Nigeria Sports ministry to reportedly spend a mere N1.4billion on refreshment, others in 2023 A whopping N1.4billion has been embarked for refreshment/meals, settlement of honorarium, among others in 2023 by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development. Leadership reports that the said sum is part of the N193,418,082,888 billion allocated to the Ministry from...
Hisbah Arrests Herbalist For Impregnating Customer In Kano, Says It’s Devil’s Work Officials of the Islamic police, Hisbah in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano have arrested a herbalist, Muhammad Mansur, for impregnating a woman, who went to him to seek medication. Mansur who hails from Kode town in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria, was...
Elon Musk’s Breaks Guinness World Record By Having $182 billion net worth Drop Tesla boss made it into the record books thanks to an abysmal 2022 which saw his fortune shrink by $182 billion, the organization release the data from Forbes. Guinness noted that although “the exact figure [of Musk’s loss] is almost impossible to ascertain,”...
CBN to monitor redesigned Naira compliance by commercial banks The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will monitor commercial banks to ensure that they comply with the directive of loading the redesigned Naira notes in their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). CBN Director, Currency Operations, Mr Ahmed Umar, made this known in Abuja on Monday at the...
IRS to issue 12 million tax refunds after correcting 2020 returns The Internal Revenue Service issued 12 million tax refunds to Americans who paid too much in taxes on unemployment benefits they received in the first year of the pandemic. The agency corrected about  14 million 2020 tax returns which is related to unemployment compensation, then...
Nigerian Government Begins Screening Of Arriving Passengers Over COVID-19 Infections Fresh Wave The Nigerian government, under the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has said it will be resuming the screening of passengers coming into the country for possible COVID-19 cases. Dr Geoffrey Okatubo, Director, Port Health Services, made this known on Monday in the Federal...
2023 general election may be canceled or postponed — INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that the forthcoming general election may be canceled or postponed if the insecurity across the country is not dealt with decisively. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, gave the warning while speaking at the validation of election security training...
UNIZIK students protest as armed robbers kill a 200L student over SIM card Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka, Anambra State, on Monday, January 9, staged a protest over the killing of their colleague by armed robbers. It was gathered that the 200L student of the department of Philosophy, identified simply as Daniel, was...
Russia and Belarus will hold joint air force exercises in Belarus from January 16 to February 1, the Belarusian Defense Ministry has announced. A Russian air division team arrived in Belarus on Sunday January 8, the Belarusian ministry said on Monday. “During the tactical flight exercise, all airfields and training grounds of the Air Force and...
The day you hear the sentence ‘President Peter Obi,’ Nigeria has already united. – Datti The Labour Party Vice president candidate made this statement in an interview. Watch the full clips below…
