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Telecomms Operators Threaten To Disconnect Millions Of Nigerians Over Tariff Increase Demand
TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators in Nigeria have threatened to shut down their services in some parts of the country in 2025 if the Nigerian Communications Commission...
Direct Payment Of Allocation To Local Govt Councils Begins Next Month
BARRING any last-minute change of plan, councils will begin to get direct allocation from the Federation Account next month.It will begin with the disbursement...
Kwankwaso Speaks On Power Sharing ‘Agreement’ With Atiku, Obi
KWANKWASO former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has refuted rumours circulating recently that he reached an agreement with opposition presidential candidates...
Alleged Fraud: Court Gives EFCC Go Ahead To Freeze 67 Bank Accounts
A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application to freeze 67 banks accounts domiciled in different...
NCAA Extends Sunset Airport Operations To 10PM Over Flight Disruption
THE Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and authorities in the aviation industry have agreed to extend operational hours to 10 pm at sunset airports.The Sunset...
Tinubu Approves Federal University, Medical Centre For Southern Kaduna
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a federal university in Southern Kaduna, marking a significant step towards addressing educational and developmental...
Shinkafi Urges Military Action As Bello Turji Threatens Attack On Zamfara, Sokoto Communities
A CHIEFTAIN of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara state, Dr. Sani Shinkafi has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently address the escalating...
Anxiety Over Mele Kyari’s Tenure As NNPC GMD
THERE is growing anxiety over the expiration of the tenure of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele...
Auditor General Accuses CBN Of Misappropriating N2.7trn On Ways And Means
THE Federal Government has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria of misappropriating N2.73tn in interest payments from Ways and Means advances, raising serious concerns...
How My mother, Son Died One Week After Daughter’s Wedding – Jigawa Governor
JIGAWA State Governor, Umar Namadi, on Sunday, remarked that his son, Abdulwahab, and mother, Hajiya Maryam, died about a week after he gave out...
AfDB To Release $2.2bn Nigerian Agro-Industrial Fund In 2025
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to start releasing a $2.2bn fund for the development of Special Agro-Industrial Process Zones in Nigeria (SAPZ).Director...
‘You Are Nothing But A Political Trader’, Wike Replies Odili
MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has fired back at the former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, saying that...
Why Nigerians No Longer Want To Pay Tax (2) – By Dr Hassan Gimba
THERE is no doubt that trust was the main determiner in making earlier citizens pay taxes willingly. There was trust in the leadership of...
Letter To The Year 2024 – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
My Dear 2024,LETTER writing may be a lost art in this digital age, yet there are moments when the weight of reflection demands the...
2024: A Wonderfully Tough Year – By Kazeem Akintunde
IN the next 48 hours, we should be saying our final goodbye to the year 2024. It has been one hell of a journey...
Tinubu As My ‘Man Of The Decade’ – By Martins Oloja
THIS is a time of the year to choose ‘Persons of the Year’. Media organisations, which have editorial policy to name “Person Of The...
Kemi Badenoch: It’s Time For A Rethink – By Tunde Rahman
KEMI Badenoch's ill-advised denigration of Nigeria has refused to go away. Her belittlement of the country of her ancestry is still generating passionate public...
Dikko Splashes N10m On Super Eagles B For CHAN Qualification
THE Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Shehu Dikko, has fulfilled a personal promise of a N10 million donation to the Super Eagles...
Five-Star Liverpool Pull Eight Points Clear With West Ham Rout
LIVERPOOL moved a step closer to a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title as a 5-0 thrashing of West Ham opened up an eight-point lead...
Twenty-Day-Old Baby Dies Of Cold In Gaza, Fifth Such Fatality In Days
A 20-DAY-OLD baby in Gaza has died from severe cold, the fifth such fatality from hypothermia in six days in the Israeli-besieged Palestinian enclave.Jumaa...