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The People’s Democratic Party has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed for “attempting to mislead Nigerians” over allegations of the federal government printing N50-60 billion to support states’ allocations in March.   Recall that while Zainab Ahmed denied claims of the federal government printing money for states to …

The plants are Sapele, Afam, Olonrunsogo, Omotosho, Ibom, Egbin, Alaoji, Ihovbor, and the Jebba power plant which was shut down for annual maintenance. Nigeria may plunge into total blackout, as nine out of the national integrated power plants supplying electricity to the national grid, have reportedly broken down. According Nigeria’s …

While the new directive is to implemented from Monday, April 19, 2021, the government however placed NIN registration as mandatory for registering new SIM cards. The Federal Government on Thursday lifted the ban on registration of new Subscribers Identification Module, SIM. While the new directive is to implemented from Monday, …

The Nigerian military has taken out no fewer than 12 Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) leaders in the last week. April 6 was ‘end game’ for Abu-Rabi, Muhammed Likita and their bodyguards as airstrikes and ground artillery bombardments sent them to hades. They were eliminated at Kusuma, Sigir in …

Prof Nnenna Oti has been elected as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) by the Governing Council of the institution.   Prof. Oti who was the deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic before her new appointment, will be succeeding outgoing vice chancellor, Prof. Francis Eze.   The Univeristy’s new Vice Chancellor …

President Joe Biden has called for “peace and calm” in the wake of fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota, saying his death does not justify violence or looting. Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by female police on Sunday afternoon, pril 11, during a traffic stop in …

Some police officers have been deployed to guard Ama Awusa, a settlement dominated by northerners in Owerri, Imo State capital.   Senior Special Assistant to Governor Hope Uzodimma on Gender and Vulnerable Persons (men), Sulaiman Ibrahim Sulaiman told Daily Trust that adequate security had been provided to prevent further attacks in the state.   Sulaiman …

Beijing now has more billionaires than any other city in the world after bouncing back quickly from Covid-19, according to the Forbes’ 2021 World’s Billionaires List.   The Chinese capital added 33 billionaires last year and now hosts 100, said the business magazine. This narrowly beats New York City, which …

A hotel owner has been accused of murder after a young couple were found dead in a shower from carbon monoxide poisoning. Jean Vosloo, 25, and Mari Hoon, 28, were found dead by a pal at the Kliphuis Guesthouse in the Eastern Cape of South Africa last year.   Vosloo, …

Eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) who were kidnapped in Kaduna State have been released.   The church members were abducted on the Kachia-Kafanchan highway while travelling in the church’s bus last Friday, March 26. Read here.   Giving an update on his Twitter handle, the RCCG’s …