Ministers, CBN, FIRS pledge to address high cost of living
The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, have assured Nigerians that the high cost of living being witnessed by Nigerians is currently being addressed. Mr Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Mr Zacch Adedeji, Chairman, the Federal Inland Revenue […]
jI joined Labour Party to build not to destroy it, says Akpata
I Mr Olumide Akpata, a Labour Party governorship aspirant in the upcoming Edo governorship election, on Tuesday said he joined the party to build it and not to destroy it. He made this known in Benin while debunking allegations that he sponsored a protest at the Labour Party secretariat in Benin on Sunday, Feb. 4. […]
Tinubu pays tribute to Solanke
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing of Nigeria’s creative icon, Mr. Jimi Solanke, who died on Monday. Baba Solanke was an actor, dramatist, folk singer, poet, and playwright. President Tinubu mourns the literary and cultural virtuoso and describes him as one of the finest of Nigeria’s creative artists and bastion of our cherished mores […]
Economic hardship: Kano gov to meet Tinubu
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has said he will meet President Bola Tunibu over the economic hardship being experienced by Nigerians. He said in Kano on Monday, “I will personally meet President Tinubu to intimate him about the hardship the people of Kano State are encountering due to inflation with a view to providing […]
Navy extracts nine stowaways from Spain-bound motor vessel
The patrol team of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, have extracted nine stowaways in the rudder compartment of Spain-bound Motor Tanker vessel LYSIAS VALETTA. The Commander of the Ship, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, on Monday said that the stowaways were discovered on February 3 aboard the vessel trying to leave the country illegally. He said […]
Jimmy Solanke dies at 81
Jimmy Solanke, the folk musician and leading artist has died. He was 81. Solanke who along with Tunji Oyelana and others formed the fulcrum of entertainment in the sixties along with Prof Wole Soyinka dies on February 5, 2024. According to a tribute by Ms Bimbo Esho, the managing director of Evergreen Music, the legend […]
Residents groan as water scarcity worsens in Karu
Residents of Karu, a suburb in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are groaning over the lingering water scarcity in the area in the past three months. The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews on Monday in Abuja that the situation was disheartening, especially […]
66th Grammys: Nigerians react as Davido, Burna Boy, others miss out
In a shocking turn of events at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, on Sunday, Nigerian music sensations, including Davido and Burna Boy, faced a disappointing defeat as they lost in all their nominated categories. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the other three Nigerian artistes nominated— Ayra Starr, Olamide […]
Police Parade Suspected killer of Ekiti Monarchs
The Ekiti State Police Command has paraded one Baboga Alhaji for involvement in the killing of the two Traditional Rulers in the Ikole Axis of Ekiti State. Addressing Journalists on the success, the AIG in charge of Ekiti, Dare Ogundare, said it took the combined efforts of security agencies in the state to apprehend the […]
Saraki calls for tight security in Kwara
Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Friday in Abuja called on Kwara Government to tighten security in the state, to address cases of insecurity. Dr Saraki, President of the 8th Senate, made the call in a statement while reacting to Thursday’s killing of the traditional ruler (Olukoro) of Koro, Ekiti Local Government Area […]
