The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and stakeholders in the oil and gas sector have raised concerns about the need to implement the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) for economic growth. Nicholas Ella, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, alongside other ...

The Police Command in Lagos State says a man allegedly jumped into a canal and died to avoid arrest in the Ipaja area of the state. The command’s Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this in the post he shared on his verified X handle @benHundeyin on ...

  The Federal Government’s plans to reduce the price of food commodities through implementation of a zero per cent duty and exemption from value-added tax on selected basic food items are increasingly becoming difficult to achieve. The challenge is underscored by ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Ijanikin Police Station, CSP Bolaji Olugbenga. The spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin ...

Within moments of the confirmation that Israeli forces had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, officials in the United States hailed the killing as an “opportunity” to turn the page on the war and move on to a “day after” for Gaza. While offering no clear vision of what the future of the ...

On Thursday, news that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, 62, had been killed fighting a group of Israeli trainee soldiers who came upon him by chance first began to circulate. On Friday, Hamas confirmed his death while engaged in battle in Tal as-Sultan, Rafah, on Wednesday. The fact that ...

Donald Trump urged a Washington federal judge Thursday not to release some evidence about his attempt to overturn his loss in the 2020 election until after Election Day in the 2024 contest, arguing it would taint his trial and the presidential campaign. Trump’s attorneys made the ...

A yet-to-be-identified man has succumbed to the injuries he sustained after falling into a canal in an attempt to escape arrest by policemen who reportedly labelled him a fraudster in the Ayobo area of Ipaja, Lagos State. City Round gathered that ...

 As part of efforts to combat the increasing effects of climate change and ensure a sustainable environment, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has launched a tree-planting campaign in Zamfara state.The exercise was flagged-off at the premises of Government Girls Day Secondary School ...

A leading legal practitioner in Nigeria, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has reiterated his argument that EFCC is not a constitutionally established agency.Agbakoba expressed concerns about the @officialEFCC’s constitutionality and operational effectiveness. He argued that the haste in legislative ...

Kenyan Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, has been removed from office marking the first impeachment of a deputy president under the country’s 2010 constitution. Senate Speaker Amason Kingi announced that “senators have this night voted to impeach the deputy president of the ...

  The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has commended the state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for increasing the state’s minimum wage to N85,000. Rhodes-Vivour, however, noted that the new minimum wage is ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Peter Obi has expressed dismay over President Bola Tinubu’s absence from the country amid the economic and other challenges facing the nation. ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Some parts of Kano and Kaduna states have been hit with blackout as vandals destroyed the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN’s two towers. The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah disclosed this in a ...

The Nigerian Police Force on Friday said it operatives sized a total of 612 stolen and missing vehicles across the country in September 2024. This was contained in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. According to him, the vehicles were ...

It is not just all about having a savings account and stockpiling money regularly in your bank account that matters, but the ability to grow your money such that the multiplier effect can guarantee you financial stability or independence. It is noteworthy to realise that money is a ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Nigerian Government has announced the arrival of the first batch of 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccines, from the Vaccine Alliance, Gavi. Also, the Government through the National Primary ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that his monthly earning as a Senator is just N14m. The lawmaker, who represents Abia North in the Senate, disclosed this in an interview on Channels ...

By Lovina Anthony Three, out of the eight corps members from Akwa Ibom State, who were kidnapped in Zamfara State on their way for the mandatory one year national service have recounted their harrowing experiences in their kidnappers’ ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 troops to help Russia’s war on Ukraine, in a sign of deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. “We know about 10,000 soldiers of North Korea, that they are preparing to send to fight against ...

China has forged closer ties with Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, but it has repeatedly denied supplying weapons. The United States Department of the Treasury has announced sanctions against Chinese makers of drone engines and parts that President Joe Biden’s administration says ...

European Union leaders are to discuss stricter laws to curb migration following a recent surge in support for the extreme right. While the conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine are on the agenda at the summit on Thursday in Brussels, a key topic will be how to deal with irregular migrants ...

The incident is the latest between China and Japan around disputed islands in the East China Sea. China’s coastguard said it ordered a Japanese fishing vessel to leave the country’s territorial waters after it “illegally” entered an area surrounding a disputed group of islands in the ...

Adebayo Adelabu, the minister of power, says grid collapses are almost inevitable in Nigeria given the deplorable state of the country’s power infrastructure. The minister also said there is a need to have power grids in different regions or states to put an end to incessant grid collapses. ...

RECENTLY, in yet another publicised palliative move following the removal of subsidy on petrol, the Federal Government announced its approval of a zero percent Value Added Tax (VAT) waiver on feed gas, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and imported liquefied petroleum gas, with immediate effect. In ...

Agency The Nigerian Air Force has completed the airlift of the relief materials donated by the First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, to victims of the flood disaster in Maiduguri, Borno State. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore ...

