The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended 24 suspected internet fraudsters reportedly trained for internet crimes in Uyo, Akwa Ibom. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement that the suspects were arrested in Uyo on Monday Mr ...

The sum of N2.4 million has been disbursed by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Gombe State for the implementation of the 2023 budget of the agri-business enhancement scheme (AES). The disbursement exercise was held at the Federal Secretariat Complex Conference Hall, Gombe on ...

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Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Monday charged workers in the state to continue to be loyal to his administration. Aiyedatiwa stated this during a meeting with all permanent secretaries and accounting officers in the state public service in Akure. The governor noted that no ...

  Nigeria secured their place in the knockout stages of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau in their final Group A match. After claiming a crucial win against host Ivory Coast, Coach Jose Peseiro made several changes to the starting lineup. ...

The Mandate Secretary, FCT Health Services and Environment, Dolapo Fasawe, says two Lassa fever cases have been confirmed in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT out of four suspected cases. Fasawe disclosed this on Monday at a news conference on the latest outbreak of the disease in Abuja. NAN ...

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has advocated for the use of the non-kinetic approach in the ongoing fight against criminality in the country. According to him, no fewer than 2,000 Boko Haram terrorists, through a non-kinetic approach, surrendered to ...

By Palma Ileye As part of measures to ensure the safety, and security of lives and property as well as surveillance of critical national assets and infrastructure, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has received three drones and 100 highly profiled self-configured ...

On Monday, the Adamawa government gave hoteliers a six-week ultimatum to install Close-Circuit Television cameras in their facilities for effective security surveillance and patron safety.The state’s deputy governor, Kaleptapwa Farauta, issued the ultimatum at an emergency security meeting with ...

The cracks within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State appear to be widening with the conspicuous absence of notable aspirants for the governorship ticket of the party at a meeting called at the instance of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Monday. This is just as Ayedatiwa ...

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has lamented that some private secondary schools are in the habit of extorting candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).He said the schools inflate the costs of the JAMB forms, ...

Segun Sowunmi, a former spokesman of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has dragged the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to court for refusing to convene a National Executive Council, NEC, meeting. Sowunmi filed the case at the Federal High Court in Abuja ...

The Labour Party candidate for the Lagos governorship election in 2023, Gdadebo Rhodes-Vivour, on Monday, criticised the Lagos State government for its ban on single-use plastics and styrofoam.The Lagos state government, on Sunday, banned the production, sale, use and distribution of single-use ...

The Federal Government (FG) through the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) Secretariat has launched an intervention program targeted at large and medium-scale businesses.   The PEBEC Business Champions Program is one of the Council’s five strategic pillars for 2024.   ...

The management of Sunshine Stars FC of Akure on Monday announced the sacking of its Head Coach, Edith Agoye, and three assistant coaches.The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Mr Bamidele Ologunloluwa, at a meeting with the coaching crew of the team in ...

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has urgently petitioned the British House of Lords, seeking intervention in his detention and the case with the federal government. Kanu, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the UK, filed the petition through his special ...

A former presidential aide of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has reacted to a recent report by European Magazine, The Economist on the handling of insecurity across the country by the Tinubu administration. The Economist had in its January 18, 2024 report, highlighted the spate of insecurity ...

By Kenneth Atavti The presentation and passage of the Rivers State 2024 Budget by the four member Ehie Edison led House of Assembly was on Monday described as an aberation and was voided and set aside by a Federal High Court in Abuja on ground of illegality and unconstitutionality. The ...

The Kaduna State Fire Service said it recorded 325 fire outbreaks and 12 deaths in 2023.Director of Fire Service, Paul Aboi, disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Kaduna.He said the incidents were from Kafanchan, Zaria and Kaduna metropolitan areas.Mr Aboi said that the service rescued 17 ...

The Iree Progressive Association (IPA) and Aree In Council under its president, Aare Oluwole Taiwo has described the decision of Governor Ademola Adeleke on the chieftaincy stool on the town as commendable. TRIBUNE ONLINE recalls that the Osun State government on Thursday released six white ...

Former Nigerian international, Emmanuel Amuneke, says Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has a long way to go to reach the level of late Super Eagles forward, Rashidi Yekini. Yekini is Nigeria’s top international scorer with 37 goals with the ...

The Lagos State Government has once again taken a firm stance against unhygienic practices and irresponsible waste disposal, sealing three more markets over environmental infractions. The affected markets include the Oke-Afa Market in Isolo and Katangua Market in Abule Egba. According to the ...

Nigerian singer Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, popularly known as Spyro, has revealed that his father did not support his decision to become a musician. He said his father had earlier thwarted his dream of being a fine artist, so he rebelled when he attempted to stop him from becoming a musician. ...

*Allege that NASS arbitrarily increased its 2024 budget by N147 bn By Kenneth Atavti The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and 20 other concerned Nigerians have sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas for ...

The National Bureau of Statistics has said the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N4, 828.18 recorded in November 2023 to N4, 962.87 in December 2023.This is contained in the bureau’s “cooking gas price watch’’ for December 2023 released on Monday in Abuja.The report said the ...

Three people were on Sunday night killed in Benin City, Edo’s capital city in what appeared to be renewed cult killings in Benin. Recall that no fewer than 30 people including a journalist with the Independent Radio and Television Station and vigilante heads were killed during a bloody cult ...

