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Nigeria’s import from Russia has crashed significantly, hitting its lowest this year, as the war in Ukraine persists. The foreign trade report of the National Bureau of Statistics for the third quarter of 2022 released last week showed that only N1.71tn worth of…

The National President, Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, Akeem Ambali, has said that the union planned to meet with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over the delayed passage of the local government autonomy bill next week. The union would also…

The Chairman of Yemi Sonde Media Group, owner of the popular radio, YES FM, Mr Yemi Sonde, has cried out to the public that a blackmailer was on his neck over a nude video of him. In a press statement issued by…

The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has said that Nigerian skit makers, bloggers, comedians and other content creators using digital platforms will, henceforth, be punished for not getting approval before publishing their online advertisements. According to the federal government through ARCON, the…

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished structures built without approval from the department of development control at Guzape II and Katampe extension in the FCT. The FCT also said that henceforth, any land fraudster and unauthorised developer found developing without approval will…

The Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages (LASPG), Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo) has placed  all female commercial bus drivers in the state on a monthly payment. The gesture, he said, would complement their earnings. Akinsanya, while addressing over 500 female commercial bus…

The Federal Government has described a report published by Reuters, an international news organisation, accusing the Nigerian Army of infanticide as fake news. This is just as the news agency published a fresh report on Monday in which it accused the Nigerian Army…

The Comptroller-General, of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Isa Jere has directed the immediate opening of passport desks in all international airports in the country to attend to Nigerians in diaspora coming home during the Yuletide. The directive is contained in a statement…

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has said that the Monday morning attack at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri is proof that insecurity in the state is politically motivated. The governor who spoke to journalists at the…

A former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sam Amadi, has lamented the lack of justice concerning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was lynched for alleged blasphemy. Deborah, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto,…