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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said members of the upper house will not hesitate to approve new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima if necessary. Mr Akpabio made this statement during the plenary session on Wednesday. He...

The stage is set for a thrilling President Federation Cup final in Lagos as Abia Warriors and El-Kanemi Warriors prepare to battle for glory. The Abia Warriors, the ambitious “underdogs”, were the first finalists to arrive in Lagos. Brimming with confidence,...

The two chambers of the National Assembly will hold an emergency session on Thursday to extend the capital aspect of the Appropriations Act of 2023 and the Supplemental Appropriations Act to surpass the June 30 expiration date. The Senate and...

The Center for Innovation and Development of Journalism, through UDEME, its social responsibility program, held a webinar to discuss Nigeria's participation in the Samoa Agreement. The event, which took place on June 20, 2024 and was moderated by Tobi Oluwatola,...

Members of the unions, including the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have scheduled an emergency meeting following the decision of the Federal Executive Council to defer the minimum wage memorandum. The meeting, confirmed by a...

President Bola Tinubu says he received the news of the death of Andrew Essien, Deputy Comptroller in Charge of Revenue, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), with deep sadness. The President said this in a statement by his Press Assistant, Ajuri Ngelale,...

As Nigeria battles the cholera outbreak, the country has recorded seven new confirmed cases of Lassa fever. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed in its latest situation report for week 24 of 2024, which covers June 10 to...

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), Yusuf Saidu, was on Monday killed by marauding bandits terrorizing the northwestern region of Nigeria. This was announced by the university on its Facebook page on Monday night. Saidu, a Professor of...

The Rivers State Police on Monday allowed former Rivers Local Council Chairmen to hold protest marches in some parts of Rivers, the same day the Police had advised the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) of the state...

The average price of major food commodities in Nigeria, such as rice, tomatoes, garri and beans, increased in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported. This was stated by the NBS in the report “Selected Food Price Watch (May...