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  President Bola Tinubu has reversed the fresh appointments he made in the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), directing the recall of Salihu Abdullahi Dembos as director-general and Ayo Adewuyi as executive director of news. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said Tinubu restored the two senior executives to their […]

  President Bola Tinubu has announced that Nigeria is not borrowing locally and has met its revenue target for the year. Tinubu said this during a reception for members of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), led by former Nasarawa State governor, Tanko Al-Makura. “We have met our revenue target for the whole year, […]

  The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (2023 elections), Datti Baba-Ahmed, has faulted former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over his recent allegation that the government is paying bandits, claiming that the former minister cannot absolve himself from the blame. Baba-Ahmed, who made a guest appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, accused the […]

  The Nigeria Customs Service Board has approved the promotion of 3, 312 senior officers, alongside the appointment of four Deputy Comptroller-General and 12 Assistant Comptroller-Generals. The National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying that the board reached this decision during its 63rd regular meeting […]

    Record spending of £3 billion ($4 billion) during the summer transfer window further cements the Premier League as the “most competitive in world football”, according to financial experts Deloitte. The window closed in dramatic style late on Monday when Liverpool announced the British record £125 million signing of Newcastle striker Alexander Isak after […]

A French investigating judge has ordered cinema icon Gerard Depardieu to stand trial on charges of raping and sexually assaulting actor Charlotte Arnould in 2018, sources close to the case and a lawyer said Tuesday. The decision came after a Paris court handed Depardieu an 18-month suspended sentence in a separate case in May after […]

  An auto crash at Idi-Iroko inward Ogolonto axis of Ikorodu Road has claimed the life of one person, leaving two others injured.  The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Taofiq Adebayo, said the accident occurred when a fully loaded commercial […]

  The Federal Government says several Nigerian diplomatic and consular missions abroad are facing financial and operational challenges, ranging from unpaid staff salaries to mounting debts owed to landlords and service providers. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He acknowledged that the difficulties have hindered […]

  Britain’s government announced Monday it was suspending a scheme enabling families of refugees already in the UK to apply to join their relatives, as it tries to reduce irregular immigration. Labour is struggling to stop record numbers of undocumented migrants arriving in the country by small boat, which is fuelling a bitter national debate […]

  The UN on Tuesday said the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that has killed more than 900 people could impact “hundreds of thousands”, and warned of an “exponential” rise in casualties. “We think potentially the impacted individuals would go up to almost into the hundreds of thousands,” Indrika Ratwatte, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan, […]

  The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) on Tuesday said 12 people were injured out of the 583 passengers on board the Asham train that derailed in Abuja. The Director General of the NSIB, Captain Alex Badeh, disclosed this while giving updates on the ongoing investigation. He explained that an Investigator-in-Charge (IIC) has been appointed […]

  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has attributed the recent increase in diaspora remittances to the economic reforms of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the trust and confidence Nigerians in diaspora have in the system. In a statement issued by the Commission’s Spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in Abuja […]