A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has urged President Bola Tinubu to reduce the price of petrol to N300 per litre to make things easy for Nigerians during the festive season. George, the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, made this plea at...
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The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, has warned Nigerians against consumption of fake and adulterated drinks, especially during the Yuletide. Adeyeye gave the warning when she appeared at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. She said the proliferation of fake and adulterated drinks, food...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has said most of the disquiet over the Federal Government-led proposed tax reform in the country is borne out of misunderstanding. Governor Abiodun spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday at the ongoing Africa Investment Forum, Market Days 2024, in Rabat,...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, says the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is committed to the well-being of Nigerians by ensuring that all citizenry access quality health care services. The first lady disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday at the 25th anniversary of National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), with the...
Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, has encouraged Nigerians to document their achievements for the benefit of others. Obi made this statement at the public presentation of Sen. Chris Anyanwu’s book, “Bold Leap,” in Abuja on Monday. Obi commended Anyanwu for her remarkable documentary, emphasising the importance...
President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigerians lived fake lives before the petrol subsidy removal in 2023. Tinubu stated this while speaking at the 34th and 35th combined convocation ceremonies of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Ondo state on Saturday. According to the president, the removal...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said that the cost of food items in the country was becoming worrisome and unaffordable for the masses. Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said this while speaking with newsmen...
The National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), has said one out of four individuals between ages 15 years and above would like to leave their communities permanently or at least temporarily. The NBS said this in its General Household Survey- Panel (GHS-Panel) Wave 5 2023/2024 unveiled in Abuja on Thursday. The...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affair and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) to bring back no fewer than 270 Nigerians currently imprisoned or detained in Kaliti Prison, Ethiopia. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, gave the order of mandamus compelling the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned the public about fraudsters claiming to have received award letters for contracts related to construction works and special financial interventions on its behalf . The CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mrs. Hakama Sidi Ali, stated that these...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen has expressed the readiness of the house to consider the tax reform bills in the best interest of all Nigerians. Abbas made the commitment on Monday in Abuja at a stakeholders interactive session on the bills in Abuja. The...
Subscribers to pay TV services have berated MultiChoice Group for announcing that its Nigerian unit, MultiChoice Nigeria, lost 243,000 subscribers on its Digital Satellite Television (DStv) and GOtv services within six months. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the South African-owned pay-TV operator had, in its Interim...
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the nation’s most challenging economic period is now behind them. The spokesperson of the Vice-President, Stanley Nkwocha, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said Tinubu gave the assurance at the inauguration of Sen. Monday Okpebholo and Dennis Idahosa...
Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called on Nigerians to stop blaming the government always, but to rather do something for the betterment of the country. Ogunwusi, made the call during an official showcase of Ojaja City in Akure on Friday. The Ooni, who said that his passion...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Ahaji Mohammed Idris, says President Bola Tinubu is committed to alleviating the suffering of Nigerians. Idris said this on Sunday in Kaduna when he featured in a live phone-in programme of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Hausa Service, Kaduna, ‘Hannu Da...
The Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde believes the 2027 general elections will be a contest between Nigerians and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Makinde made the remark in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday during the commissioning of the South-West zonal secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party...
The Cadre Harmonisé (CH) Report for October has predicted that at least 33.1 million people in 26 states and the FCT would face food and nutrition crisis between June and August 2025. The prediction came from the CH Analysis Report released on Friday in Abuja. The analysis was conducted...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigerian cross dresser, Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky has alleged that he has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This comes after a video showed him being removed from a KLM flight bound for Amsterdam on Thursday night. Earlier,...
Many Nigerians have appealed to the Federal Government to review its economic policies, saying they are causing severe hardship for citizens. Their appeal is against the backdrop of the World Bank’s recommendations for the Federal Government to sustain its economic policies for the next 10 to 15 years to...