Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 30th June 2023 1. The Defence Headquarters has given top officers who are seniors to the newly appointed service chiefs till Monday to voluntarily retire from service. The order was contained in a ...

Authorities of the Nigerian Police Force have thrown more light on the merits of the decision by the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Olukayode Egbetokun to withdraw Mobile Policemen attached to VIPs and set up a Special Intervention Squad for quick and rapid response to tackle criminality ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has alerted Nigerians to a batch of unwholesome Sprite 50cl glass bottles circulating in Nigeria. NAFDAC said the product was discovered following a consumer complaint received and investigated by the post-marketing surveillance ...

By  OpeOluwani Akintayo Oil marketers have projected that the pump price of petrol could rise above N700 per litre in Northern Nigeria starting from July. The National Controller Operations, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mike Osatuyi, told The PUNCH on Wednesday that ...

By Dayo Johnson, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Shina Abubakar & James Ogunnaike Over the years, the Eid-el-Kabir is often celebrated amidst fanfare, pomp and pageantry but the reverse is the case this year, following the hike in prices of commodities, occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidies. ...

By Ise-Oluwa Ige In this report, Vanguard’s Law and Human Rights examines two notices dated June 14 and June 19, 2023, respectively, issued by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on his request for fresh nomination for consideration for appointment into the Supreme ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 29th June 2023 1. Oil marketers have projected that the pump price of petrol could rise above N700 per litre in Northern Nigeria starting from July. The National Controller Operations, Independent ...

The Federal Government has approved the discontinuation of budgetary allocations to professional bodies and councils effective December 31, 2026. The new directive was disclosed in a letter obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. It was addressed to the Registrar, Nigerian Council of Food ...

By  Okechukwu Nnodim More international manufacturing companies may leave Nigeria and site their factories in other countries should power distributors implement the planned hike in the tariff payable by consumers from July 1, 2023, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said. It stated ...

President Bola Tinubu yesterday said he was working day and night with his team to find solutions to the country’s problems. In his message, President Tinubu enjoined Muslims to show mercy and compassion to others. He acknowledged the challenges people were going through but assured that the ...

By Ediri Ejoh THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the average price of 12.5kg of cooking gas dropped Month-on-Month (MoM) by 7.61 per cent to N9, 537.89 in May 2023, from N10, 323.33 in April 2023. This is even as a market survey by Vanguard showed further decline in ...

By Ishola Oludare The 2023 Eid-el-Kabir, otherwise known as Ileya festival among the Yoruba is coming at a time when the people are struggling to make ends meet and put food on their tables. Also known as Eid-al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, the festival is the second and the largest of ...

By Francis Ugwu The 2023 World Drug Report launched by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, put the global estimate of people who injected drugs in 2021 at 13.2 million, 18 per cent higher than previously estimated. The report further indicated that over 296 million people ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 28th June 2023 1. The World Bank has stated that Nigeria has one of the highest inflation rates which pushed an estimated four million people into poverty between January and May 2023. This was ...

The World Bank yesterday called on the Federal Government to reallocate part of the savings from fuel subsidy removal to reduce the suffering of Nigerians worsened by the negative impact of the policy. Making this call in its latest Nigeria Development Update, NDU, released yesterday, the World ...

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Lagos from his international trips to Paris and London respectively. The President, on Tuesday, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at exactly 05:13pm. Tinubu was received by supporters and high-ranking members of the ruling All ...

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28, and Thursday, June 29 as Eid-El-Kabir holidays. This was announced in a statement on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade. Akinlade urged Nigerians to make sacrifices for the development of the ...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja President Bola Tinubu yesterday warned against the social and structural stigmatization of drug use victims. According to him, this prevents the victims from accessing needed care and support. The President spoke as chairman of MTN Foundation, Julius Adelusi- ...

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & KIngsley Adegboye, LAGOS FOLLOWING public outcry over the chaotic traffic situation on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the Federal Government, yesterday, suspended further work on the ongoing reconstruction. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede ...

By Ogaga Ariemu While the pains of fuel subsidy removal still linger, the confusion surrounding a planned electricity tariff increment starting from July 1 has compounded the worries. In the last three years, several upward electricity Tariff adjustments have been made under the Nigerian ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian New from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 27th June 2023 1. President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to fly in from London today, Tuesday, ahead of Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The Presidency had on Saturday said the President headed for the UK from ...

There are strong indications that the national average price of petrol will rise further as marketers benchmark costs against rising exchange rates. Marketers who spoke to Vanguard yesterday, against the backdrop of continued depreciation of the naira, said the implication would be that their cost ...

The Federal Government says it is concerned that in spite of efforts to curb drug abuse, the menace has reached an epidemic proportion and thus requires concerted efforts by all to curb it. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Olufunso Adebiyi, said this on Monday in Abuja, ...

