FG raises passport fees to N100,000, N200,000 effective Sept 1
Strike: ASUP gives FG 21-day ultimatum
2027: I will contest ADC presidential primary, Amaechi declares
TIME names Bosun Tijani, Elon Musk among 100 most influential global AI figures for 2025
FG gifts teenager who won global English contest N200,000
Crisis in Edo NLC deepens as Ajaero inaugurates caretaker committee
Finally off the market – Rapper Falz surprises fans as he weds heartthrob
US church shooter ‘obsessed with idea of killing children’
Russia envoy claims Ukraine war stems from 2014 coup, urges rethink
South African court affirms 18-year jail term for Nigerian over human trafficking
Two Nigerians arrested in Libya for robbery
Switzerland endorses Nigeria’s bid for IMO council seat
Nigeria’s Babalola emerges Rotary International president-elect
DID YOU KNOW?
- The Lord Mayor’s Show of the City of London is the world’s oldest civic procession. It began in 1215 when the newly elected Lord Mayor of London travelled to Westminster to swear allegiance to the monarch. It has evolved into an public spectacle held every second Saturday in November.
- The famous Lacoste crocodile symbol was the first designer logo ever. It started appearing on shirts in 1933.
My foreign trips to regain Nigeria’s dignity – Tinubu
Tinubu hails Adegoroye’s legacy of service at 75
Akpabio lauds Tinubu over approval, release of funds for constituency projects
Court dismisses order seeking to stop Rivers LG poll
Jigawa REC, three others petitioned for misconduct
Benue, Plateau killings: DSS charges nine with terrorism, unlawful arms possession
Police smash NIN fraud syndicate, 8 arrested, 14 fake websites shut
EFCC arrests 12 suspected illegal BDC operators in Lagos
Troops kill 50 bandits in Niger, rescue abducted victims
IGP seeks global synergy to end cattle rustling, terrorism financing
Excess crude account now $535,823, says AGF
Tinubu approved lifetime salary for retiring senior officers – Interior minister
Awaiting-trial inmates feeding gulps N14bn in eight months
13,000 illicit weapons destroyed in four years – FG
Tariff war: FG intervenes as states, Discos’ rift deepens
Long-term neglect hindering refineries revamp – NNPC
TCN denies explosion at Onitsha station
INEC dismisses claims of irregularities in Osun voter pre-registration figures
NNPCL business team commences off-taker engagement for AKK
FG inaugurates building code advisory committee
FG eyes 21% GDP boost with e-governance bill
NLC seeks N150,000 minimum wage for Lagos workers
Tinubu’s aide demands end to VIP police escorts
CSOs oppose detention of Palestinian community leader in Nigeria
NGE condemns killing of journalists in Gaza
Igbobi College alumni give back at 55th anniversary
NEC unveils road map for $1tn economy by 2030
NPFL woos NTA after N6bn StarTimes deal collapse
Basketball: MFM, First Bank maintain league dominance
FMN commits to food security, creates 400,000 jobs
Nigeria’s T2 telecoms turns to Huawei for network revamp
Infinity MFB appoints chairman, independent director
Lafarge unveils low-carbon concrete for construction sector
Judges shouldn’t decide Nigerian leaders – Atiku
Atiku hands over Yola property, former Adamawa PDP secretariat to ADC
2027: I’m not leaving NNPP, but open to discussions — Kwankwaso
PDP wooing Obi with 2027 ticket, says Bala
Muslim-Muslim: PDP not ready to make APC’s 2023 mistake - Bauchi Gov
Peter Obi slams passport fee hike, calls it burden on Nigerians
LP caucus condemns Anambra lawmaker’s suspension over Facebook post
Oborevwori courts Brazilian investors in São Paulo
Osun surviving withheld allocations by boosting IGR – Adeleke
Kebbi gov slams Buhari’s appointee over Tinubu criticism
Lagos Assembly backs state’s energy corporation
Lawmakers lament rot in Kaduna hospitals, seek govt action
Gov Alia has undertaken 390km of roads in Benue – CPS
Ebonyi increases workers salary
Gombe policemen hail IG over new kits
Rivers clamps down on fake doctors, seals four clinics, arrests 12 suspects
Kano Hisbah resolves 621 marital cases
Police seal off Edo NLC secretariat
Don’t meddle in criminal cases, Oyo tells JPs
Lagos vows tough sanctions over Mile 2 attack on VIOs
Bandits destroy 60 farmlands in Plateau
Police Officer Arrested As Soldier Shot Dead In Bauchi
Inspector killed as police, NSCDC clash in Ebonyi
Anambra arrest four for impersonation
7 Abandoned Babies Found In FCT In 1 Month
Lagos painter nabbed for kidnapping customer’s seven-year-old son
Ondo cleric, wife arrested for staging fake kidnap to demand N10m ransom
Mob burns Kaduna electric meter thief
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 2003, Globacom (also known as Glo), a Nigerian telecommunications carrier, started operations on August 29, 2003. Founded by Mike Adenuga Jr., Globacom was the fourth GSM operator to launch in Nigeria.
- On this day in 1831, Michael Faraday experimentally demonstrated that a changing magnetic field can induce a voltage in a conductor. The discovery of electromagnetic induction helped in the creation of electric generators, transformers, and even induction cook tops.