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President Bola Tinubu, on Friday in Abuja, thanked the government of France for the planned return of $150m stolen from Nigeria by former Head of State, General Sani Abacha. This was as he said the Economic Community of West African States is “deploying all appropriate back-channel strategies” to avoid bloodshed in Niger Republic. “Thank you

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, signed an Executive Order establishing the Lagos International Financial Centre Council. This is in furtherance of his government’s objective to position Lagos as Africa’s premier financial centre. In his address at the inauguration of the council in Lagos on Friday, the governor said the Lagos International

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Friday, approved the disbursement of N1.9 billion gratuity to 685 Local Government pensioners in a show of concern for the well-being of the senior citizens. Abiodun had, in August 2023, directed the Bureau of Local Government Pensions and the state Pension to commence the payment of N1 billion

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, disclosed that his leadership is using “back-channel strategies” to avoid the shedding of blood in the Niger Republic. Tinubu, who received the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Catherine Colonna, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, added that the situation in the Sahel region since the military takeover,

Troops of the Nigerian Army code-named ‘Operation Whirl Punch’ have killed seven terrorists terrorising Kampanin Doka Village, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the acting Deputy Director,  Army Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Army, Kaduna,  Lt. Col. Musa Yahaya, the farmers were brave to have resisted the terrorists’ attack on the communities. The

The Federal Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has released a new Immigration Levels Plan which it uses to guide its operations. The Immigration Levels Plan is released yearly to guide its operations and prospective immigrants on how to apply. In 2023, IRCC plans to welcome more than 465,000 immigrants to Canada and  In 2024,

Two persons, Mohammed Ndatotu and one Lawal, have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stealing a truck belonging to a cement company. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Odutola noted that the suspects were arrested following a report by the truck driver

The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Friday, said no fewer than 2,000 participants had so far indicated interest in participating in this year’s annual Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit. Dabiri-Erewa noted that the sixth in the series will be held from November 13-15, 2023 in Abuja. NDIS, a private sector initiative supported by

The French Government announced on Friday its decision to return $150 million of the late General Sani Abacha loot. Since the death of Abacha, who was Nigeria’s military leader from 1993 to 1998, the country has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars heaped abroad. The visiting France Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna,

President Bola Tinubu on Friday urged his ministers to shelve their personal ambitions and focus on his administration’s effort to lift 50 million Nigerians out of poverty. “You’re not here to make excuses, neither am I…you must put aside personal ambitions and focus on the progress of our nation,” Tinubu said in his closing remarks

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons has donated relief materials to victims of banditry in Zamfara State. In a statement on Friday, the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the Governor, Dauda Lawal, received the items when he visited the commission’s headquarters. The statement said, “The purpose of Governor Lawal’s visit

The Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2, Onne, Rivers State, said on Friday that it generated a total sum of N246 billion in ten months. The Comptroller of Customs in the command, Comptroller Baba Imam, disclosed this to newsmen at a briefing in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of the state. Imam said the command raked

The Ogun State Government, on Friday, urged its Ondo State counterpart to caution its citizens encroaching on Ogun territory and launching attacks on indigenes in the communities bordering the two states. Ogun State Deputy Governor,  Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele, who doubles as the Chairman, Ogun State Boundary Committe, made this appeal in a statement issued in

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, has vowed on behalf of the Committee to conduct a comprehensive audit of the petrol subsidy regime. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Committee in Abuja on Friday, Ugochinyere said the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act would also be reviewed comprehensively.

The naira continued its rebound against the dollar on Friday, strengthening to N950/$ on the average in the parallel market. This represents a N170 gain or a 15.18 per cent appreciation of the local currency compared to the N1,120 it traded for on Thursday. This is also the second day of recovery for the naira

The Kaduna State Pension Bureau has released the list of 1,051 beneficiaries for both the defined benefits scheme and contributory pension scheme. The list contained 873 names of beneficiaries that have been shortlisted for the payment of gratuity and death benefits under the defined benefits schemes for both local governments, state retirees and families of

The Sokoto State Government has announced the seizure of over 1,200 jerrycans of adulterated cooking oil at the Central Market in the state. A statement signed and issued to newsmen on Thursday by the state Commissioner for Health,  Asabe Balarabe, said the state also intercepted another five truckload of the product taken to the state

Grammy-award-winning artiste, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has offered the Nigerian bloggers money so that they will stop reporting him. Taking to his X account on Friday, the ‘I Told Them’ crooner noted that although he had never paid any media house to publicise his brand, he was open to doing so now in exchange

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, on Thursday, said her ministry will partner with a host of other ministries and private sector players to lift 50 million Nigerians out of poverty in Nigeria, as directed by President Bola Tinubu. Describing poverty as multi-dimensional due to lack of access to education, quality

Following the attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Thursday, the organised labour has issued a five-day ultimatum for the redeployment of the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde. During a press briefing in Abuja,  on Friday, the organised labour also demanded the arrest

An economic expert and the Chief Executive Officer of Chapel Hill Denham, Bolaji Balogun, has said that contrary to estimates, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product is worth around $600 to $650 billion. Currently, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics estimates the country’s GDP to be well over $400 billion as of 2021. However, Balogun while delivering the

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure has achieved a significant milestone by securing a $200m procurement agreement with the Rural Electrification Agency. NASENI’s Executive Vice Chairman, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, unveiled the deal during his first televised media interaction at the agency’s headquarters. The partnership signifies REA’s commitment to procure equipment from NASENI, highlighting

A group, the Northern Consensus Movement of Nigeria, has vowed to stop the supply of food from the North to the southern part of the country. The group made this threat following a recent ultimatum issued by a Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho for the Fulani community to vacate Yorubaland

A former majority leader in the Taraba State House of Assembly and a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, Hon. Douglas Ndatse on Friday denied rumour making the rounds that he slapped people during a PDP stakeholder meeting at Government House. Ndatse, a two-time member representing Donga State Constituency in the State House House of

A cocoa processing firm, Barry Callebaut Nigeria Cocoa and Chocolate, has begun the donation of education materials to over 330 primary school pupils in Ondo and Rivers States. This was contained in a statement issued by the Sustainability Operations Manager of the company, Mr Mujeeb Oniyide, on Thursday in Akure, Ondo State. According to the