archiveNovember 2023

A former federal lawmaker and former vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that showing respect for President Bola Tinubu wouldn’t deter him from referring to the former Lagos State governor as a drug dealer. Datti Baba-Ahmed spoke during an interview...

Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday, slammed the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory, saying he found the verdict contradictory and disappointing. But in a swift response, the Presidency slammed Obi, describing him as “a copycat” who “tried, in vain, to gaslight Nigerians with...

Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci has been dethroned as the record holder of the longest cooking marathon record by an Irish restaurant owner, Alan Fisher. Reports says that Fisher broke the longest cooking marathon for an individual after cooking in a time of 119 hours 57 minutes. His feat was more...

The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Monday, has again sent into custody the auxiliary nurse, Fisayo Ogedengbe, and Ayobami Sadiq arrested by the police in connection with the controversial death of hip hop artiste, Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad. The nurse who was invited by Mohbad’s friend (Ayobami Sadiq)...

The Port Harcourt's Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  has arraigned an oil magnate, Azubuike Uzoma before Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,  for an alleged illegal dealing in petroleum products to the tune of  N24, 310,000 (Twenty...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) will continue to collaborate with the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and all relevant stakeholders in the Reconciliation Committee set up by President Bola Tinubu to investigate, review and reconcile the financial records on alleged indebtedness to the Federation by both...

  NCDMB, NLNG sign e-market place agreement   The ongoing construction of the $5 billion Train-7 project being undertaken by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) at Finima, Bonny Island, Rivers State has reached 52 per cent completion and currently engages 8,300 Nigerians of diverse skill sets. These facts emerged...

President Bola Tinubu has expressed sympathy with the Canadian Government and the victims of the fire incident which occurred at the Canadian High Commission in Abuja on Monday. The President’s sympathy was conveyed in a statement by his Special Adviser, (Media and Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday. Business247 news earlier...

Newly- posted Commandant at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Group Captain B. Topman has sought greater collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in tackling the menace of economic and financial crimes at airports across the country. He made the disclosure in Enugu on Thursday, November 2,...

says 'we've to develop state's economy for long term' Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Monday, declared that workers and pensioners in the state would receive a monthly cash award of N25,000 and N15,000 respectively for the next six months. According to a press statement on Monday by Mr. Sulaimon...