President Bola Tinubu, has renamed some federal airports after several prominent Nigerians. The renaming of the airports was announced in a memo released by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations on Monday. ...

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28 and Thursday, June 29, 2023 as Public Holidays. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja said the declaration is in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir ...

Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, has announced suspension of further work on the ongoing reconstruction of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, in order to reduce possible gridlock during the Eid-el- Kabir, Sallah celebration. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos Engr. (Mrs) Olukorede Kesha, ...

By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted two imported consignments of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with a combined weight of 5,344.1 kilograms along the Epe-Lekki corridor and at the Alfa beach, Lekki area of Lagos state. Based ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 26th June 2023 1. The Sokoto State Police Command has launched an investigation into the killing of a butcher, Usman Buda, by extremist Muslims over an alleged blasphemous comment against an Islamic ...

By Nnamdi Ojiego No fewer than 22,032 Nigerians were reportedly killed from March 2021 to June 2023 during the period the Service Chiefs who were fired by President Bola Tinubu on Monday held sway. 10,324 citizens were also abducted during the period under review, according to reports. The ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 25th June 2023 1. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 140 and above as the cut-off mark for 2022/23 admissions into universities across the country. The Registrar of the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 24th June 2023 1. President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Paris, France, described Nigeria’s financial system under the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, as “rotten.” ...

The Nigeria Immigration Service says about 97,000 passport booklets issued remained uncollected in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. This, it said, was due to third party applications and instances where some people dropped wrong contact information during their application. The ...

By Ochogwu Sunday President Bola Tinubu has finally spoken about the suspension and subsequent arrest of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Tinubu had on June 9, suspended Emefiele to allow for investigation into some allegations leveled against the CBN former ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 23rd June 2023 1. The Federation Account Allocation Committee says it shared N786.16bn among the three tiers of government in May 2023. The figure represents an increase of N130.23bn compared to the ...

The Presidency, on Thursday, said President Bola Tinubu has not approved any pay raise for public office holders. “We state, without any equivocation, that President Bola Tinubu has not approved any salary increase, and no such proposal has been brought before him for consideration,” a statement ...

Tinubu breaks silence on 114% increase of salary for President, others By Nsikak Nseyen President Bola Tinubu has denied the approval of the purported 114% increase in the salaries of the President, Vice President, elected federal and state political office holders, and judicial officers. ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 22nd June 2023 1. President Bola Tinubu will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts, or their delegations, from France, the United States of America, Sweden and two others at the Paris Financial Pact ...

Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa, yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. Speaking at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, meeting, organised ...

By Don Silas Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for the establishment of a Nigeria-UK Binational Commission to engender a stronger relationship between both countries, given the long-standing historical antecedents, business activities and shared interests. Shettima made the call on ...

The Federal Emergency Management Authority has warned that states surrounding the Federal Capital Territory will experience strong winds within the next three days. In a statement signed by FEMA’s Head of Public Affairs, Nkechi Isa, on Wednesday, the agency said it was issuing the warning ...

President  Bola Tinubu has exempted the boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control from dissolution. The President had on Monday announced the dissolution of boards of Federal Government’s  parastatals,  agencies, ...

Newly appointed medical doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers, para-military and some other categories of professionals under the employment of the Federal Government will undergo the  “2023 compulsory confirmation/promotion examinations” from August to September. This is according to a memo ...

By Ifreke Inyang President Bola Tinubu touched down in Paris, France, on Tuesday evening. A video of Tinubu disembarking from the presidential jet was shared by his media team on Twitter. The president is in the European country to take part in the Global Financing Summit, which is ...

By Ogaga Ariemu For many Nigerians, the first 22 days of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration have been ‘bitter-sweet.’ His quick-fire decisions, hailed by many variously as “bold,” “decisive,” and “correct,” are not without attendant effects that are grim and gruelling for the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 20th June 2023 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed new Service Chiefs, Inspector-General of Police and Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service. This is contained in a statement Monday ...

Organised labour and the Federal Government yesterday agreed on an eight-week deadline to thrash out all contentious issues and implement the resolutions arising from the demands of labour. Recall that immediately after President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of the fuel subsidy on May 29, ...

By Ifreke Inyang President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, night approved the immediate dissolution of the governing boards of all federal government parastatals, agencies, institutions, and government-owned companies. A statement signed by the Director, Information of the Secretary to the Government of ...

By Williams Anuku President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from service as well as their replacements with immediate effect. A statement by Willie Bassey Director, ...

By Ochogwu Sunday President Bola Tinubu has pledged to give priority attention to the health and safety of Nigerians, noting that for any country to develop, the health of its people, particularly the workforce, is critical. The President spoke when he received the co-founder of the Bill and ...

The National Industrial Court on Monday declared that the order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned industrial action subsists. Justice Olufunke Anuwe stated that the order as granted on June 5 subsists pending the hearing ...