to workers in Nigeria. Labour said it is important that the minimum wage paid to workers reflect a rise in inflation every year. “What…

President Bola Tinubu has promised to address current hardship, especially rising prices of food and drugs in the country through the launch of the National Credit Guarantee Company. In a 2025 New Year’s Message to Nigerians on…

Social media commentator Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan or VDM, has confessed that his recent claim of a ₦180 million theft from his NGO account was fabricated to “teach people a lesson.” In a video posted on his Instagram page…

The Oyo state chapter of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah says its planned event for January was misconstrued for the establishment of a Sharia court. In a flier that circulated widely on Tuesday, the group extended invitations to…

Justice Maryanne Anenih of the the Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with three sureties in like sum. Justice Anenih had on…