FG releases N2.3bn to clear salary, promotion arrears of varsities workers
Senate screening: CDS eyes foreign partnership to crush insurgency
Coup controversy: Military tracks N45bn in NDDC
55 persons removed from Presidential pardon list
Energy supply to 11 DisCos soars to 4,871MW
Kano Confirms 4 New Variants Of Polio Virus
JAMB walks out on Reps panel over media presence
Bayelsa Deputy Gov sues Assembly, IGP, others over alleged impeachment plot
Sylva not involved in any coup, says media aide
Eagles to open World Cup playoffs camp Nov 9
Putin defies Trump as Russia tests nuclear drone
US, UK rally round Caribbean as hurricane kills 31
Over 100 killed in Brazil raid as UN demands probe
Saraki dedicates award to late Kenyan PM Odinga
DID YOU KNOW?
- Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. He created the sport to give students a new, less rough indoor game for the winter.
- Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, was founded in 1787 as a settlement for freed slaves from England and the Americas.
Tinubu revokes pardon for Sanda, 140 high-profile inmates
Shettima To ACF: Don’t Allow Mischief Makers Divide Nigeria
Senate okays Tinubu’s $2.3bn loan, $500m Sukuk for infrastructure
Senate passes wildlife protection bill, awaits Presidential assent
Reps seek easy access to short loan for cassava farmers
Reps to probe TETFund funded projects
Reps pass money laundering amendment bill for second reading
Reps advocate digital birth, death registry to aid planning
Reps summon JAMB registrar after officials’ walkout
Court adjourns Dangote Refinery’s 100bn suit against NNPCL, others to Nov. 5
Ecobank $42m Fraud: Court adjourns case against Briton, Indians to Jan 27
#FreeNnamdiKanuNow: Court reschedules hearing in police suit against Sowore, others
Court orders permanent forfeiture of $49, 700 recovered from ex-INEC REC
EFCC arraigns three for suspected N12bn PMS theft
NDLEA files forfeiture case against Pretty Mike’s club over drug party
EFCC returns houses, luxury cars to victims of fraud in Oyo
Insurgents will have no time to plan attacks, Air Chief assures
DSS arrests man canvassing for military coup on social media
9,263 drug peddlers jailed in 30 months — NDLEA
FG shortlists candidates for NSCDC, NIS, fire service CBT
No installers for 400,000 imported meters, minister laments
Steel production: Govt, Stellar Steel ink $400m deal
$1.2m stadium fund: Pinnick denies misappropriation claims on FIFA project
FG targets $74bn GDP boost from livestock sector
FG allocates ₦450m fertiliser to Jigawa farmers
Kwarra’s tenure as NPC chairman ends
NLNG,STAN hails Rivers schools on quiz competition
PAP plans more scholarships for Delta students
Wike Under Fire For Flying Sons Abroad On Official Trip
Private university students also deserve NELFund, says Bowen VC
PETROAN cautions against monopoly in oil market
FG’s N4trn debt to Gencos stalling HYPPDEC projects — MD
KEDCO set to commence mass metering
FirstBank redeems $350m Eurobond
Nestlé Nigeria rebounds with N72.5bn profit
Cadbury Nigeria returns to profit with N9.68bn earnings
N25m mortgage plan for FG staff unrealistic – Developers
Banks’ Credit To Private Sector Drops By N6trn In 4 Months
Uyo Fashion Week to promote cultural awakening
2027: S’West governors, leaders rally behind Tinubu
Kefas’ defection to APC will benefit Taraba — Aide
Atiku slams Tinubu over u-turn on pardon for convicts
Malami, Kebbi gov trade words over Abacha loot commission
€10m invested to establish Kaduna dairy farm — Gov
Sanwo-Olu disburses N460m to vulnerable residents
Delta assembly passes anti-terrorism, anti-cultism bill for assent
Kano Assembly faults Customs recruitment, alleges bias against North
Kebbi dismisses social media claims on alleged hidden airport in Argungu
Anambra suspends head teacher for allowing political rally in school
Cross River council chair bags best LG award
Owa Obokun, family clash over chief’s installation
Arsonists raze warehouse with over N10m prepaid meters in Ondo
Taraba: 2 Killed In Clash Over Leadership Of Jummat Mosque
Five suspected illegal private Anambra security operatives nabbed
Pastor re-arraigned for touching minor’s breasts
Osun girl emerges Igbo best graduating student in Anambra school
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 2007, Patricia Olubunmi Foluke Etteh resigned as the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, following weeks of pressure for alleged corruption.
- On this day in 1973, the Bosphorous Bridge in Istanbul opened for the first time. Construction on the suspension bridge over the Bosphorus began in February 1970. The bridge, which connects Asia with Europe, was designed by British engineers Gilbert Roberts and William Brown.