NEWS
Sultan directs Muslims to search for New Moon
February 27, 2025
Moon sighting holds great significance for Muslims, especially during Ramadan, as it determines the beginning and end of the holy month. The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad Abubakar, has called on the Muslims to start...
ECOWAS grants $2.24m to boost agric employment in W/Africa
February 27, 2025
The ECOWAS Commission, as part of its Regional Strategy for Youth Employment in Agricultural Value Chains, has provided a grant of $2,238,000 to support 10 Agricultural Research Centres and five Agroecology and Organic Production Centres,...
Price hike: FCCPC summons MultiChoice, warns against exploitation
February 26, 2025
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned DSTV/GOTV cable service providers to its investigative hearing to explain the rationale behind the proposed subscription price increase, set to take effect next month. A...
Visa-on-Arrival Policy Upgraded, Not Scrapped – Tunji-Ojo
February 26, 2025
The Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has sought to calm concerns regarding the controversy surrounding the Visa-on-Arrival (VOA) policy. He clarified on Tuesday that the policy has not been cancelled, but rather upgraded to improve...
Fire guts Ladipo, Owode Onirin markets in Lagos
February 26, 2025
Fire has devastated the well-known Ladipo Market in Mushin and the Owode Onirin Market along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, causing damage worth millions of naira. Media reports indicate that the fire began at midnight on Tuesday,...
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Delayed Justice: Ten Months Later, Pending AE-FUNAI Extortion Case Still Lingers
February 21, 2025
In April, 2024, ASIWAJU Media reported how a lecturer in the Mass Communication department at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, AE-FUNAI, Oscar Chima, stands accused of allegedly collecting N30,000 from a final year...
FG seeks Court order for Binance to pay Nigeria $79 billion economic loss fine, $2 billion tax
February 19, 2025
The Nigerian government, through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has filed a lawsuit in the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking a court order for Binance Holdings Limited to pay a total of $79,514,055,594.40...
US to investigate foreign aid to Nigeria
February 19, 2025
The United States Mission to Nigeria has announced that the U.S. government will investigate how past aid allocated to Nigeria and other countries has been utilized. This follows President Donald Trump’s decision on January 20,...
Illegal motor parks pose security risk in Kano – RTEAN
February 19, 2025
The Kano State branch of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has expressed concern over the activities of illegal and private transportation companies and motor parks, citing them as a threat to security...
EBHA Deputy Speaker’s Aide laid to rest
February 13, 2025
The Personal Assistant to the Deputy Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, EBHA, Rt Hon Chinedu Ogba has been laid to rest in his country home, Osege Village, Umuogudu Oshia Ngbo in Ohaukwu Local...
