Cybercrime: EFCC arraigns 11 Chinese, alleges plot to destabilise Nigeria
NIS launches contactless passport solution in Europe Feb 7
Crude producers diverting 500,000bpd meant for local refineries, PETROAN alleges
Govt releases power tariff hike guidelines for Discos
Abuja-Makurdi road tolling begins to repay $460m loan
Tiger Woods announces death of mother, ‘my biggest fan’
First Lady lifts victims of Niger tanker explosion with N100m
Naira sustains gains, appreciates to N1,595/$
Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from UN bodies
US flying detained migrants to Guantanamo
USAID places staff on leave as part of Trump’s purg
DR Congo soldiers, rebels’ clash death toll hits over 900
Kenya Airways apologises to NCAA for mistreating passenger
Former NCDC DG, Ihekweazu, appointed acting WHO regional director for Africa
DID YOU KNOW?
- Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on Maya Angelou’s birthday, on April 4, 1968. Angelou stopped celebrating her birthday for years afterward, and sent flowers to King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, for more than 30 years, until Coretta’s death in 2006.
- There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
Tinubu approves N80 billion for Alau Dam reconstruction
Senate pays tributes to Hon Onanuga
Tax reform: Reps set for fresh debate, hold closed-door sessions
Reps Summon FCT Director Over Land Racketeering
$17,079,000 loan dispute: Court halts bank’s probe by N’Assembly
EFCC loses forgery case against Fani-Kayode
165 Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Kebbi
I never said Tinubu, Akume, Kalu were corrupt as EFCC chairman — Ribadu
CDS leads community engagement to achieve 2.5mbpd oil production target
IG decries indiscriminate case transfers, warns policemen
Patients from U.S., UK now patronizing Nigeira’s health facilities, says Pate
FG to issue N758bn bonds to clear pension arrears
PoS Transactions Hit All-Time High Of N18tr In 2024
FG approves N452bn for 14 roads
FG threatens to take over incomplete Lagos-Ibadan expressway sections April
Minister orders probe of alleged criminal activities at Okere Correctional facility
Nimet alerts Lagos, Ogun, Delta, Rivers on mid-year flood
FG approves N31bn road project for FCT
Fed Govt begins training of technicians
Customs intercept N4.2bn donkey skin in Lagos
INEC releases timetable for Anambra governorship, FCT Area Council polls
JAMB suspends two centres for infraction
NMDPRA shuts 19 illegal gas stations in Delta
Over 326 security personnel killed in one year – Report
FG, ECOWAS plan surgery for 80 Katsina VVF patients
Customs seized N5.2 billion goods in six week
Clearing agents reject 4% levy on imported cargoes by Customs
KAEDCO confirms sack of 450 workers as strike enters second day
Shell reports oil spill in Port Harcourt, blames saver pit overflow
Banks shop for N3tn in fresh recapitalisation
Standard Chartered provides single-digit loans to entrepreneurs
Afe Babalola seeks salary raise, improved condition of service for doctors
El-Rufai slams Gov Sani over ‘sycophantic’ support for Tinubu
LP holds Anambra gov primary April 5
Ex-Bayelsa LP governorship candidate Eradiri joins APC
Abia doesn’t distinguish between federal, state projects – Otti
Sanwo-Olu unveils Purple Lekki project
Okpebholo inaugurates AAU’s governing council
Mbah signs bill to end multiple taxation in Enugu
Adeleke orders probe of Osun community chieftaincy crisis
Plateau gov reshuffles cabinet, creates additional ministry
Lagos Assembly may write Tinubu over Obasa – GAC members
Kano set to inaugurate N1.5bn slaughterhouses
Sokoto hospital celebrates first successful kidney transplant
Delta Prisons denies allegations of releasing inmates for robbery
2025 Hajj: Lagos extends payment of N8.7m fare
Kano Zakkat commission targets alms to support poor residents
Kano demolition exercise: Emir Sanusi calls for peace, calm
Apapa gridlock resurgence looms as truck owners decry biased port access
Kano council gifts 10,850 pupils school uniforms
Stray bullet kills woman in Bayelsa cult clash
Gunmen attack commercial bus, abduct 10 travellers in Ondo
Kwara toddler sets duplex on fire with match sticks
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 1869, the biggest gold nugget in history was found. The “Welcome Stranger” was found at Moliagul in Australia and had a calculated refined weight of 71.081 kg.
- On this day in 1924, the Greenwich Time Signal was broadcast for the first time. The “BBC pips” are 5 short and 1 long tones that are broadcast by many BBC radio stations to mark the precise start of the hour.