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N250bn Debt: Telcos To Suspend USSD Services As FG Blacklists 18 Owing Banks Tuesday
EXCEPT there is any other intervention, indications emerged Monday that the telecoms operators have concluded plans to suspend the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)...
Police Service Commission Dismisses Two Officers, Demotes Six Others Over Corruption
THE Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) for misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage and acts...
Enugu, Ekiti, Two Other States Take Over Electricity Regulation From NERC
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has completed the transfer of regulatory oversight to four states.The states are Enugu, Ekiti, Ondo, and Imo, which...
Over 48,000 Inmates Awaiting Trial, Prisons Service Boss Seeks IGP, CJN’s Intervention
THE Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has sought the intervention of the Inspector-General of Police, the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), the Attorney General...
MAAUN President, Professor Gwarzo Endorses Youssouf As AU Chairperson
THE President of MAAUN Group of Universities, Professor Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has endorsed Mahmoud Ali Youssouf as the next African Union (AU) chairperson.The African...
Lagos Lawmakers Impeach Mudasiru Obasa As Speaker
LAGOS lawmakers have impeached Mudasiru Obasa as Speaker.News Point Nigeria reports that he was impeached on Monday during plenary.Obasa was accused of multiple statutory...
PDP Crisis: Despite Appeal Court Order, Anyanwu Resumes As Party National Secretary
SENATOR Samuel Anyanwu, on Monday, resumed office as national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the major opposition party.His resumption heightens anxiety over...
Motorists To Pay Toll Fee On Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Markurdi Road From Thursday
THE cashless tolling system is to commence on the Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Markurdi Expressway on Thursday, January 16, 2025.The system, which follows Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC)...
Court Grants Ooni’s Ex-Queen Bail After Spending Xmas, New year In Detention
JUSTICE Kamorudeen Olawoyin of a High Court sitting in Ibadan has granted bail to three suspects remanded over a food queue stampede that claimed...
Nigerian Air Force Expresses Worry Over Civilian Deaths In Zamfara Airstrike
THE Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed worry over reports that its airstrikes on terrorist hideouts, including areas linked to notorious bandit leader Bello...
Air Peace, Fly-Nas, Max Air, UMZA Selected For 2025 Hajj Operations
THE presidency has approved Air Peace Limited, Fly-Nas, Max Air, and UMZA Aviation Services Limited as official air carriers for pilgrims of the 2025...
Makinde Presents Staff, Certificate Of Office To New Alaafin Of Oyo
GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented the staff of office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Akeem Owoade.The governor presented the...
Nigeria Lost Over ₦67bn Property, 100 Lives To Infernos In 2024 – Fire Service
THE Federal Fire Service (FFS) has disclosed that an estimated property loss of N67.1 billion, and was recorded in 2024 as a result of...
Recapitalisation Deadline: Mergers, Acquisitions Loom As Only Three Banks Meet Requirements
WITH less than 15 months to recapitalisation deadline, banks have stepped up preliminary consultations on the prospect of business combinations.The ongoing recapitalisation is heading...
Works Ministry Budgets N12bn On SSA’s Vehicles, Lawyers’ Fee
THE Ministry of Works has proposed a staggering N12 billion for legal fees and judgment debt in 2025. The ministry, headed by 61-year-old former...
How Jimmy Carter Visited Abacha To Plead For My Release – Obasanjo
FORMER president Olusegun Obasanjo has paid tribute to the late American President Jimmy Carter, recalling how the former US leader visited Nigeria to plead...
Ibadan Stampede: Oyo Govt Files Murder Charges Against Ooni’s Ex-Queen
THE Oyo State Government has filed eight counts, bordering on murder and manslaughter against the ex-queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, the...
Bomb Explosion Hits Imo Community, Destroys New House
A MIDNIGHT bomb explosion occurred in Umuneke community, Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.This newspaper learnt that the explosion, which...
Boko Haram Attacks Church In Borno, Kills Two, Burns Down Structure
BOKO Haram terrorists have attacked the community in Borno State and killed two persons while also razing down a church.The village is called Bamzir...
Chess, That Bomb In Your Hands, And Masters Of The Game – By Dr...
IN 1984 there was a universal review of the dystopian novel Nineteen Eight- Four, sometimes written and published as 1984, written by George Orwell....
