I am happy with food prices coming down, especially as Ramadan approaches, Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday expressed joy over the falling prices of food in Nigeria, especially as Muslims prepare to begin their annual fasting. The president who spoke at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, during which…
My life is in danger, NAFDAC DG cries out The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Wednesday raised the alarm over threats to her life and that of the agency’s staff, calling on the authorities to protect the operatives who daily navigate a…
Dangote refinery reduces petrol price to N860 per litre Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Wednesday, announced a reduction in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol from N890 to N860 per litre. The N65 reduction will take effect from Thursday, February 27. According to Dangote, this adjustment is designed to…
Two teachers jailed 44 years for raping students An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced two teachers to 44 years imprisonment for raping their students. The defendants Ajibola Gbenga (43) and Olaofe Ayodele (52) were arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on March 2, 2022, on three-count charges bordering on rape and abuse…
18 months after, APC NEC meeting underway amid tight security For the first time in 18 months, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently holding its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. The meeting, which ought to be holding at every quarter, according to its constitution is holding for…
First phase of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway ready in May, Umahi The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has disclosed that first phase of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, covering 47.7km from Ahmadu Bello Way in Lagos will be completed by May 2025, assuring that the whole 750km project will be completed before the end of President Bola…
Bwala lampoons El-Rufai for distorting facts President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has lampooned former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for distorting facts during his recent television interview. Bwala said El-Rufai made jumbles of incoherent and disorganised statements aimed at distorting the truth. In an interview on Arise Television on Monday…
US excludes UK, Nigeria, 38 others from visa-free entry for 2025 The United States, on Monday, released the list of eligible countries for its 2025 Visa Waiver Programme. The United Kingdom was excluded from the programme but remains eligible under specific conditions. The list also does not include any African countries, such as Nigeria, Ghana,…
Why Tinubu rejected El-Rufai as minister, by Sani Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has hinted on why President Bola Tinubu changed his mind against making Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, one of his ministers. El-Rufai had at an interview with Arise TV debunked security reports against him as the main reason why the National Assembly…
Ribadu denies nursing presidential ambition, chides El-Rufai The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has denied nursing presidential ambition ahead of 2031 as claimed by the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. Reacting to El-Rufai’s allegations of orchestrating a smear campaign against him over his ambition to run for president in 2031, the NSA…
