Nigeria’s inflation rises to 33.95% in May
Nigeria’s headline inflation rose for the 17th time to 33.95 per cent in May 2024 from 33.69 per cent in April. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in…
Court sentences two to death in Jigawa
The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Birnin Kudu on Friday sentenced two persons to death for conspiring and killing Yakubu Ibrahim and dumping his dead body by the roadside.…
Tinubu sacks BPP DG, Mamman Ahmad
President Bola Tinubu has sacked Mamman Ahmadu as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP. Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.…
Lady arrested for inserting firewood into private part of 12-year-old girl in Ogun
A 25-year-old woman named Temitope Adetanju has been arrested for allegedly inserting a piece of firewood into the vagina of a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) for stealing in Isewo, Obada…
My refinery will reduce fuel price in Nigeria – Dangote
The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said his $20 billion 650,000 barrels per day Lagos-based refinery will crash the price of fuel as it reduced the price of…
Nigeria seeks $500m World Bank loan to fix rural roads, food price hike
The Nigerian federal government is seeking a $500 million loan from the World Bank to fix rural roads, improve access to agricultural products nationwide, and tackle food price hikes. The…
Outrage as traffickers force teenage Nigerian girls into prostitution in Ghana amid economic hardship
As the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) intensifies campaigns against human trafficking and aggressively goes after the barons who are neck-deep in the illicit, inhuman…
June 12: Tinubu must go, we are hungry – Nigerians protest hardship
As Nigerians mark the June 12 Democracy Day celebration, some aggrieved citizens on Wednesday protested against the current state of the country. The aggrieved Nigerians took to the streets to…
June 12: Tinubu slips at Eagles Square [VIDEO]
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday slipped at the Eagles Square, venue of the 2024 Democracy Day celebration. Tinubu slipped while boarding the parade vehicle. He had approached the vehicle shortly…
Outrage in Niger as Gov, Deputy, Speaker, State EXCO members travel to Saudi for Hajj
The decision by Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage, alongside the deputy governor, Comrade Yakubu Garba and Speaker of the House…