THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a 75-year-old grandpa, Jibril (surname withheld) with 7.5 kilogrammes of cannabis at Oke-asa village, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State during a raid. The Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the agency also arrested a 70-year-old grandma, […]
The Federal Government is working on a system that will provide tax relief to 95 percent of the informal sector of the economy. Mr Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, said this at the closing session of the committee on Sunday in Abuja. He said this would be achieved […]
The Lagos State Government has warned unregistered individuals and organisations to desist from engaging in real estate activities in the state or face legal consequences for non-compliance with the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority registration requirements. Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, who gave the warning recently at the 2024 Ministerial Press Briefing […]
The International Monetary Fund has warned the Nigerian government to remove what it called implicit fuel and electricity subsidies. In a report published recently by the IMF, the organisation told Nigeria that the subsidies would guzzle three per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product in 2024 as against one per cent in the year […]
The Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in charge of Edo, Delta and Ondo states, Effa Okim, has revealed how underage Internet fraudsters, commonly called Yahoo Boys, declare false age to obtain driving licence, which they then use to open bank accounts for warehousing illicit funds. The zonal director revealed this during […]
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, declared that Plateau State will experience permanent peace and regain its lost glory, saying that darkness cannot comprehend light. Adeboye, who disclosed that he was last in Plateau State seven years before, said the devil kept him away, knowing that […]
Internet connectivity was disrupted in several East African nations on Sunday due to faults reported on the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) and SEACOM cables, Internet monitoring groups said. NetBlocks, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stated, “Network data show a disruption to Internet connectivity in and around multiple East African countries.” It […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has insisted that members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress have forfeited their positions in the legislative body. Twenty five lawmakers loyal to the former governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, […]
Prince Harry on Sunday in Lagos joined in the training sessions of young basketball and wheelchair basketball players at Ilupeju Grammar School, to the delight of the kids. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex respectively, participated in a basketball clinic and will support the construction of a new Giants […]
Amateur fighters are jostling for the available slots as Nigeria continues to prepare their contingent with the maiden Mixed Martial Arts National Amateur Championship which will be used to select the country’s team for the 2024 MMA World Championship 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia by December. The series saw fighters from the northwest and central zones of […]
