Debt servicing rises, gulps 72% of FG revenues
• Debt servicing to revenue ratio jumped from 54.66% in 2019 to 72% in 2020 The Federal Government made a total of N3.25tn in 2020, according to a review of the budget performance of the 2020...
View ArticleIPOB alleges Kanu’s health deteriorating, demands access to treatment
The Independent People of Biafara has raised the alarm over the deteriorating health of Kanu at the DSS office. The group claimed that Kanu had not been allowed to see his personal physicians since he...
View ArticleMilitary releases 1,009 ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno govt
The Nigerian military on Wednesday released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram insurgents, who had been in military custody at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The former terrorists were handed...
View ArticleOyo PDP crisis worsens as hoodlums attack factional secretariat
The crisis rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State took another turn on Wednesday as hoodlums suspected to be sponsored by members of the same party attacked and vandalised the...
View ArticleEnforce use of pedestrian bridge on highways, Reps tell FRSC
The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Road Safety Corps to embark on a rigorous public enlightenment campaign on the need for Nigerians to always use pedestrian bridges on the highways....
View ArticleInsecurity: Reps withdraw bill to devolve maritime to states
The House of Representatives on Wednesday raised security concerns over a bill seeking to allow states to have control over shipping and navigation in the maritime sector, causing the sponsor, Onofiok...
View ArticleProtest in Offa over alleged harassment of indigenes by security agents
Scores of indigenes of Offa in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Wednesday took to the streets to protest against alleged overzealousness of security agents deployed in the community. The...
View ArticlePoliticians pressuring us to divulge classified information — NFIU
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has said some politicians and senior government officials are pressurising its staff to divulge classified information. The agency explained that laws and...
View ArticleMother throws baby from burning building
A desperate mother was forced to throw her baby from a burning building in the South African city of Durban after looters set fire to shops on the ground floor. The woman was seen dropping the child...
View ArticleIkpeazu launches social identity scheme in Abia
Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, on Wednesday officially launched the Abia State Social Identity Number and also enrolled in the scheme, the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Onyebuchi Ememanka...
View ArticleGas explosions: Reps seek withdrawal of expired cylinders
The House of Representatives has urged the Standards Organisation of Nigeria to design a strategy to regulate the use of old gas cylinders as well as enforce the withdrawal and replacement of expired...
View ArticleBitter leaf juice prevents fish death in ponds – Expert
A fish farming expert, Okon Amah, has urged local fish farmers to apply basic preventive measures, including using bitter leaf juice, to stop fish mortality in their ponds. Amah made the call in an...
View ArticlePIB passage deadlocked, Reps suspend consideration indefinitely
The harmonised version of the Petroleum Industry Bill failed to pass at the House of Representatives on Thursday as consideration of the report by the conference committee on the bill caused a sharp...
View ArticleBread-seeking suspected kidnappers arrested in Kogi
Security operatives on Wednesday nabbed some kidnap suspects in the Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The Chairman of the LGA, Ishaq Okolo, said weapons, including guns and charms, were...
View ArticleTo accommodate fresh loans, FG raises new borrowing limit to N61tn
With the new borrowing limit set by the Federal Government, Nigeria can expand its current debt portfolio from N33.11tn to N61tn. The new borrowing limit contained in a document, Medium Term Debt...
View ArticleFake developer defrauds 100 prospective Lagos tenants of N500m
A suspected fake developer, Ahmed Ayinde, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defrauding no fewer than 100 prospective tenants in the Olowo Ira area of the state....
View ArticleBritain, firm seek Kanu’s consent to take over case
The British High Commission and a law firm in London, Bindmans, have sought the consent of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to take up his case. The PUNCH gathered on...
View ArticleNAFDAC-approved Russian vaccine beneficiaries may be barred from Europe –...
A medical virologist at Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Dr. Oladipo Kolawole, has said people vaccinated with the Russian Sputnik vaccine may not be allowed to enter European countries. Kolawole,...
View ArticleArmy General killed in Abuja, wife abducted
A director at the Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja, Major General Hassan Ahmed, has been killed. He was murdered on Thursday in the Abaji area of Abuja. The assailants also kidnapped his wife. Daily...
View ArticleHerbalist found with human head on Osun highway remanded
An Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Thursday remanded a 38-year old herbalist, Semiu Oyewo, for allegedly being in possession of a human skull. The defendant was arraigned on two...
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