NIGERIA RECEIVES THE LARGEST INTERVENTION FUND IN AFRICA — BILL GATES
Bill Gates, the Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has explained why Nigeria receives the largest share of intervention funds allocated by the...
“I REGRET SHREDDING MY NCE CERTIFICATE,” SAYS REPENTANT FEMALE INSURGENT
A repentant female Boko Haram member, who underwent deradicalisation and resettled in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno, Fatima Musa, has said she regrets shredding...
FOREIGN EXCHANGE: NAIRA DEPRECIATES TO N1,611 IN NAFEM
The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,611.34 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate...
NO PLANS TO REGULATE FOOD PRICES – FCCPC
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has dismissed claims that it plans to regulate the prices of food items and other commodities in the...
OPEN DEFECATION: MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ATTACK ON LAGOS OFFICIAL
A yet-to-be-identified suspect has been apprehended for allegedly assaulting a civilian staff member of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources while on...
VACATE ESTATE OR GET KILLED – BANDITS THREATHEN NIGER RESIDENTS
Suspected bandits have ordered the residents of M.I Wushishi Estate in Minna, the Niger State capital, to vacate the estate or get killed. The bandits...
OONI OF IFE WELCOMES SON WITH FOURTH WIFE
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and his fourth wife, Olori Folashade, have welcomed their first child, a boy. Taking to social media on...
COURT ISSUES ARREST WARRANT AGAINST BRITON, OTHERS FOR ALLEGED TERRORISOM, INCITING MUTINY
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an arrest warrant against a Briton, Andrew Martin Wynne (aka Andrew Povich) and his alleged Nigerian accomplices Lucky...
TINUBU APPLAUDS NIGERIAN PARA-BADMINTON PLAYER, ENIOLA BOLAJI ON HER REMARKABLE FEAT
President Bola Tinubu has hailed Nigerian para-badminton player, Eniola Bolaji, for her remarkable achievement at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. 18-year-old Bolaji made history by winning...
MAN ELECTROCUTED WHILE TRYING TO VANDALISE JEDCO MARKURDI POWER INSTALLATION
A middle-aged man has been electrocuted while trying to vandalise a Jos Electricity Distribution Company, JED, electricity transformer and cables installed near Queens Hotel, Ankpa...