Dimeji Ajibola’s ‘Shanty Town’ and Toka Mcbaror (Underbelly)’ emerged the biggest winners of the 2023 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards, which took place in Osogbo, on Friday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the BON awards saw various entertainment stakeholders receive awards for their works...
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President Bola Tinubu has said he will continue to count on support of Nigerians that voted for him and those that did not. The President said this at the Ansarudeen Society of Nigeria (ADS) Mosque on Friday in Surulere, Lagos State. The ADS is celebrating its 100 years...
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The Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer program, which President Bola Tinubu introduced for 15 million households about sixty days ago, is already having a significant impact, according to the beneficiaries of the program. A recent independent investigation carried out to ascertain the efficacy and practicability of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has said the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele and his cohorts would be facing a firing squad if they were in China. Mr. Onanuga...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a man for possessing and transacting in fake naira notes within Enugu Metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Enugu. DSP Ndukwe said Police...
No fewer than six elders in Rivers have dragged President Bola Tinubu and others to the Federal High Court, Abuja, for allegedly compelling Gov. Siminilaya Fubara to sign what they describe as an unconstitutional agreement. The plaintiffs, in the petition sighted by the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN)...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Monday, 25, Tuesday, 26 and Jan. 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark Christmas and new year celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration in a statement on Friday in Abuja, on behalf...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday presented 40 SUV cars and four Hilux vans to the state’s lawmakers and judges. He also presented 25 ambulances to local governments. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor also presented three brand new fire fighting vans to...
An economist, Prof. Uche Uwaleke has urged the National Assembly to allow the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to determine the most suitable exchange rate management strategy for Nigeria. Uwaleke, who is the President, Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, gave the advice in an interview with the News...
The Niger State Government has discovered about 200 fake names on the state government’s payroll. The State Commissioner for Finance, Malam Lawal Maikano, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen shortly after the ministry’s 2024 budget defence in Minna on Friday. Maikano said the discovery was as...
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, said the Nigerian Navy had so far apprehended 23 vessels and destroyed 703 illegal refineries in its operations Ogalla disclosed this during a meeting with Principal Staff Officers, Flag Officers Commanding and Base Commanders, on Friday in...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday appealed for nearly 2 billion dollars to provide lifesaving assistance to more than 24 million boys and girls across West and Central Africa in 2024. It projected that 46.7 million children in the region would face another year of humanitarian...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised alarm on the increase in dengue infections recorded in 2023 globally, which represents a potentially high public health threat. The UN health agency gave the warning on Friday as it reported more than five million dengue infections and 5,000 deaths from...
After more than four months of investigation, the Special Investigator probing the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jim Obazee, has said the former CBN Governor Mr Godwin Emefiele and others embezzled billions of naira and committed other gross financial offences. According to a report by the online newspaper Premium Times,...
The Jigawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has faulted claim by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party that former Gov. Sule Lamido is working for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alhaji Isa Bello, the state PDP chairman stated this at a news conference in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the timetable and schedule for upcoming by-elections and court-ordered re-runs. The move was due to the resignation or death of members of the National and State Houses of Assembly, a statement by the commission...
The Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Terminal 2, at the local wing of the airport in Lagos, was full of activity on Friday, as travellers trooped in to fly, ahead of the Christmas break. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited the terminal reports that some of...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 25,000 of its personnel to ensure protection of lives, and critical infrastructure across the nation during the yuletide season. NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Dr Ahmed Audi, stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said one of its towers T372 around Katsaita Village in Yobe was vandalized by some hoodlums on Thursday. The company said the vandals brought down the 330 Kilo Volt (KV) transmission tower which pulled down another...