By Matthew Atungwu There was panic on Thursday morning in Benin, the Edo State Capital when a Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, powered vehicle exploded at NIPCO filling station along the Benin-Auchi Expressway. The vehicle, in a ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the death toll from the cholera outbreak has risen to 378 while 14, 237 persons have been infected with the disease since the beginning of the year. The Director-General of the agency, Dr Jide Idris, made this known on Thursday while ...

Nigeria’s Opposition Coalition lawmakers have said that the purported declaration of the seats of Rivers State Assembly seats vacant by Pro-Wike lawmakers and request for Governor Siminalayi Fubara to represent the budget is dead on arrival.The Spokesperson of the coalition, Hon. Ikenga ...

The Federal Government and Organised Labour, yesterday, agreed on modalities to crash transport fares and prices of essential commodities, especially foodstuffs. This came on a day the House of Representatives asked the Federal Government to reverse the recent ...

By Francis Ezediuno Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State, has said that the former governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, would contest and win the 2026 governorship election in the state. ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Presidency has named the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, AGF George Akume and the Ministers as those in charge of the country’s leadership in the absence of ...

In a proactive move to tackle rising security challenges, residents of Abesan Estate, located in the Ipaja area of Lagos, recently gathered for a well-attended security summit aimed at addressing key concerns within their community.The summit, held on Thursday, October 10, 2024, brought together ...

By Seun Opejobi Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Wednesday, disclosed plans to pay workers a minimum wage of N85,000. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this during an interview on Channels TV, themed “One-On-One with Babajide ...

The exact nature of long COVID is still coming to light, but we just got some of the best evidence yet that this debilitating condition stems from a brain injury. Using high-resolution scanners, researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have shown microscopic, structural ...

ABUJA – The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Wednesday, played host to the committee of former IGPs, at the IGP Smart Conference Hall, Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja. Force Spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement said, the meeting was “in ...

The Civil Society Organisation, Shades of Us, has premiered a short film titled ‘Ummi’ to address the critical issues of health equity, access to healthcare, and maternal health, particularly in Nigeria’s rural areas.The premiere which was successfully held on October 5, 2024, brought together ...

  By Alex Akinrogbe Delta state civil servants can now breathe a sigh of relief as the state government has approved the payment of the new minimum wage with effect from October. Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Dr Kingsley ...

On October 5, Israel launched a ground military operation, demanding the evacuation of Palestinians residing in Beit Hanoon, Beit Lahiya, Jabalia refugee camp, and Jabalia town. It then cut off the transfer of humanitarian aid to the area, leading aid agencies to sound the alarm of imminent ...

Israel has resumed air strikes on Beirut despite objections from the United States over the way it is conducting its campaign in Lebanon. Israeli military jets targeted the capital early on Wednesday for the first time since October 10. Three strikes were reported to have hit the southern ...

Veteran Nollywood actor and esteemed member of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Otunba Ayobami Mudashir Olabiyi, popularly known as “Bobo B,” has passed away.He reportedly died in Ibadan, Oyo State, following a brief illness.Olabiyi, who served as the former ...

One person has been reportedly killed and a farm settlement burnt as the people of Akaibiri and Bumoundi communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State clashed with Anam farmers doing commercial farming in the area. The Anam people from Anambra State have been operating farm ...

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, worsened late last week with suspension and counter-suspensions among members of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC. The NWC led by Umar Damagum had suspended the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, and the National ...

The Federal Government has dismissed reports claiming that the United Kingdom endorsed a petition submitted by Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. The petition, which called on the UK government to consider the creation of a Yoruba ...

On September 20, 2023, Rosa Sanchez went to work picking carrots at Grimmway Farms, one of the largest producers of carrots in the world, located in the Bakersfield, California, area of the United States. Unfortunately, she would not last the day. She was fatally struck by a truck in the ...

Despite promising to bring down the price of petrol during his campaign, President Bola Tinubu has repeatedly increased petrol price by about 488 per cent – from N175 in May 2023 to N1,030 in October 2024 – inflicting more pains on the already ...

Almost everyone that politically encountered Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has deep regrets and one tale of woe or another to tell about their relationship. The one time Speaker of the House of Representatives, former governor of Sokoto state and a serving senator has acquired a reputation for ...

  Nigeria’s telecommunications sector experienced a strong rebound in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first half of 2024, drawing in $304 million.This figure more than doubled the $134.75 million the sector attracted throughout the whole of 2023.According to data from the National ...

By Favour Olekanma A high court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday ordered social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse AKA VeryDarkMan to delete defamatory videos on human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN. ...

UNICEF and WFP call for support for hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting, with women and children bearing the brunt. United Nations agencies have called for an urgent increase in funding to deal with the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as the Israeli military continues ...