NNPC set to invest additional N1 Trillion in road projects – Mele Kyari

The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NNPC, Mele Kyari, has in a recent statement during an inspection tour of the construction that is ongoing along the Agbara-Badagry road, pledged that the NNPC will provide an additional N1 trillion for the project. This additional funding will cover for road projects across Nigeria under […]

MP plans to strip Harry and Meghan of their royal titles in 2023

Report has it that a plan is in motion by the Conservative Members of Parliament (MP) to bring forward a legislation that could strip Duke and Duchess of Sussex of their royal titles. This is coming after a recent Netflix “tell-all” documentary by the couple sparked anger amongst the royal fans. Isle of Wight MP […]

Labour Party to increase minimum wage from N30,000 to N100,000 if elected into office in 2023

The presidential aspirant of one of the political parties making huge waves in the Nigeria politics right now Peter Obi has just recently released his manifestos. Amongst other things that was briefed in the manifestos is the introduction of a hourly wage rate as against the monthly wages that is used in the country Hourly […]

Spain: Searches for 14 passengers who escaped from plane due to emergency landing forced by woman ‘faking’ her Labour

The Spanish authorities are searching for 14 passengers who ran away from a commercial plane that had an emergency landing because a woman faked that she was about to give birth. The Pegasus Airlines Airbus A321 (PC652) which was on its way to Turkey from Morocco with a total of 228 passengers had to land […]

Artist D’Banj arrested and detained for alleged N-Power fraud

D’Banj whose government name is Oladapo Oyebanji is a popular Nigerian afrobeat star has been arrested and detained for an alleged involvement in a N-Power Project. Premium Times reported that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) has arrested D’Banj. According to report, he is said to has evaded arrest for several […]

Central Bank of Nigeria Limits Cash Withdrawals to only N100,000 Weekly

The Central Bank of Nigeria has in a recent memo signed by its Director of Banking Supervision, Haruna Mustafa directed that all banks and other financial institutions should ensure that over the counter cash withdrawals is limited to the current policy. The new policy will limit cash withdrawals by individual to only N100,000, while for […]

NSA says Nigeria is set to lose $23 billion in 2023 from crude oil theft

Nigeria is expected to lose an estimated sum of $23 billion next year if the cases of oil theft is not well managed and stopped. This information was made known by former military general Babagana Monguno who is the the National Security Adviser to the Federal Government at the inauguration of a special panel of […]

Hertz To Payout $168 Million To Customers Accused of Car Thefts

The popular US car rental company Hertz, has announce on Monday that it will be paying out up to $168 million by the end of the year to various customers and other people that they had accused falsely of theft The car rental company had of recent in 2020 declared bankruptcy, the action it said […]

Rape Law: ‘Only yes means yes’ Swiss parliament tightens rape law

The Swiss Parliament on Monday approved the ‘only yes means yes’ consent bill. This bill is believed to have dramatically broaden the country’s limited definition of rape since before now there had been heated debates over how to measure consent in Switzerland. The parliament voting is coming at a time when people believe that the […]

Report: Saudi Arabia beheads 12 people by sword in 10 days, while the world cup is on going

It has been reported that the kingdom of Saudi Arabia has executed 12 people following offences related to drugs in the last 10 days. Some of these were beheadings with a sword, a report said. This coming after it’s mass execution in 81 people convicted of various crimes including killings and belonging to militant groups […]

Med-View under crisis as First Bank allegedly invades it’s properties over a N4bn debt

The Med-View Airline management has expressed dissatisfaction on the invasion and sealing of its properties by some First Bank Plc officials over the alleged N4 billion debt owed to the bank. According to the Airline, the bank’s invasion its properties in Ikeja and Lekki (Lagos) was in contravention to the court process. According to the […]

Oxford, Collins and Webster announces new words: Goblin mode, Permacrisis and Gaslighting – as new words of the year

If you have ever been “unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations” that will simply mean that you have been in Goblin mode. Goblin mode is the newly announced word of the year by Oxford Languages after a public vote was carried out. This will be […]

Seychelles Celebrates 13th Anniversary with a New Tax Portal and Branding

Seychelles launches its Revenue Commission (SRC) with a strategic plan outlined to move it forward in 2023 through to 2025. This was launched during its 13th anniversary ceremony of creation that was held at the Hilton Labriz Gastrolounge. During the event a new logo was also unveiled alongside the new Seychelles Tax portal for Tax […]

E-Naira surpasses N400m in circulation and still has no charges according to CBN

The amount of e-naira in circulation has risen to N401.82 million, while transaction volume has reached 5 billion from its previous 4 billion mark and the CBN continues to take pride for providing a pair-to-pair transaction mode that currently has no charges. This was made know by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Director of Information […]

Florida Deputy Jokingly Shot an killed his fellow Deputy While Playing With Gun

An off-duty Florida deputy “jokingly” shot and killed aa fellow deputy after pointed his gun at a him thinking the weapon was unloaded. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in a video address on Sunday that Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Austin Walsh suffered a single gunshot wound by his room mate Brevard County Deputy […]