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The United Nations has again predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030, calling on the government to tackle climate change, pest infestations, and other threats to agricultural productivity. The prediction comes in the wake of a persistent hike in food prices in the country. […]

Labour Party has reiterated its support for Peter Obi as its presidential candidate in the 2027 election, dismissing rumours of a potential replacement. In a statement jointly signed yesterday by the Director-General of the Directorate on Mobilization and Integration, Marcel Ngogbehei; the Deputy Director of Media and Communications, Ambassador Aju Elumelu; and the Deputy Director […]

The 2023 Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has boasted that his ‘Obidient’ movement is far more than any political party in the country. The former governor of Anambra State said this in a statement on Wednesday while explaining that the movement was not a directorate of any particular political party in the country. According […]

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged President Bola Tinubu to stop deceiving Nigerians about his administration’s true position on fuel subsidy. Atiku said this in a statement, in Abuja, yesterday. He explained that contrary to the President’s public posturing about removing fuel subsidy, the Tinubu administration has been secretly paying trillions of Naira as […]

The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that with the plan the Dangote Refinery has in place, Nigeria will not need to import premium motor spirit (PMS) by next month. Dangote said that the refinery, which has already started supplying diesel and aviation fuel in Nigeria, has the capacity to meet the […]

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that if in 2027, the party decides that it is the South-East’s turn and selects Peter Obi as its candidate, he will readily offer his support. “I have said repeatedly and I even said it before the 2023 general elections that if […]

The local currency depreciated further at the official market, on Friday, closing at N1,466.31 to a dollar at the official market, according to checks by Daily Trust. The dollar to naira exchange rate increased by N40 between Thursday and Friday having closed to N1,426 to a dollar, according to the National Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, on Monday, directed banks and other financial institutions to start charging a cybersecurity levy on all banking transactions. Punch reports that, according to the circular, the implementation of the levy would start in two weeks. The circular read in part, “Following the enactment of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) (amendment) Act 2024 […]

The Federal Government on Sunday faulted the organised labour’s opposition to the electricity tariff hike and the removal of the subsidy in the sector. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Power, Florence Eke, who disclosed this in an interview with The Punch in Abuja, said the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu’s justification of the electricity […]

The Nigerian passport has been ranked among the worst on the globe highlighting significant challenges for Nigerian travelers seeking international mobility. The latest assessment by VisaGuide’s World Passport Index ranked the Nigerian passport at 191 out of 199 countries above countries like North Korea (192), Iraq (193), Libya (194), Sudan (195), Pakistan (196), Afghanistan (197), Syria […]

The Federal Government has approved Thursday, April 11, 2024, as an additional public holiday to celebrate this year’s Eid -El-Fitr. This is contained in a terse statement authorized by Dr Aishetu Gogo Ndayako, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, on Tuesday morning. It quoted Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, as reiterating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s […]

The Federal Government is to launch three new national identity cards in May this year and has a target of providing them for about 104 million citizens across the country. The three new national identity cards planned by the National Identity Management Commission include a bank-enabled National ID card, a social intervention card, and an […]

As Nigerians continue to experience hardships occasioned by policy reforms of the government, President Bola Tinubu has cancelled any form of celebration for his 72nd birthday. President Tinubu according to the statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, will clock 72 years on March 29. But the President has advised his associates and well-wishers […]

Singer Iyanya has stated how he endorsed his estranged Ghanaian girlfriend, actress Yvonne Nelson’s controversial memoir, ‘I Am Not Yvonne Nelson,’ without knowing he was in the book. The Nation reported that the screen diva, in a chapter titled, “Iyanya And My Love Life”, spoke about her escapades with Iyanya and how she later found […]

The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has disclosed that he has not taken any salary from the state since assuming office as governor two years ago. He said that his wife does not have an official car as the first lady of Anambra State but still drives his personal cars. The governor said […]

Internet users and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) based business operators across the country may have to endure up to three more weeks of epileptic services, it was gathered last night. The disruptions were sparked by a cut on the submarine cable system in the Atlantic Ocean offshore Cote D’Ivoire, along the coast of West Africa […]