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On Wednesday, Abubakar Gumi defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, giving the ruling All Progressives Congress another member in the House of Representatives. During the plenary session, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas read Gumi's letter of defection on the House floor and informed ....
Akintoye Akindele, the managing director of Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, is presently being held at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's holding facilities in Abuja. It was learnt that Akindele was detained by commission agents on suspici ....
A new minimum pay of N71,000 for civil personnel has been approved by Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf and will go into effect in November. Governor Yusuf made the announcement on Tuesday on his verified Facebook page, stressing his administration's dedication to raising living s ....
In the parallel market, the value of the Naira increased from N1,730 to N1,725 per dollar on Monday to N1,725 yesterday. Similarly, in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, or NAFEM, the value of the Naira increased to N1,630.45 per dollar. According to data from FMD ....
According to information released by the Nigerian Correctional Service, the 2025 budget would cover the meal allowance for newly admitted prisoners. Stephen Abene, the spokesperson for the Nasarawa State NCoS Command, said that the change is intended to bring it into line with the cur ....
Three Chinese and two Nigerian nationals have been arrested for unlawful mining activities in Nasarawa State by Mining Marshals draughted from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, or NSCDC, as the fight against illegal mining heats up. The Mining Marshals, acting on reliable int ....
A legislator was detained by the Federal Capital Territory, or FCT, Police Command on Monday for attacking a driver in the nation's capital. The arrest of Alex Mascot Ikwechegh was verified by Abuja Command spokesman Josephine Adeh. Ikwechegh is "undergoing questioning at the M ....
The Lagos State Government started the "Know Your Numbers, Control Your Numbers" program to address the health concerns linked with diabetes and hypertension. The campaign offers screening services at 330 authorised sites around the state. Targeting the rising incidence of these silen ....
A donors' meeting was held in Jeddah by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). At the summit, pledges totalling more than $1.1 billion were made to aid refugees and displaced people in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions. Nigeria, N ....
Residents of the South-East were advised by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) on Sunday to upgrade their pre-paid meters by November 24. In Enugu, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, the Head of Corporate Communications for the EEDC, told reporters.“This is due to the Token Ident ....