Over 632 people have been confirmed dead in Morocco, following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, the strongest recorded in the country in more than 120 years. The earthquake struck on Saturday morning, damaging buildings in major cities and sending panicked people pouring into the streets. Many of the fatalities are said ...
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna, has asked security agencies to find and prosecute killers of Stephen Naman, a seminarian in Zangon Kataf LGA of the state. On Thursday night, bandits invaded Kamantan and Sabon Kaura in Zangon Kataf, killing three people including the seminarian. Residents of the community reportedly killed ...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate recall of all career and non-career ambassadors from their duty posts worldwide. The president, who gave the ambassadors October 31 deadline to return to Abuja, however directed that Nigeria’s Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New York and Geneva be exempted from ...
Nigeria generated N1.49 trillion as the aggregate revenue from value-added tax (VAT) in the first half of 2023, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), released on Monday. The figure represents a 25 percent increase compared to the N1.18 trillion recorded in the first half of 2022. ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted various quantities of ephedrine, skunk and nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas concealed in semovita packs and dry pepper. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were to be shipped to ...
Dele Alake, minister of solid minerals development, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu is determined to make the solid mineral sector Nigeria’s “new oil and gas”. Alake spoke on Friday in Abuja at the graduation of participants of the jewellery-making training. The training is a programme of the ministry ...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the replacement of Victor Akinjo as the Ondo state representative nominated to the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The president directed that he should be replaced with Otito Atikase. Tinubu also replaced Asi Oku Okang, the Cross River state nominee, with Orok ...
Abdul Samad Rabiu, chairman of BUA Group, says his company is working towards reducing the price of cement. The planned price reduction, he said, is in a bid to support the economic plans of the federal government. Dave Umahi, minister of works, had recently said he would dialogue with cement ...
The federal government says only N2 billion has been released from the N5 billion loan it offered to each state as a palliative to cushion the impact of the petrol subsidy removal. Wale Edun, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, spoke on Friday during a press conference ...
Osimhen netted his third goal of the season from the penalty spot 15 minutes into Napoli’s first home match since lifting the league title in front of their fans for the third time back in June.And Captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo made sure Napoli would make it six points from six ...
