Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, says the federal government will pay Nigerians transport allowance after removing fuel subsidy. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, Ahmed said fuel subsidy is costing the country resources that should have been used for education and health. She described fuel subsidy as …

Bianca Ojukwu, wife of late Biafra leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, took to Facebook to celebrate 27th wedding anniversary with her late husband, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu today 12th November 2021, Newsextra24 reports. Sharing her wedding photo, she wrote “A BEAUTIFUL ANNIVERSARY! (12 NOVEMBER 1994) Nnam ukwu, Dike di ora mma !, …

The Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021. It announced this in a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and addressed to managing directors, all electricity distribution companies and all meter asset providers. …

Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has remanded Chima Igwe, a former Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, over alleged certificate fraud. The PUNCH had reported that The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission would arraign a former Director-General of the Federal …

Congratulations are in order for the Nigerian artiste WizKid Ayo Balogun as his album ‘Made in Lagos’ becomes the 1st Nigerian album to spend 1 year on the Billboard world albums chart. After it’s arrival on the billboard charts in October 2020, the album has spent 4 weeks at no1, …

Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, has shown off his dance steps. The lawmaker treated his guests to his dance skills at his 49th birthday party which was held last night November 11. A video of the man dancing has gone viral online and has …

Itoro, the young man who killed Tordue Salem, reporter with Vanguard Newspaper who was declared missing some days ago and later found dead, has revealed what happed. Itoro, 29, a native of Akwa Ibom State, said he was driving around Mabushi bring in the night when he knocked down a …

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, have rescued a mother of three, Adewole Suliyat from being lynched by residents of Ayepe area of Osogbo for stealing a goat. The Command’s spokesperson, DSC Adigun Daniel, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, …

Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, and Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, have been caught using Twitter, despite the existing ban on the microblogging platform in Nigeria. FIJ’s independent investigation revealed that Shehu liked a tweet …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that Nigerians would be able to look after themselves when infrastructure is in place. Buhari said this on Thursday during his meeting with the President of Islamic Development Bank, Mohammed Al-Jasser, at the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum in France. …