President Bola Tinubu on Monday addressed Nigerians in commemoration of 2023 Democracy Day with promises to respect rule of law and reward Nigerians for their sacrifices on subsidy removal. Read full speech below. TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON JUNE 12, 2023. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three […]

As millions of vulnerable Nigerians grapple with the aftershocks of the discontinuance of petroleum subsidy, President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said his administration will “reward” their sacrifices with “massive investment” in transportation infrastructure, education, regular power supply, healthcare and other public utilities that will improve quality of life.⁣ ⁣ The President who said he feels […]

The European Central Bank will almost certainly deliver another interest rate hike on Thursday, pressing ahead with its fight against inflation even as the eurozone slides into a recession. Analysts predict that ECB policymakers will copy May’s move and again raise borrowing costs by 25 basis points, taking the closely watched deposit rate to 3.50 […]

An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead and her father seriously wounded when their Dutch neighbour in northwestern France opened fire, according to authorities. The family was in the garden of their home in the village of Saint-Herbot near Quimper in Brittany on Saturday night when their neighbour appeared with a firearm, according to the […]

The acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration services, Caroline Adepoju, has said more passport offices will be created in Lagos State to meet the needs of the high population of applicants in the state. This was as Adepoju warned immigration officers against passport racketeering and other unprofessional conducts, vowing that erring officers would be […]

The French Open ended on Sunday with Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek crowned champions after two weeks that featured geopolitics, controversies over sportsmanship as well as marathon matches. AFP Sport looks at 10 highlights: – ‘Embarrassed’ boos for Ukraine star – The first match on Roland Garros’s showpiece Court Philippe Chatrier saw Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk […]

Ten months after ‘Mega Tool Filling Station’ in Port Harcourt, owned by a former member of the House of Representatives, Dr Chinyere Igwe, was sealed by the Rivers State Government, the facility has been reopened. Similarly, the CSKR Hotels and Prisc’s Bar and Suites both in Elekahia, Port Harcourt owned by a former lawmaker of […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has warned the Federal Government and the Department of State Services against any plan to subject its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to an ear surgery while in custody. IPOB’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, who said this in a statement on Sunday, claimed that the alleged surgery was a […]

The immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has accused the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee of Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, of demanding five per cent stake in the controversial and proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air. Sirika made the accusation during an interview with Arise Television on Sunday. Earlier, Nnaji had declared Nigeria Air […]

A total of 1,174,392 birth registrations have been recorded across the country between January and May 2023. The figure is contained in an app called RapidSMS designed by the National Population Commission and obtained by our correspondent on Sunday. RapidSMS functions as a data collection and reporting platform for online and offline birth registration. According […]