The World Bank is set to approve fresh loans totalling $632m to Nigeria today (Monday) amid mounting concerns over the country’s rising debt profile, Frontline reports. The loans are to support critical areas, including nutrition improvement and quality basic education. Information obtained from the World Bank’s website on Sunday showedContinue Reading
Barely two weeks after Chiedozie and Joan Okoye tied the knot in Lagos, their love story came to a tragic, untimely end. A devastating gas tanker explosion near Otedola Bridge snatched them from their families. Now, their loved ones are left drowning in grief and grappling with the unbearable weightContinue Reading
I Tears flowed on Saturday in Uromi, Edo State, as the remains of the hunters who were lynched by a mob were interred. Members of the Hausa community converged on the community cemetery to pay their last respects to the victims, who were burnt to death on Friday after beingContinue Reading
From left: Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima; Vice-President, Kashim Shettima; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu; and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, during the Special Iftar and prayers for President Tinubu on his 73rd birthday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. President Bola Tinubu lastContinue Reading
The running verbal exchange between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike over the former’s choice of a running mate as PDP candidate in the 2023 presidential election continued yesterday. The two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party had fallen apart afterContinue Reading
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared tomorrow (Sunday) 30th of March 2025, as equivalent to 1 Day of SHAWWAL 1446AH and Eid-Fitri day across Nigeria The Sultan, who is the President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), said the decision followed theContinue Reading
The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the implementation of import duty and Value Added Tax VAT, exemption on critical raw materials and healthcare equipment essential for the production of pharmaceutical products in the country for a period of two years. This is in line with an earlier directive by PresidentContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu and some governors in the country have condemned the gruesome murder of 16 travellers by an irate mob in Uromi, Edo State. While the President ordered a manhunt for the killers, the governors joined in demanding justice for the victims. Mistaken identity Frontline gathered that the victims,Continue Reading
Police authorities in Edo have arrested 14 suspects over the killing of travellers in the state on Thursday. The victims were grusomely murdered by a mob in the Uromi area of Edo State on the suspicion of being criminals. The travellers were said to be hunters. According to the EdoContinue Reading
The Presidency has described as “baseless” claims by the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, that he was being targeted for investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A statement signed by Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday said Atiku’s claimsContinue Reading