Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 13 Chinese nationals over offences bordering on illegal mining activities, in Kwara State. The offence is contrary to, and punishable under Section 1(8) (b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17, 1983 The suspects; one female and 12 males…
The Guinness World Records (GWR) has revealed that they have received over 1,500 applications from individuals in Nigeria within two months. The craze of Guinness World Record attempts gained momentum after Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci broke the record for the longest cook-a-thon by an individual in May. After chef Hilda Baci achieved a remarkable feat…
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Kayode Jimoh, on Friday advised members of the public to refrain from disclosing their bank account details to secure loans online. Jimoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin that giving out bank account details to borrow money online is dangerous.He said many Nigerians have out of desperation…
Organizers of the Big Brother Naija, BBNaija , reality TV show have announced that the 8th edition of the show will premiere on Sunday, July 23, 2023. Tagged’ All Star season” the winner of the show will walk away with the grand prize pegged at N120 million Naira among other consolidation prizes. According to the…
….FG plans N8,000 monthly palliative for 12m poor households …NLC, TUC kick, Experts, stakeholders lampoon palliatives plans, suggest alternatives The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request for $800 million borrowing from the World Bank. The president’s request was in a letter read by Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, at the plenary on Thursday. Tinubu, in…
The Honourable Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun alongside five other State Assembly Speakers, have been inaugurated into a 6-man Caretaker Committee for the Conference of Speakers of States Legislatures in Nigeria. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Olamide Tiamiyu, on Thursday disclosed that…
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to assert control over regions where Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, imposed a sit-at-home order in the South-East. He spoke as the Anambra State Commissioner of Police,…
The Olubadan Advisory Council has dismissed the allegations made by the former governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rashidi Ladoja, regarding the elevation of high chiefs to the status of Obas. The council described Ladoja’s claims as unfounded and erroneous. Ladoja had filed a suit at the High Court in Ibadan challenging…
Eleven successor electricity companies have applied for a review of their respective electricity tariffs, the Federal Government has disclosed. Disclosing this through a notice published by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday, the Federal Government said the request for rate review is premised on the need to incorporate changes in macroeconomic parameters and…
Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, has warned Nigerians over the N8,000 palliative from President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Sani said Nigerians should pray before collecting the N8,000 from Tinubu’s administration. He claimed that those who collected the “jazzed” N10,000 under former President Muhammadu Buhari ended up in poverty. Tweeting, Sani wrote: “People who collected…
