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President Bola Tinubu revealed that a naval officer once slapped him for overcharging him unintentionally when he was a taxi driver in the United States. This was revealed as he shared his humble beginning in a biography published on the back page of a national daily. The biography titled, ‘Tinubu: My life as gypsy cab […]

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has disclosed that Nigeria’s total public debt has risen to $108.3bn (N49.8trn). In a statement on Friday night, DMO stated that the figure which include money owed by the federal and state governments does not include the federal government’s N22.7tr Ways and Means Advances of the Central Bank of Nigeria […]

The Department of State Services, DSS has warned Nigerians of planned attacks on worship and recreational centres before and during Eid Kabir celebrations. According to the Nigerian secret police, the recovery of Improvised Explosive Devices from terrorists in joint operations by the service, personnel of the Nigerian Army and Police points to the planned attack. […]

The Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU’s 2023 Global Liveability report has ranked Lagos as the Fourth Worst City to live in the world. The report surveyed 173 cities and used 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. Lagos was ranked above Algiers, the capital of Algeria; Tripoli, […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Thursday, June 22, join world leaders in Paris, France, to review and sign a New Global Financial Pact that places vulnerable countries on priority list for support and investment. The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, Dele Alake, announced this in a statement released […]

Airfares on Nigeria routes to various destinations in Europe, North America, Middle East and other foreign cities have skyrocketed as exchange rate for ticket pricing hits N702/$, according to findings by The Punch. The development came barely one week after the Central Bank of Nigeria floated the naira and directed commercial banks to sell foreign exchange […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the newly assented Students Loans Act to grant for indigent students. “This would have been better if we are giving it to those set of students who are very poor, it should be called a grant, not a loan,” ASUU National […]

At least eight ministers, who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari, have been invited over allegations bordering on corruption, according to an Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) source. The invitation letters, it was learnt, requested the former top government officials to come and explain how they spent funds allocated to their ministries on some designated […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is thinking of extending the validity of old naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had redesigned the naira last year and set a deadline that was extended after outcry. However, ruling in a suit filed by some aggrieved governors,  the Supreme Court shifted the deadline to December 2023. But […]

Barely five days after the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as Central Bank Governor, reports indicate that the Apex bank has given commercial banks and dealers in the forex market the green light to sell forex freely, at a market-determined rate. Sources also report trades are now going for as high as N750/$1. Multiple sources who […]

Suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, is currently in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). It was learnt that Bawa arrived the headquarters of DSS at about 9:02pm. A source said he’s currently being grilled by the operatives of the secret police. Spokesman of the DSS, Peter […]

Senator Godswill Akpabio has been elected President of the 10th Senate following a rowdy session at the red chamber. Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa-Ibom State and lawmaker from Akwa Ibom North West emerged winner after polling 63 votes to defeat his opponent, Abdulaziz Yari, former Zamfara State governor, who got 45 votes. The result […]