King Charles III, on Thursday, hosted President Bola Tinubu at the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom (UK). The development was confirm by the new media aide to the president, Olusegun Dada, who posted a photograph of both men exchanging pleasantries in a post on X. The aide said continued diplomatic ties and partnership between […]

The Lagos State Police Command said the body of a 17-year-old boy, identified as Adeolu Olubade has been found buried in a shallow grave at an apartment on Jesus Assembly Omoguwa Street in the Ejigbo area of Lagos. The deceased boy’s family had alleged that a suspect was responsible for the death of the teenage […]

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has blamed Nigerians for the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking on the removal of fuel subsidy, the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, said what President Tinubu did was to implement what the law stipulated. He argued that the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) passed into […]

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), said its purchasing portal would be reopened as soon as the backlog of orders for petrol was cleared. Marketers had complained about the portal shutdown, adding that it encourages round-tripping of product supplies while driving prices. However, in a press statement obtained by Vanguard, the Chief Corporate […]

Critical sectors of the Nigerian economy are set to receive monetary boosts worth N589bn (£272.6m) following the conclusion of eight partnership agreements signed between the Federal Government and the United Kingdom. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, on Thursday in Abuja. The programme implementation […]

Excel and Joy Two-year-old Excel Forte, the daughter of a visually impaired woman, Agnes who was reported to have gone missing on November 28, 2023, while in the company of her step-sister, Joy, has been found. Punch Metro reported that Agnes raised the alarm over the disappearance of Excel from their residence in the Akowonjo […]

The Federal Government has unveiled details of its strategic plans to generate at least $100bn and create over two million jobs from Nigeria’s creative economy yearly. The Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, unveiled the government’s plan on Wednesday at a roundtable for local and international investors where she presented her […]

The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has declared that the recently constituted Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency by Governor Siminalayi Fubara is illegal. The House, loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, also stated that all appointments made by the governor related to the board were not recognised by […]

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has solidified his position in the Peoples Democratic Party leadership crisis as the National Working Committee endorsed the Rivers State congresses. Wike’s loyalists within the PDP NWC not only secured the approval but also postponed the National Executive Committee meeting, originally set for September 26, to October […]