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The recently signed Finance Act, which empowers the federal government to help itself to a loan of N850 billion naira from dormant accounts and unclaimed dividends, is creating concerns amongst Nigerians. Through the Act, the federal government is targeting some N850bn from the said funds. It could be more as …

From afar, his long puzzled face was conspicuous . At noon on Friday, Boniface Ani and his wife , Doris, had spent over six hours at the Alausa centre of the National Identity Management Commission in Lagos , waiting for a miracle to happen in an attempt to get their …

* Over N300m worth of goods still trapped at Seme * It’ll take years to recover our losses – Int’l businessman * Trading through illegal routes thrives at Mfum, Cameroon border * Niger Republic promises to respect FG’s new trade protocols One month after, commercial activities at four of the …

A huge fire resulting from a suspected power surge, on Saturday, January 16, destroyed 12 shops at Ijesha area of Surulere in Lagos, Insidenaija reports. The Ag. Head, Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, made the disclosure while responding to inquiries about the incident, which occurred around 6.30pm. …

At least 200 defilement cases were recorded in Gombe State in 2020, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Ethical Orientation, Dauda Dauda, has said. Dauda who disclosed this in a chat with journalists on Saturday, disclosed that 40 out of the cases were reported in Gombe, the state capital, …

The Federal Government has ordered immediate closure of enrolment activities at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Headquarters, Abuja and reactivation of 20 centers within the FCT to make the process of NIN enrolment much easier from Monday, January 18th 2021. A statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications, NIMC …

Luck ran out of a man after he was caught by no other person than LASTMA General Manager himself on third mainland bridge. In the video, the man was seen begging the manager to have pity on him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sEKOuFGMrc Watch the drama that followed after the General Manager of @followlastma …

Following the recent event of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day that took place yesterday 15th January, 2021 where pigeons released by President M. Buhari and the Imo state governor Senator Hope Uzodinma refused to fly, the former Senator and opposition party member Senator Dino Melaye has taken to his social …

There was mild drama and confusion on Saturday when President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister, Rotimi Amaechi arrived with crutches at the airport for an event. Newsextra24 reports that Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Plateau State Governor, Solomon Lalong were surprised when the former governor of Rivers State arrived with clutches. As …

As part of its commitments in transforming the Lagos business terrain into smart city, Lagos state government has concluded arrangements towards replacing the existing street lighting system into a smarter and more efficient LED street light. The Streetlight Retrofit Project was unanimously approved by the Executive Council as part of …