BREAKING: ‘We Are Struggling’ – 109 Embassies In Financial Distress As Workers Owed Over Six-month Salaries

At least 450 foreign service officers across 109 Nigerian missions abroad have gone without salaries for the past five to six months, leaving them in financial distress and struggling to meet basic obligations such as rent and school fees. The acting spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, acknowledged the issue and assured … Read more

BREAKING: Nigeria moves to tax cryptocurrency as SEC tightens regulations

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is tightening regulations to ensure that cryptocurrency transactions and other digitized trades are brought under the formal tax system. This effort, aimed at boosting government revenue, represents a strategic shift from previous policies that largely discouraged crypto trading. Now, authorities are looking to tap into the booming digital economy, … Read more

BREAKING: NBTI boss lauds EFCC, seeks collaboration to disrupt financial crimes networks

The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), Dr Kazeem Kolawole Raji, has commended the leadership of the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, praising the Commission’s achievements in the fight against corruption. Dr Raji made the remarks on Tuesday, 18th … Read more

BREAKING: UCH Resident Doctors Declare Indefinite Strike Over Power Outage

Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, under the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), have commenced an indefinite strike due to prolonged power outages affecting parts of their residential quarters. The ARD secretary, Uthman Adedeji, stated that while electricity was recently restored to UCH after more than 100 days of blackout, some … Read more

BREAKING: “It Is Inconceivable” – Lawmakers Speak On First Lady Tinubu’s Involvement In Lagos State House Of Assembly Crisis

The Lagos State House of Assembly has rubbished reports that the First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, is behind the recent leadership crisis rocking the Assembly. The Lagos Assembly, in a statement on Tuesday signed by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy, and Security, Ogundipe Stephen Olukayode, said all the lawmakers hold Mrs. … Read more

BREAKING: Confusion Over 47 Pump Action Rifles Allegedly Discovered In Obasa CSO’s Office

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly discovered a cache of pump-action rifles and live cartridges in the office of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Mudashiru Obasa, the ousted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, during a routine sweeping exercise. According to sources within the Assembly, the weapons were … Read more

BREAKING: Interswitch Deepens Collaboration With Tertiary Institutions

Following the success of the inaugural edition of the Interswitch Discovery Series at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo in Ogun State in March 2024, the company, one of Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce companies, has taken the initiative further with the 2nd edition of the “town-meetsgown” collaborative innovation and idea discovery program, which held from … Read more

BREAKING: Suspected Killers Of Anambra Lawmaker Escape From Police Custody

The Anambra State Police Command has launched an operational plan to re-arrest two suspects involved in the murder of Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly. Naija News reports that in a statement issued on Tuesday in Onitsha, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that disciplinary action had been … Read more