The Federal Government of Nigeria said it is working towards reducing the cost of transportation by over 50 per cent. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris said this when he received the National Executive Committee of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, at his office on Thursday. Idris said…
A retired civil servant has expressed regrets about voting for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 Presidential election due to the hardship being faced in the country. In a viral video, the civil servant said he is a Yoruba man and regrets voting for President Tinubu who like him, is also from the…
Nigerian actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, was sentenced to six months imprisonment on Thursday, February 1, 2024, by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for spraying and stepping on the new Naira notes at an event in Lagos. She was first arraigned on February 13, 2023, by the Lagos Zonal…
A former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Dr Olaide Adelami, has been sworn in as the Ondo State Deputy Governor. Last Tuesday, Adelami was picked by the state governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the deputy governor after which his name was sent to the state House of Assembly for screening and ratification. At a…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, has called on Nigerians to be patient with the reforms of President Bola Tinubu. The minister said President Tinubu is just seven months old in office, and the dividends of the long-term plan cannot be known in a short time. Malagi made this statement…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) failed to support Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali in their fight against terrorism and failed to respect its own values by imposing sanctions, said Burkina Faso’s interim leader Captain Ibrahim Traore. Speaking in an interview with Cameroonian journalist Alain Foka, Traore said the regional organization was…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said the N200,000 minimum wage it earlier proposed to the Federal Government was no longer realistic considering Nigeria’s current economic situation. NLC Vice President, Tommy Etim, spoke while reacting to Tuesday’s inauguration of the Minimum Wage Committee by Vice President Kashim Shettima. Shettima inaugurated the committee at the…
A popular church which is known as Household of David Church at Adeniyi Jones Street, Ikeja Lagos was on Wednesday morning gutted by fire. This was confirmed in a video shared by an X user, Olúwadámilọlá, showing the moment the worship centre was being destroyed by fire. SaharaReporters has yet to ascertain the cause…
A Nigerian identified as Tersugh Aondona is set to marry three women on the same day in Benue State. According to the invite, the wedding will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, (today) at Lante Kukwagh Comprehensive Secondary School, Jato-Aka, Kwande Local Government Area of the state. The invite also revealed the names…
Joseph Aloba, the father of late award-winning singer, Mohbad has recounted the circumstances surrounding his son’s death. The singer’s father had made an appearance as a guest of the Brekete Family show, where he reiterated that he met his son already embalmed with a soak cloth in his house. According to him, his late son…