Author: Olabanji Ayoola

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has debunked claims that operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) are back on the streets of Lagos. SARS was disbanded following the #EndSARS protests of October 2020 by youths who lamented the atrocities committed by the operatives. However, some X users have reported sighting police operatives dressed similarly […]

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, confirmed on Monday that the Federal Government’s investigation into civil servants who continue to receive salaries after relocating abroad is still ongoing. Addressing concerns at an event in Abuja marking her 100 days in office, Walson-Jack clarified that the investigation has not been abandoned. […]

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Segun Sowunmi, has said that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has not made up his mind to contest the 2027 presidential election. Sowunmi, a former spokesman to Atiku, said he had spoken to the former presidential candidate of the PDP about contesting the 2027 election but was […]

The defection of 27 lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has left Rivers State in political turmoil and drawn condemnation from elder statesman Edwin Clark, who described the move as unconstitutional. Amid an escalating rift between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and former Governor Nyesom Wike, allegations of judicial compromise […]

As output surpasses World Bank, IMF projections Self-employed jobs jump to 85.6 per cent Rising debt poses major risk to private sector growth, says Muda Yusuf Notwithstanding the high inflation rate, rising interest rates and company closure, escalating energy, insecurity and several other headwinds have impacted the economy, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said […]

Loan is an extra burden on government, Nigerians, minority caucus warns We will approve loan and ensure it is not diverted – Deputy spokesman A showdown looms in the House of Representatives this week between lawmakers elected on the platform of the ruling party and their opposition counterparts over the $2.2m (N1.77tn) loan request by […]

Except there is a last-minute intervention, about three million electricity customers may be forced into estimated billing or outright darkness due to their failure to upgrade their prepaid meters. This is as a consumer group estimated that half of the 5,993,340 metered customers would be caught in the web of the government policy. But another […]

Senator representing Ondo Southern Senatorial District, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim has been invited by University of Oxford to the 2024 Oxford Major Programme Management Conference to talk on mega projects. According to the invitation letter signed by Daniel Armanios, BT Professor and Chair of Major Programme Management, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, the billionaire business […]

Mobile phones can be dangerous and cause serious health issues. Sleeping next to your mobile phone can affect you mentally and physically. Before going to bed, you should keep your phone away and avoid anything that could trigger negative emotions. Here are the dangers of sleeping next to the phone: 1. Phone radiation can be […]