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No fewer than 400 residents on Foreshore Road, Lekki, Lagos State, have been displaced after men of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Sanitation (Enforcement) Unit demolished and burnt their houses on Wednesday. Media learnt that the team also included policemen from the Maroko division. A member of the community, who did not want […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has yet again requested the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to provide details of how the $20.3b it allegedly withdrew from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) was used. Its request was contained in a letter with reference No: HR/PAC/SCO5/9NASS/QUE.9/974 dated December 7, 2020, signed by its […]
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has said the Federal Government plans to replace Bank Verification Numbers with the National Identity Numbers. The minister said this while briefing newsmen after a facility tour and inspection of the ongoing NIN enrolment exercise at NIMC and other designated centres in Abuja. He […]
The Federal government has placed a six months’ travel restriction on 100 passengers for failure to comply with covid-19 regulations. This was revealed in a tweet on Tuesday by the presidential task force on covid-19. “Presidential Task Force (PTF) sanctions 100 Passports in Second Batch of those who failed to comply with the mandatory Day […]
Social media users have expressed their opposition to the reopening of the Lekki Tollgate as decided by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses. The panel had on Saturday granted the prayers of the Lekki Concession Company to reopen the toll plaza. The decision had generated lots […]
More indicators of a feverish presidential contest in 2023 are emerging. Just as the well-kept secret within the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), to retain the presidential slot in the north, is beginning to unravel, gladiators from the Southeast have continued shadowboxing for the party’s ticket. Having helped to return President Buhari for a second […]
South-West states including Ekiti, Ondo and Osun on Sunday said they had deployed Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun corps, in their forests and boundaries to check killer herdsmen. The state, however, differed on the presence of killer herdsmen in the forests of the region. While the Ekiti State Government in an interview said there were no […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will continue to do all within its regulatory powers to educate Nigerians to desist from use of cryptocurrencies — despite growing criticism. The bank, in a statement on Sunday evening, said it is determined to protect the country’s financial system from activities of “fraudsters and speculators”. Its directive […]
The coast seems to be clear for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) following the withdrawal of South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee, from the race on Friday. Following Yoo’s decision to quit the race, Okonjo-Iweala now remains the only candidate for the job which requires […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, by three months. Announcing this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Buhari, Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, said the decision was to allow for proper selection of a successor. According to the Minister, the President reserved […]
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