archiveJune 19, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has terminated the appointments of the Chief of Defence Staff, other service chiefs, the Inspectors General of Police, Usman Baba, and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, retired Colonel Hameed Ali. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, in a statement today, June...

Forbes Real-time Global Billionaires List has placed Aliko Dangote on number 172 with a net worth of $10.7 billion behind South Africa’s Johann Rupert & Family who is ranked 145 with net worth of $12 billion. This means that South Africa’s Johann Rupert has displaced billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote to...

Kingsley Obiora, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the policies being implemented by President Bola Tinubu will double the country’s economic growth from three per cent next year. Obiora made his view known on Monday in an interview with Bloomberg. It would be...

The Federal Government and organised labour are currently meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over the proposed palliatives for workers on subsidy removal. The meeting to take a decision on the demands made by organised labour and the proposed palliatives from the government to cushion the effect of the subsidy...

  as Bigi soft drink, fearless energy drink and sausages are re-certified   The premium Sosa Fruit Drink of Rite Foods Limited, with its five unique flavours comprising the orange, apple, cranberry, orange, passion & mango, and mixed-berries, available in 35cl and 1-litre packs, have received Halal Certification for its...

As part of efforts to rid garages, parks and roadsides in Lagos of illegal liquor sales and consumption by motorists and drivers, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has seized alcohol worth about N2 million during a clampdown exercise carried out recently by its operatives. Corps Marshal of the Agency,...

The United States Assistant Secretary of State, Amb. Geoffrey Praytt has paid a visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House in Abuja. Taking to its verified Twitter handle, the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu  Media Centre confirming Praytt’s visit to the president on Monday. It stated that the...

President Bola Tinubu on Monday met with the co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, and the chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. The meeting was disclosed by Tinubu’s media aide, Dayo Olusegun, via his Twitter handle. According to Olusegun: “Mr @BillGates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and...

Indications are that Nigerians may pay 40 % more for electricity tariffs by the start of July 2023. The development is coming about two weeks after President Bola Tinubu declared the end of the fuel subsidy regime during his inauguration. The increase as a result of the subsidy removal would...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has come out to reveal that beneficiaries of student loan initiatives in other countries were committing suicide over their inability to repay debts. The ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He said, “This would...