Major Challenges Of Petrol Scarcity, Cash Crunch Resolved — INEC
SIXTEEN days to the conduct of the general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has affirmed that the two major encumbrances faced by...
Extend Feb 10 Deadline For Old Naira Notes, IMF Advises FG
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to extend the February 10 deadline for the validity of three old...
President Buhari Summons Emefiele After Supreme Court Order
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele in Aso Rock, Abuja.
This is coming hours after...
JUST IN: Supreme Court Stops CBN From Implementing Feb 10 Deadline For Old Naira...
THE Supreme Court of Nigeria has restrained the Federal Government from implementing the February 10 Deadline of the old 200, 500 and 1000 naira...
NSA, CDS, IGP Assure Nigerians Safe, Rancour-Free Election
NATIONAL Security Adviser (NSA) Mohammed Babagana Monguno, Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen Lucky Irabor and the inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba,...
Fuel Hike, New Naira: President Buhari Calls Emergency Council Of State Meeting Friday
AN emergency meeting of the Council of State, called by President Muhammadu Buhari will hold on Friday to discuss national crises including petrol and...
Good Governance: Gombe NLC Rates Governor Inuwa High, Pledges Mobilisation Support
AFTER listening to the endless lists of unprecedented achievements by the Inuwa Yahaya-led administration in the last 3 and a half years, the Gombe...
Osinbajo Lists FG’s Successes In Infrastructure, Harps On APC’s Commitment To Social Protection
THE Buhari administration under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has not only invested heavily in infrastructure development, it has also laid the foundations...
Police Arrest Bandits’ Informants, Armed Robbers, Others In Katsina
NO fewer than fifteen (15) suspects have been arrested and paraded by the Police for committing various crimes in Katsina State and its environs.The...
FG Restates Commitment To Holistic Inclusion Of 28m PWDs
THE Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has restated the commitment of the Federal Government to the holistic inclusion of 28...
IGP Redeploys Frank Mba As Ogun CP, Posts Other Senior Officers
THE Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba Alkali has redeployed a former spokesman of the Force Frank Mba as the Ogun State Commissioner....
Polls, New Naira: INEC Chairman Yakubu, CBN Gov Emefiele Meet
THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, attended a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank...
Former President, Jonathan Loses Uncle
ORMER Nigeria’s President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has lost his uncle, Elder Omieworio Afeni.Aged 87, Elder Afeni who died in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital...
Governor Inuwa Flags Off 2nd Phase Of Empowerment Programme, Youths, Women, PWDs, Others Benefit
GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has flagged off yet another phase of empowerment programme as part of his administration's broader goal of addressing the human...
New Naira: One Feared Killed, Many Injured As Riot Breaks Out In Ogun
ONE person has been feared killed and many injured following a riot on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital over the scarcity of...
Alleged $1.6bn Fraud: Diezani’s Ally, Omokore Acquitted
JUSTICE Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court Abuja has discharged and acquitted Jide Omokore, Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, of...
Opposition Using Court Order To Prolong Nigerians’ New Naira Suffering – FG
THE Federal Government on Tuesday said “unscrupulous” opposition politicians have “legally hamstrung” President Muhammadu Buhari from providing any relief to Nigerians on the scarcity...
UPDATE: President Buhari Meets Emefiele, Tambuwal, Bagudu Over Naira Scarcity
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has met privately with the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal; and the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum,...
Navy Arrests Two Human Traffickers, Rescues 18 Victims In Kano
NO fewer than 18 trafficked persons have been rescued by officers of the Nigerian Navy at Rijiyar Lemu in Ungogo Local Government Area of...
516 Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Kaduna, Over 1,000 PVCs Recovered
AHEAD of the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested 516 illegal immigrants in Kaduna State.
News Point Nigeria gathered that, they...
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Reps Pass Bill To Allow Federal Road Safety Officials Carry Guns
A BILL to create a special armed squad for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) as well as other provisions to make the agency...
Amaechi Calls For More Hardship Protest, Says, ‘I Can’t Afford Diesel’
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‘Dangote Should Open Up, Tell Retailers Exact Price It Sells Petrol’
THE Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), has express regret over the nondisclosure of the exact price of the Premium Motor...
Court Jails 67-Year-Old Lebanese For Sexually Assaulting Two Kano Teenage Girls
A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced a 67-year-old Lebanese, Zuhier R Akar, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually exploiting two...
Three Arrested For Murder Of 32-Year-Old In Kano Over Land Deal
THE Kano State Police Command has apprehended three suspects in connection with the murder of Dahiru Musa, a 32-year-old resident of Dorayi Quarters, Kano,...
Federal Government Has No Hand In Petrol Price Increase, Minister Insists
THE Federal Government has said it is not responsible for the hike in the pump price of petrol.On Wednesday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...
Federal Government Removes VAT For Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices
THE Federal Government on Wednesday said it has finalised the Executive Order to implement zero Value-Added Tax and excise duties on pharmaceutical products and...
House Of Reps Hails Gombe As Model State In Ecological, Climate Change Mitigation
THE House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund has commended the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, for his administration’s proactive efforts...
NNPCL, NPA, NEITI, Others Score Low In Transparency, Accountability – Report
A REPORT from the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity (CeFTPI) has ranked 510 ministries, departments and agencies of government low in transparency...
Inuwa Yahaya: Celebrating A Great Leader At 63 – By Ismaila Uba Misilli
GREATNESS is not noisy, this I learnt from my principal, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON the Governor of Gombe State, a man of very modest...
FULL DRAW: Home-Based Eagles To Battle Ghana In CHAN 2024 Qualifiers
THE home-based Super Eagles team has been drawn against Ghana in the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 qualifiers.The draw which held in Cairo...
Why There Is Silence On Ten Hag’s Manchester United Future
MANCHESTER United held a monthly board meeting in central London on Tuesday which the BBC reported as being significant in determining the immediate future...
Israel Kills Five Medics In Lebanon As North Gaza Siege Enters Sixth Day
ISRAELI forces killed at least 64 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, most of them in the north, where a six-day siege has forced the...
Hurricane Milton Hits Florida, Cutting Power, Water To Millions In US
HURRICANE Milton struck Florida in the United States as a Category 3 storm, after weakening from a Category 5 storm on Wednesday morning. It...
YouTuber, Rwandan Government Critic, Rashid Hakuzimana Jailed
A RWANDAN YouTuber has been sentenced to seven years in prison for breaching the country's laws on genocide denial.Rashid Hakuzimana, who was arrested in...
Mozambicans Vote In Key General Election For A New President
MOZAMBICANS are voting in a general election, with the ruling Frelimo party that has been in power for half a century likely to hold...
Emefiele Violated Procedure In Redesigned Naira, Another Ex-CBN Deputy Tells Court
ANOTHER former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Edward Adamu, on Wednesday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja that...
NLC Demands Immediate Reversal Of New Fuel Pump Price
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the latest hike in the pump price of petrol, calling for its immediate reversal.The development followed the...
Edo 2024: Election Materials Inspection Shifted To Thursday On APC’s Request
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to move the inspection of election materials...
Ondo Governor Sacks Political Aide Over Bribery Allegation
ONDO State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has sacked one of his political aides, the Special Assistant on Forestry (Central Senatorial District), Adeboye Taofiq Ewenla, with...
