President Bola Tinubu has approved N126.5 billion for the delivery of a total of 100,000 houses nationwide in 18 months. This was disclosed by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa, during the groundbreaking ceremony for 3,112 housing units as well as the launch of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates, in…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted two Dangote trucks and three others allegedly transporting banned goods to the Republic of Cameroon, SaharaReporters can report. The trucks, loaded with 600 50kg bags of cement each, were on Friday paraded to journalists at the headquarters of the Nigerian police in Yola, the Adamawa state capital. The…
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu announces his withdrawal from Edo governorship race after success in his pre-primary screening. With less than 24 hours to the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to elect its flag bearer for the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, a frontline aspirant of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has…
By Dipo Awojobi Former Nigerian military president, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB (rtd) has denied issuing warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu about a potential military takeover. Speaking through his Media Consultant, Deyemi Saka in a statement, the ex-military ruler said that the reports are baseless and unfounded. “I wish to address the circulating reports…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of his son-in-law, Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Housing Authority (FHA). He is married to Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the iyaloja of Lagos. He represented Ekiti west, Ijero and Efon federal constituency at the House of Representatives. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to…
The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, rose to 29.9 percent in January 2024 — up from 28.92 percent in the previous month. This was disclosed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its CPI report for January released on Thursday. According to…
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, arrested 14 (fourteen) suspected internet fraudsters in a training center of potential internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. The operatives, acting on intelligence, arrested the suspects in a three-bedroom apartment allegedly serving as a training centre…
……Seek divine intervention through prayers over hardship, Sultan urges Nigerians Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo Monarchs from the North under the umbrella of Northern Traditional Council led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar have told the Federal Government that unless the necessary action is taken,…
US authorities has released images of the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son; a former Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo; as well as two crew members. Wigwe, his wife, Doreen; their son, Chizi Wigwe;…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha has said the signature of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari was forged by those who withdrew $6,230,000 from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on February 8, 2023. Mustapha, who was testifying on Tuesday, February 13, in the trial of former governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, said…
