The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Musa Aliyu, has reaffirmed the commission’s commitment to tackling corruption in the basic education sector. Aliyu said this at a three-day capacity-building workshop for State Universal Basic…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said it received 1,220,245 complaints through its customers’ complaints units in 2023, The commission said that metering and overbilling of consumers accounted for the highest complaints. This is contained in the commission’s 2023…
The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has urged the senators to prioritise the security of the nation ensuring that every citizen could walk down any street in the country without fear. He made the call in his welcome address on…
By Matthew Denis The President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has called on the federal government to remove fuel subsidies completely. Speaking during a 26-minute interview with Bloomberg Television in New York, Dangote highlighted the need…
The National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) says the unemployment rate in Nigeria stood at 5.4 per cent in 2023. At the state level, Abia recorded the highest unemployment rate at 18.7 per cent, while Nasarawa had the lowest rate at 0.5…
President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to a bill that aimed to increase the tenure and retirement age of legislative officers at the National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly. The President’s decision was revealed in a letter read on…
Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has officially launched the distribution of relief materials to victims of the Maiduguri flood, which had impacted nearly two million people. The flood, caused by an overflow from Alau Dam, inflicted severe damage on homes…
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, sentenced three persons to death by hanging for the murder of Col. Anthony Okeyin, the Commandant, Nigeria Army Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan. The three convicts sentenced to death by hanging…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has carried out a thorough mop-up operation to remove contaminated food and drugs from major markets in Maiduguri, Borno State. This effort comes after the recent floods that compromised…
By Matthew Denis In a significant move to address rising inflation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the monetary policy rate (MPR) from 26.75 percent to 27.25 percent. The decision was announced…
