Cooking gas price rises 20% on weak naira

The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly known as cooking gas, sold to marketers in the country has risen by over 20 per cent in the past one month, with…

UPDATED: Reps pass 2021 budget, raise estimates by N500bn

The House of Representatives has passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill, raising the total estimates from the proposed N13.08tn to N13,588,027,886,175, an increase of over N500bn. The passage followed the consideration…

Church founder, herbalist get four-year imprisonment for trading in human parts

A Kwara state Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, sentenced a church founder, Pastor, Gabriel Josaya, aka Eli-Wakuku, to four years’ imprisonment for dealing in human parts. Josaya,…

US Electoral College set to confirm Biden win Monday

Long a mere formality, a vote on Monday by members of the Electoral College to formally recognise Joe Biden as the next US president has taken on unusual import this…

APC postpones nationwide membership registration

The All Progressives Congress has postponed the nationwide membership, update and revalidation excursus scheduled to begin on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The Secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee,…

APC postpones nationwide membership registration

The All Progressives Congress has postponed the nationwide membership, update and revalidation excursus scheduled to begin on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The Secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee,…

Nigeria’s debt getting out of control, says El-Rufai

Nigeria’s debt is getting out of control and the country has to do something about it, the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Thursday. He said the country’s…

Forex scarcity bites harder, CBN amends diasporan remittance law

The Central Bank of Nigeria said on Monday that it had amended the procedures for receipt of diaspora remittances as part of its efforts to boost the foreign exchange market.…

ENUGU LAWMAKER, CHUKWUOBASI MARKS BIRTHDAY WITH GLEE

THE Member representing Awgu South in Enugu state house of Assembly, Hon. Johnson Okwudili Chukwuobasi has on Thursday, 26th November marked his birth anniversary. The lawmaker known for his benevolence…

Lekki shootings: Sanwo-Olu must appear before panel, #EndSARS lawyer insists

says gov ‘is a factor’, must respond to military allegations Panel has power to invite anybody –Commissioner  We’ve given AGF, others evidence against 33 indicted SARS men –NHRC Counsel for…