The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Student Loans and Access to Higher Education is meeting with the National Universities Commission (NUC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), students’ representatives, and other stakeholders to discuss the proposed student loan scheme of the federal government. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the meeting is convened by the committee chairman,…
Veteran Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw has claimed that the only ‘prayers’ going into the ‘mailboxes’ of poor Nigerians are more taxes and burdens. Henshaw was reacting to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio’s assurance to colleagues during Wednesday’s plenary session that “prayers” had been sent to them as they embark on a recess. “In order to…
There was pandemonium and confusion along the Badagry-Seme Expressway, yesterday, as Police officers believed to be under the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Special Squad arrested some Policemen and operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, during a raid on illegal checkpoints on the Seme-Badagry Expressway. Vanguard gathered that the IGP squad chased and arrested…
Nigerians and other telecommunication consumers within Nigeria spent N3.33tn on calls, data, SMS, and other telecom services in 2022, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. This is as telcos made N3.33tn in total revenue for the year. The NCC disclosed this in its newly released ‘2022 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report.’ According to the commission, the…
The naira dropped to a record low of N925/$1 on the parallel market on Wednesday as demand for foreign currency outweighed supply. Mohammed Gazali, a forex trader in Zone 4 Abuja, disclosed this on Tuesday evening. Similarly, he said the dollar exchanged between N880 and N890 in Lagos. Meanwhile, in the official Investor and Exporter…
A popular Ecuadoran presidential candidate was shot dead while leaving a rally in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, prompting President Guillermo Lasso to declare a state of emergency and blame the assassination on organised crime. Fernando Villavicencio, a 59-year-old anti-corruption crusader who had complained of receiving threats, was murdered as he was leaving a stadium…
Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine will lead the 21-member government, with generals from the new military governing council. The military leaders in Niger who seized power in a coup last month have formed a new government, according to a decree read out on national television on Thursday. Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine will…
Osun State Government has disclosed its readiness to introduce an identification system for commercial motorcyclists operating within the state in order to check crimes and the influx of bad elements into the State. The Commissioner for Transportation in Osun State, Hon. Sesan Oyedele, who made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking during a current affairs…
Nigerian comedian, Ayo Makun popularly known as AY Comedian’s sister-in-law, Grace Makun has shared a video of the aftermath of the comedian’s house after the tragic fire incident. In her social media post, Grace Makun expresses her gratitude to a higher power for sparing the lives of AY Makun and his family from the perilous…
The Lagos State government has been taken to task on an investigation launched into the forceful snatching of hijab from the head of a school girl in December 2022. An Islamic human rights advocacy group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has demanded for the update on the matter whose outcome is still unknown eight months…
