Author: Akintayo Adams

According to President Bola Tinubu, his administration is attempting to guarantee that Nigeria is reformed for increased efficiency, with a focus on methodically ingraining equity and fairness in all facets of the national life. The President gave a speech on Wednesday at Pa Reuben Fasoranti’s home in Akure, Òndó State, to leaders of the Afenifere, Traditional Rulers and those that came to receive him during his One-day working visit to the state. According to him, ”Nigeria will survive the current economic challenges. There is light at the end of the tunnel. I requested the job, and I am not complaining…

On or before February 28, 2024, telecom service providers are required by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to prohibit subscribers who have not linked their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NINs). At the 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair on Wednesday, Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, issued a directive through Ruben Mouka, the Director of Public Affairs, demanding that telecom users link their NIN to their SIM cards as a matter of critical national security. He maintained that the deadline of February 28th, which was set by telecom carriers, should not be extended to consumers…

South African entertainment giant Multichoice Group is reported to have failed to return tax money, and the House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Finance to look into this matter. The House’s resolution came about as a result of the motion “Need to investigate the alleged unremitted N1.8tn and $342m tax revenues owed the Federation by Multichoice Group” being adopted. The sponsor of the motion and member from the Bida/Gbako/Katcha Federal Constituency in Niger State, Saidu Abdullahi, was invited to lead the debate on the broad principles of the motion. He stated that the House’s authority to investigate multichoice…

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives urged the administration of President Bola Tinubu to take a second look at all of the country’s unfinished projects and finish them so that Nigerians can use them. During Wednesday’s plenary session, the House bemoaned the quantity of infrastructure projects that have been abandoned by succeeding administrations. The bill’s sponsor and member representing Ijebu North/Ijebu East/Ogun Waterside, Joseph Adegbesan, led the debate on the motion, “Need to access and fix abandoned Federal Government projects across the country.” He expressed disappointment about the country’s project abandonment. According to Adegbesan, there are approximately 60,000 abandoned projects…

The UK government decided to alter Prince Harry’s personal protection level when he visits the nation, and he lost a legal challenge to that decision on Wednesday. In February 2020, Harry filed a lawsuit against the government after learning that he would not receive the “same degree” of publicly sponsored protection while he was in Britain. Sir Peter Lane, a High Court judge, made the decision on Wednesday morning. Prince Harry has lost the case, according to the top legal authority. After leaving for America in 2020 with his bride Meghan Markle, the Duke of Sussex was incensed to learn…

According to a recently published study by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the cost of cooking gas, also known as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), rose by 12% from N4,589 in just a single year. The average retail price for refilling a 5 kg cylinder increased by 3.5% on a monthly basis from N4,963 recorded in December 2023 to N5,139 in January 2024, according to the report titled “Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch (January 2024)”. Meanwhile, the price of a 5 kg cooking gas went from N4,589 in January 2023. According to a state profile research, Nassarawa had…

Super Eagles player Victor Osimhen gave N2.5 million to a little child who dressed like him and displayed comparable football talents. The football player became interested in the youngster after Tunde Ednut posted a video of him wearing a mask that looked similar to Osimhen’s on his page on Tuesday. Tunde is a well-known Instagram blogger. In response to the video, Osimhen asked Ednut to help find the boy. The youngster was found in Ivory Coast thanks to Ednut’s assistance and that of content creator Eriq Morak. Giving an update, Ednut wrote, “I initially thought this little man was Nigerian.…

Together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Federal Government successfully assisted the return of a further batch of 147 Nigerian migrants who had become unlawfully stuck in Libya on Tuesday. The Nigerian Mission in Libya’s Charge d’Affaires En Titre, Ambassador Kabiru Musa, made this information public in a statement. According to Musa, the people who were being evacuated took off on Tuesday from Tripoli International Airport on leased flight UZ 189. They were expected to arrive at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, later that evening. Musa said, “Under the continuous evacuation exercise of the Federal Government, which is…

Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, the Alake of Egbaland, has declared that the suffering Nigerians are enduring due to the elimination of gasoline subsidies will soon come to an end. Gbadebo added that while he sympathized with Nigerians for the suffering brought on by the elimination of subsidies and the ensuing rise in the cost of goods and services, he is confident that these sufferings will soon come to an end. At a news conference held at Ake Palace on Monday to celebrate the start of the 37th Lisabi Festival on March 4, the monarch provided the guarantee. The monarch said, “Yes,…

Despite pressure from the West to stop investing in fossil fuels, Nigeria’s Federal Government said on Tuesday to Western countries in America and Europe that it would not stop exploring for fossil resources. Additionally, it said that several American and European nations had been investing in fossil fuels and were requesting that Africa halt further prospecting for crude oil on the continent. Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, made these revelations during a meeting in Abuja. He also said that the Federal Government was making a lot of effort to stop international oil corporations from completely withdrawing…