Politics

The Nigerian Government on Thursday, August 8, said it has suspended the planned sale of subsidised rice to civil servants. A fresh circular issued by the Ministry of Special Duty and Inter-Governmental Affairs said it has withdrawn the circular directing civil servants interested in subsidised rice to apply. Dated August 2, 2024, the circular was […]

Nigerian road and track cyclist, Ese Ukpeseraye, had to borrow a bicycle to compete at the 2024 cycling race in Paris. Initially, Ukpeseraye, who is representing Team Nigeria could not compete as there was no bicycle made available for her in the keirin and sprint events due to the short notice of her participation However,

Bayer Leverkusen manager, Xavi Alonso shared his thoughts on the Premier League title race, expressing his belief that Arsenal and Liverpool will be strong contenders against Manchester City. Following his team’s 4-1 loss to Arsenal in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday night, Xavi Alonso highlighted Arsenal’s potential, emphasizing that Mikel Arteta’s leadership and the club’s

The Chief Executive Officer of Matrix Energy, Abdulkabir Adisa Aliyu has called on the  federal government to stop Dangote Refinery from operating as a monopoly in the oil and gas sector. Aliyu stated this on Wednesday while testifying before a Senate ad-hoc committee investigating alleged economic sabotage in the petroleum industry. Aliyu said that Dangote declared

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue has suspended Senator Gabriel Suswam, a former governor of the state, for alleged insubordination. The move comes a few days after the party suspended the immediate past governor of the state, Samuel Ortom. In a statement on Thursday, Bemgba Iortyom, Benue PDP spokesperson, said Terngu Tsegba, a former

Paul Ibe, a media aide to ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration for its handling of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests, alleging that the government has resorted to using propaganda as a state policy. Ibe’s remarks come in response to a controversial incident involving a video posted on the President’s official social media

Nigerian Afrobeats star, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has opened up about how the death of his dad affected his childhood. Naturenex reports that the 24-year-old singer, in a chat with GRM, said the deaths of his father and brother left him with the responsibility of catering for his family at a young age

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said it will be hard for Nigeria’s economy if any administration tries to reverse the fuel subsidy removal after President Bola Tinubu’s government. Wale Edun added that any plan by other administrations to reverse forex subsidy will have to deal with the

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FANN) said the begging act of Okpravero Ufuoma, a Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officer, did not capture the overall experience of passengers who use Nigeria’s airports. The Managing Director/Chief Executive of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, said the act of begging money from passengers, both local and foreign, by personnel at

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje has said that protests against government policies is not peculiar to Nigeria alone. He argued that even developed economies  have their own challenges. The APC stalwart assured that whatever challenges that was being faced in Nigeria currently, would soon be over. He reacted to the ongoing

The presidency has clarified that a video of President Bola Tinubu addressing Nigerians, which went viral on Wednesday, is an old video. The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who made the clarification in a post via his X account said the trending video is not new. He explained that

A member of the House of Representatives from Kano, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has claimed that his colleague, Alhassan Doguwa, has never won a free and fair election. Naturenex reports that the two lawmakers from Kano State have been at loggerheads for days now, over the former Governor of the state, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Jibrin had warned Doguwa to

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass has dissolved an ad hoc committee investigating the oil and gas sector and the rift between Dangote Refinery and sector players/NMDPRA. The committee, was among other things, tasked with investigating the importation of adulterated petroleum products, the non-availability of crude oil for domestic refineries. In a