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Former Senate President Bukola Saraki, has said that Nigeria needs a President with enough energy to move around the country and personally get first hand information about various challenges plaguing the country, and not one who would recline at the comfort of Aso Rock and depend only on the briefings and advise of his aide […]

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has asked Nigerians to contribute to the cost of treating those affected in Monday’s train attack. At least nine people were killed while many sustained injuries when bandits attacked a train heading for Kaduna from Abuja. Amaechi, who had visited the scene of the attack on Tuesday, said […]

Eight people were yesterday confirmed killed in Monday’s attack on a Kaduna-bound train by terrorists. The number of missing persons is still unknown, but the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, said 29 persons were injured. Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, said 41 persons were receiving treatment. He said there were 398 passengers on board the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the Monday attack on a Kaduna-bound train by terrorists, leading to many deaths and injuries. The president on Tuesday said he was deeply pained by the attack, the second of its kind in recent times. Buhari condemned the bombing of the passenger train, describing it as a “matter […]

Mrs Debest Osarumwense has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in Benin, the Edo State capital. She is the mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an alleged internet fraudster a.k.a. ‘Yahoo boy’. Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Benin delivered judgment on Tuesday. The Economic and Financial Crimes prosecuted her on a one-count […]

The World Bank has said that poverty reduction stagnated since 2015, with more Nigerians falling below the poverty line over the years. According to the Washington-based bank, the number of poor Nigerians is projected to hit 95.1 million in 2022. It said this in its report titled, ‘A Better Future for All Nigerians: 2022 Nigeria […]

The rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk will take place in Saudi Arabia in June, according to MailOnline. In September, Usyk defeated Joshua in a bout and took his heavyweight titles. Hopes of the former cruiserweight reclaiming his titles were almost dashed after Usyk returned to Ukraine, his country, to join the fight against […]

Former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who turns 70 today, got plaudits yesterday from President Muhammadu Buhari. Senate President Ahmad Lawan, House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, governors and many other dignitaries also celebrated the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his birthday. President Buhari extolled his virtues as a pacesetter in […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday said he was focused on strengthening the nation’s economy amid calls by supporters that he should contest for the nation’s topmost office in 2023. Supporters of the governor thronged the APC convention on Saturday where they openly campaigned for Mr Emefiele to be elected Nigeria’s next […]

The Federal Government has said the increase in prices of some foodstuffs, petrol, diesel and other items is a global trend, and not limited to any country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this at media briefing on Monday in Abuja, added that presenting the situation as a Nigerian problem […]

The United States has designated a network of six individuals connected to the Nigeria-based terrorist group, Boko Haram. The U.S Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, made this known in a statement, on Friday. While stating that they have added the citizens to the terror-support list, stated that all six were […]

Workers in some states of the federation are currently groaning under hardship occasioned by salary cuts and rationed salaries amid inflation and general economic hardship in the country.  Daily Trust findings revealed that the most heavily hit are teachers and workers at the local governments. The pay cut is biting hard on the workers even as […]

US President Joe Biden on Saturday castigated Vladimir Putin over the month-old war in Ukraine, bluntly calling the Russian leader “a butcher” who “cannot remain in power”. In an impassioned speech from the Royal Castle in Warsaw, delivered after meeting top Ukrainian ministers in Poland and earlier conferring with NATO and EU allies on the conflict, Biden plainly warned […]

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he will be vying for the office of the President of Nigeria under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Wike, who made his intention known in Makurdi, Benue State after a meeting with PDP stakeholders on Sunday, stressed that his priority will be […]

Nollywood actor, John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, has said he is currently in the hospital after being poisoned for the third time in about three years. Speaking with Saturday Beats from his hospital bed, Ibu said, “I just got poisoned again. It seems my enemies are using me to rehearse (their powers). This time, I […]

About fifty people were killed while unspecified number of persons were abducted when bandits attacked nine communities in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. ASP Mohammed Jalinge, Police Public Relations Officer in the state,  who confirmed the incident, said the command is yet to compile the actual number of deaths recorded during the invasion. […]

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU) have declared a two-week warning strike, beginning from Monday. The development may compound the crisis at the Nigerian universities following the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). […]

The Federal Government has disclosed that the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta states, scheduled for completion in February 2022, is now 91 per cent completed. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this announcement on Thursday during the Special Weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja. According to him, the […]