A Nigerian woman has secured the right to stay after she deliberately joined the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB). The woman, whose name was not mentioned, has been denied asylum in Britain for eight years. According to a judge, the 49-year-old woman has been part of IPOB “to create a claim for asylum”. How … Read more
Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Policy Communication, has criticized the #EndSARS protests of 2020, claiming they marked the start of what he described as “irresponsible protesting” in Nigeria. During an interview with News Central on Wednesday, February 12, Bwala argued that past protests in the country were structured and orderly, … Read more
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reduced the petrol pump price from N960 to N945 per litre at its retail stations. The price adjustment, which took effect on Thursday, February 13, followed instructions from the company to its retail outlets. The change in price was confirmed at an NNPC filling station in Ejigbo. … Read more
The Federal Government has said President Bola Tinubu government’s creation of regional development commissions was to address development gaps in all regions. Naija News reports that the Minister of Regional Development, Abubakar Momoh, stated this while inaugurating the Board Members of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) and South East Development Commission (SEDC), in Abuja, … Read more
The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, has advocated for the implementation of a policy that would make it compulsory for academically brilliant students to be recruited into the security forces. According to the DSS boss, it would be difficult for criminals to operate when the best academic minds are in … Read more
It has been a frustrating 24 hours for Nigerians in major cities in most states in the northern region over the inability to gain access to the internet as all the major telecom service providers have shutdown. According to findings made by Ripples Nigeria, all the major network platforms have been experiencing partial or total … Read more
Detained leader of proscribed Igbo separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has declared that any ruling against him issued by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, stands null and void as she had effectively recused herself from his terrorism trial. Kanu who made the assertion following the reassignment … Read more
OpenAI’s board chairman on Friday said it has unanimously rejected an Elon Musk-led offer to buy the hot artificial intelligence company for $97.4 billion. “OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr. Musk’s latest attempt to disrupt his competition,” chairman of the board Bret Taylor said in a statement posted by … Read more
A chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Usman Bugaje has said that there is need to dump the rotational system of presidency in Nigeria and look for better ways to improve growth and development in line with the recent happenings across the globe. Bugaje in a recent interview took a swipe at all the indices … Read more
Speakers of the 36 state Houses of Assembly have commended the President Bola Tinubu administration for coming up with the tax reform bills saying the innovation would strengthen fiscal federalism in the country. On the leadership change in the Lagos State House of Assembly, the presiding officers expressed reservations over the process in which the … Read more