A civil society organisation, Advance Intellectual Forum, has urged the federal government to further prioritise tertiary education as a catalyst for economic revival in the country.The chairperson of the organisation, Dr Sulaiman Isyaku Muhammad, made the call Sunday during a press conference ...

Arsenal legend, Ian Wright admitted he was ‘very surprised’ by manager Mikel Arteta’s decision to bench attacker, Gabriel Martinelli against Crystal Palace at the weekend. Martinelli was left out of Arsenal’s Premier League starting XI against Crystal Palace on Saturday at Emirates Stadium. ...

Kano Pillars Football Club on Sunday defeated visiting Heartland FC of Owerri 2-1 in one of the match day 19 fixtures of the Nigerian Professional Football League. The match was played behind closed doors at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, following sanctions including a N12 million fine imposed ...

Niger State Government has inaugurated its medium-term development plan for 2024 – 2028. Governor Umaru Bago, represented by his deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba, inaugurated the state steering committee for the plan at the banquet hall of the Government House Minna, on 19th January 2024. ...

The option of collapsing party structures in opposition parties, to evolve a mega party that rivals their ruling counterpart, is not new. Often challenging for the marriage of convenience are leadership concessions and what becomes of the union after power has been captured, MUYIWA ...

Okon Bassey in Uyo The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has stressed the need for exported foods from the country to always meet international standards or risk being rejected at the destination ports. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of NEPC, Mrs. Nonye ...

By Ezeh JamesIn the wake of the controversial video released by a group of skit makers alleging government-led demolition activities in Igbo Land particularly Enugu State, a deeper and more factual analysis reveals the government’s earnest efforts to protect investors from the rampant illegal ...

Super Eagles coach, José Santos Peseiro, has insisted that despite looking good for a spot in the Round of 16 following their victory against hosts Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday, his boys will not take their feet off the pedal when they battle Guinea Bissau this evening in their final group A ...

A kidnap kingpin identified as Janari and some of his foot soldiers have been killed during operations conducted by the air component of Operation Whirl Punch in Kaduna State. Janari was said to have masterminded several kidnaps within Kaduna State as well as the ...

Gone are the days when Nigeria was a citadel of peace among African countries. In recent times, things have changed drastically, as epitomised by the situation in Plateau State where many innocent people have continually lost their lives. Insecurity in Nigeria has negatively affected many ...

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, flagged off WACOT Rice Limited’s 2024 dry season farming input distribution to out-grower farmers in Argungu, Kebbi State, at the weekend. The out-grower programme is aimed at increasing the quality of smallholder farmers ...

The Director General of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr. Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, who spoke with selects journalists postulated that 2024 is a year  innovation will take the centre stage as businesses adjust and embrace backward integration. Dike Onwuamaeze brings the ...

The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Kwankwasiyya Movement in the state of sponsoring a group of youths said to be members of the party to demand the removal of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje its (APC) national chairman.Daily Trust reports that the youth groups ...

Three labourers were on Sunday evening feared dead after a landslide occurred in a village called Unguwan Ayaba of Keffi local government area of Nasarawa State. The workers were digging and loading red soil into a waiting lorry at a location in the village when it suddenly collapsed from the ...

Mo Salah is returning to Liverpool for rehab after picking up an injury at the Africa Cup of Nations. Liverpool disclosed this in a statement on the club’s official website on Sunday. Salah sustained an injury and was substituted in the first half of Egypt’s 2-2 draw ...

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, flanked by key government officials has conducted a comprehensive inspection of the Mass Housing for the Less Privileged project at Millennium City in Kaduna on Sunday afternoon. The housing project initiative was spearheaded by Qatar Charity following an ...

The Managing Director, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Ahmed Farouk, has congratulated the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo as he clocked 54.This is contained in a statement signed by NAMA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer protection, Abdullahi Musa, on ...

Themba Zwane scored twice in 16 first-half minutes as South Africa thrashed Namibia to earn their first points of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). South Africa ignited their AFCON campaign with the largest margin of victory so far at the 2023 edition of the tournament Percy Tau, who ...

The Ogun State Police Command says it has launched an investigation to unravel the mystery behind the death of a yet to be identified National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member in the state. The body of the deceased NYSC member was discovered in the Kadesh area of Ogijo. The police said the ...

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has lamented the high rate of economic hardship within the country, adding that survival has now become a daily battle in many households. This was disclosed in a statement made in Abuja on Sunday and signed by the ...

Oyo State has drawn the curtain on the search-and-rescue operation at the site of Tuesday’s explosion in the state capital, Governor Seyi Makinde announced on Sunday in Ibadan.At least five persons were killed and 77 injured following an explosion at Bodija, a residential area in Ibadan.The ...

President Bola Tinuubu’s former campaign spokesman in the southeast, Dr Josef Onoh has asked the President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima to concentrate on how the northern parts of Nigeria could be rid of the pervasive insecurity ravaging the region than ...

A social media influencer, Chibuike Gabriel Ugwu, popularly known as “Untouchable”, has apologised to the governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, over his viral video at the weekend claiming that Enugu State Government was executing a massive demolition of completed houses at the Enugu ...

Mitchell Weiser stunned his former club with the only goal as Werder Bremen defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 on Sunday, keeping Bayer Leverkusen seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.Bayern were last held scoreless in the league in February 2020, when former Munich manager Julian ...