Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four intending pilgrims with plans to ingest 200 pellets of cocaine in their hotel rooms ahead of their Hajj trip to Saudi Arabia. The Agency revealed this in a statement, signed by its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi on Thursday. The NDLEA said the pellets of cocaine…
Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, announced that in the last few months, the ministry had succeeded in returning about 2 million out-of-school children in Nigeria back to school. He credited this achievement to the tracking mechanism of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and a series of zonal campaigns aimed at enrolling out-of-school children….
A British woman who claims she was the inspiration for the stalker in the smash Netflix hit “Baby Reindeer” sued the streamer Thursday, demanding $170 million in damages. Fiona Harvey has identified herself as the real-life “Martha,” the delusional, violent and abusive woman at the center of Richard Gadd’s global phenomenon, which claims in its…
The Managing Director of BKG Exhibition Limited, Mr Ifeanyi Agwu, says Nigerians are in firm control of automobile spare parts business in West Africa. He spoke on Wednesday at a four-day Lagos Motor Fair holding in Victoria Island, where Nigeria-based and foreign automakers, motorcycle and component manufacturers from Asian countries, among others, are displaying their…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has rewarded overall best- graduating student,Aminat Yusuf of Lagos State University (LASU), with N10 million during the university’s 26th Convocation and 40th Anniversary celebration on Thursday. Yusuf, a Law Department graduate, achieved a perfect cumulative grade point average of 5.0 for the 2021/2022 academic session. Several distinguished individuals received honorary…
Minister of Information, Idris Mohammed, said the Finance Minister, Wale Edun, will present a new minimum wage template today (Wednesday, June 5, 2024) to President Bola Tinubu. Mohammed made this statement during an interview with newsmen on Tuesday at the State House in Abuja. Recall on Tuesday that the organized labour suspended its strike for…
The Federal Government’s ban on the export of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has led to a significant decrease in its price, from around N1,500 per kilogram to approximately N900/kg. This was disclosed by LPG dealers under the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM). The ban was announced on February 22, 2024, to increase…
Ogun State government will plant two million trees in 2024 to preserve the environment and stem the tide of climate change in the state. The state commissioner for forestry, Engr. Taiwo Oludotun, made this known while speaking with newsmen during a tree-planting advocacy campaign organised by Waradi El Shadai Creations, a group pushing for a…
The Senate has approved a bill seeking 300 per cent increase in the salaries, allowances, and other benefits for the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola; and other judicial officers in Nigeria. The bill seeking to raise their welfare package scaled third reading on Wednesday. The approval came after the adoption of…
FG is considering a six-month suspension of import duties on staple food items and drugs to tackle inflation, awaiting President Tinubu’s approval. However, this proposal contradicts Tinubu’s previous stance on food imports amid Nigeria’s food crisis and soaring inflation rates, with rice prices surging by 169% in the past year This is contained in a…
