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With the hot season advancing fast, the Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Kaduna State, Dr Sheyin Madaki, has cautioned against excessive eating of ‘heavy food’, especially when such foods are hot. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, Madaki said heavy foods, especially hot and solid ones, […]

A former Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has lamented the scarcity of fuel and the hike in the pump price of the product, claiming he recently paid N1,000 for a litre.  In several parts of Nigeria, queues have resurfaced in filling stations with many buying the product for as much as N500 and above for […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested the manager of a bank in Osogbo, the Osun capital, over ATMs loaded with naira notes that were blocked from dispensing. In a statement, Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, said the cash bundles were loaded into the ATMs while […]

President Buhari on Friday, urged citizens to give him seven days to resolve the cash crunch that has become a problem across the country from the Central Bank of Nigeria policy to change high-value naira notes with new ones. Speaking to the Progressive Governors’ Forum who paid him a visit at the Presidential Villa to […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it is not considering deadline extension for the phasing out of the old Naira notes. Nigerians, including governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have asked the apex bank for an extension owing to the scarcity of the redesigned Naira notes. However, the […]

A German-Iraqi woman murdered a lookalike she found on social media to fake her own death, police have said as new details emerge of the bizarre case that first came to light last year. The body of a 23-year-old woman was found in a car in August at the Bavarian town of Ingolstadt with multiple […]

The human trafficking case against a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, resumed in a London court on Tuesday. However, anti- and pro-Ekweremadu protests were staged in front of the court ahead of the proceedings. AFP reported that before court proceedings, there was a gathering of protesters, some of […]

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, said he “rescued” Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. This came as the leaders and stakeholders of the APC, Akwa Ibom State chapter, reassured that they would deliver the state to Tinubu at the February 25 presidential […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the current fuel scarcity in the country might affect logistic arrangements for the February 25 and March 11 general elections. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at a consultative meeting with the transport unions such as the Nigerian Association of Road […]

The authorities of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede in Imo state have reacted to a viral video of a female student who claimed she graduated from the school with the assistance of her private parts. In the video uploaded on TikTok, the yet-to-be-identified student made the shocking revelation after the completion of her project defence. According […]

The former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has initiated a process at the Federal High Court Abuja to have the forfeiture orders of the Federal Government on Properties Allegedly linked to her vacated. The Federal Government had last year secured orders for final forfeiture of properties in Nigeria and abroad allegedly linked to the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said many Nigerians do not appreciate their country until they visit other countries. Speaking at a State Banquet in Kano to conclude his one-day official visit to the State after commissioning several projects executed by the Federal and State governments and the private sector, Buhari described ongoing infrastructure development across the country […]

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa has expressed suspicion that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele “misled” President Muhammadu Buhari on the redesign of the N200, N500, N1,000 bank notes. Doguwa, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and also the Chairman […]

The US city of Memphis on Saturday disbanded the special police unit whose officers fatally beat a young Black man after graphic video of the assault sparked widespread shock and outrage. The video, which shows five officers repeatedly kicking and punching 29-year-old Tyre Nichols as he moans and calls out for his mother, triggered calls […]

Malama Khadija, a Kano State woman who married her daughter’s boyfriend, has vowed that she will not reverse her decision because of what people are saying, noting that since she has not offended the Almighty God she is okay with whatever opinion people hold about her action. City & Crime reports that the story of […]

First Bank Nigeria and Guaranty Trust Bank have said their branches across the country will operate on Saturday and Sunday to receive old naira notes ahead of the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a public notice issued by the management of the banks on Friday, they said that the […]