Tinubu disburses N32.8 billion to 169,000 students …8,000 terrorists, bandits neutralised The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Tuesday in Abuja disclosed that the Federal Government has disbursed N32.8 billion to 169,000 students under the Students Loan Fund, (NELFUND) scheme. This, he said, including N20 billion in school fees and N12.8…
FCMB staff for arraignment over alleged mortgage fraud An Ikeja High Court in Lagos State on Tuesday fixed March 11, for the arraignment of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and three others over alleged forgery and mortgage fraud. Other defendants aside from FCMB in the alleged fraud case are Okogun Polycarp, Batik Line International Limited,…
MTN increases data tariff prices by 50 per cent Nigeria’s largest telecom operator, MTN, has commenced the gradual implementation of a 50 per cent tariff increase approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in January. The adjustment, which is evident in the updated prices of data plans, leaves call and SMS rates unaffected for the…
Trump sacks USAID inspector general US President Donald Trump has fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), US media outlets reported on Wednesday. Paul Martin’s dismissal came a day after his office issued a report critical of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, the Washington Post, CNN and others…
44 communities protest one-year black out Residents of Sobi Poly Feeder at Oke-Fomo in Ilorin West Local Government Area (LGA), which comprise 44 communities, on Tuesday staged a protest over power outage in their area have been in total black out since February 2024 Members of the communities, during the peaceful protest, said they have…
Nigerians to pay more for using ATM from March 1 Nigerians, already burdened by all sorts of increased taxes, will be paying more for transaction charges on the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) from 1 March, 2025. In a statement signed by the CBN Acting Director of the Financial Policy and Regulation Department, John Onojah, the increment…
Wabara suspension illegal, says PDP NWC The National Working Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the suspension of the Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, describing it as illegal. The party, in a statement on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated the suspension violated the…
Teacher stabs 8-year-old student to death A female teacher in her 40s on Tuesday stabbed an eight-year-old student to death at an elementary school in the central city of Daejeon, South Korea. Authorities also said that after the teacher stabbed the minor she inflicted wounds on herself. Earlier, police found the two with stab wounds…
Ekiti set to recruit more Doctors, Health workers …As Oyebanji begins statewide inspection of road, Hospital projects Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has disclosed plans by his administration to recruit more medical doctors and health workers for all general hospitals and basic health centres across the state with improved welfare package as a way…
Billionaire oil magnate, Obat denies death rumour, says I am alive, hale and hearty …May sue SaharaReporters for fake news The Olugbo of Ugbo, in Ilaje local government of Ondo State, Oba Frederick EnitiOlorunda Akinruntan, has denied the “breaking news” from the SaharaReporters claiming that the monarch is dead. The billionaire oil magnate, who spoke…
