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The country has been thrown into a fresh round of blackouts over the shutdown of the national grid by aggrieved members of the labour unions.    The national grid system dropped to zero megawatts on Monday as a result of the complete disruption of power supply to all eleven electricity distribution companies in the country. […]

The City of David Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lagos has suspended Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, following the extravagant birthday party of his wife shortly after the death of Herbert Wigwe, former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc.   According to ChurchTimes, a top pastor of the church […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has revoked the banking licence of Heritage Bank Plc, effective immediately.   This decision was made due to the bank’s failure to improve its financial performance, posing a threat to financial stability.   The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communication Department, Sidi Ali, disclosed this in a statement on […]

   Workers have downed tools across the nation as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) begin their industrial action over the hike in electricity tariff and a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage.  While the National Assembly had stepped in at the last minute to avoid the industrial […]

Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, Emir of Kano, has said no one can ask God for explanation on any issue.   The monarch said this in his sermon at the Kofar Kudu Central Mosque in Kano.    His sermon focused on the belief in Allah in good and bad times.   “Whoever believes that Allah alone gives […]

The Nigerian education loan fund (NELFUND) said it had had over 9.5 million visits, with over 6, 000 applications for loans from students in federal tertiary institutions since it opened its portal last Friday.   The Managing Director of the fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, while briefing the press at a post-application launch conference on Thursday, said […]

Calm is gradually returning to the city of Kano following the tensions over the throne of Emir of Kano even as Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II enters the 6th day of his reinstatement.   While the Sunusi camp insists he is the rightful Emir, having been reappointed by Gov. Abba Yusuf, a Federal High Court sitting […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho; and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court, Justice Dije Aboki; over conflicting interim injunctions regarding the Kano Emirate, causing uncertainty in the state.   Conflicting court orders have trailed the Kano […]

President Bola Tinubu has assented to the National Anthem Bill 2024 reverting to the old national anthem, “Nigeria, we hail thee”. “This morning, Mr President signed into an Act of Parliament, the newly passed National Anthem 2024,” Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said on Wednesday at a joint session of the National Assembly marking the Silver […]

Ayotunde Solademi, a Foreign Service National Investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI and second prosecution witness, PW2, in the ongoing trial of Muideen Olamilekan Teslim, on Monday, May 27, 2024, told Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos,  how the defendant threatened to release the unclad pictures of […]

Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu of Kano High Court sitting on Miller Road has restrained the police, the State Security Service (SSS) and Nigerian military from evicting the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.   The case was filed by the emir alongside the four kingmakers of Kano: Madakin Kano Yusuf Nabahani; Makaman Kano Ibrahim […]