The Nigerian stock market on Monday opened on a negative note, with performance indices dropping by 0.44 per cent. Specifically, investors lost N248 billion or 0.44 per cent, as the …
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FG unveils armed unit to combat touting, others at airports
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, has launched an armed Aviation Security (AVSEC) unit at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. Keyamo disclosed this in a …
Read More »Para athletes protest alleged marginaliastion in Kwara
Some Para athletes in Kwara State, on Monday, shut down the state stadium in Ilorin for hours over the alleged marginalisation of their ranks being orchestrated by the Executive Chairman, …
Read More »Tinubu names ex-Lagos commissioner Olatunji Bello head of consumer protection commission
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olatunji Bello as the new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice-Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, subject to Senate confirmation. This was …
Read More »Delta monarch tasks farmers on food security
The Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Majesty on Monday Obukowho Whiskey Udurhie I, has called on Nigerians to take advantage of …
Read More »NDLEA arrests 149, seizes 1.49 tonnes of illicit drugs in six months
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 149 suspects with over 1.49 tonnes of illicit drugs between Jan. 1 and June 24 in Kogi. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, …
Read More »[PHOTOS] Mohbad: Protesters storm Nigeria High Commission in London, demand thorough probe
Some Nigerians on Monday stormed the Nigeria House, London to protest over the circumstances leading to the death of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. The protesters who displayed …
Read More »USAID awards $26.6m grants to 33 Nigerian companies
The United States Agency for International Development said it has awarded $26.6m in co-investment grants to 33 companies in Nigeria through its global hunger and food security initiative. The Director …
Read More »Soldiers nab bandits, gunrunners in Plateau, Kaduna
Troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State have raided a forest occupied by bandits in Qaapan Local Government Area and arrested some bandits including arms couriers It was learnt …
Read More »Tinubu, Buhari condole Shettima over death of mother-in-law
President Bola Tinubu has condoled Vice-President Kashim Shettima and his family over the death of his mother-in-law, Hajiya Maryam Abubakar Albishir. Albishir, 69, passed away “in Kano on Sunday evening …
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