LG autonomy: FG threatens contempt suit against errant govs
State police: NEC resumes talks January, govs submit reports
FG issues N1tn sukuk bond to fund 124 road projects
N2.7tn debt: FG intervention halts gas supply cut
Afe Babalola petitions LPDC, wants Farotimi removed from lawyers’ list
129,417 terrorists surrendered insix months, says CDS Musa
Imported petrol landing cost drops to N900/litre
Oyebanji thrilled by flight operation approval for Ekiti airport
Naira depreciates to N1,668/$ in parallel market
World Bank may approve $500m loan to Nigeria today
Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 people, most ever in a day
ECOWAS finalises framework for $75m renewable energy facility
DID YOU KNOW?
- Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa is an acronym for South Western Townships. It is the birthplace of the anti-apartheid movement and home to landmarks like Vilakazi Street, where Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu once resided.
- Pablo Picasso entered Barcelona’s School of Fine Arts in 1895 at the age of 13. It is estimated that he produced at least 50,000 pieces of art in his lifetime.
Tinubu presents 2025 budget to N’Assembly Tuesday
Tax reform: APC govs may meet N’Assemby, ACF raises panel
Senate orders Wike to halt Abuja house demolitions
Senate orders Julius Berger MD’s arrest over abandoned projects
Reps call for increased funding to develop Arabic village
Set up private sector-driven Trust Fund for TB control, Reps tells FG
Court rules on Emefiele’s $4.5bn fraud case Jan 7
LP asks court to recover defectee Reps emoluments
Court strikes out fraud charge against Ibeto
Army retires 656 senior officers
Govt to stop minerals testing abroad, unveils lab
Airports’ e-gates aided arrest of 10 INTERPOL wanted persons -Minister
FG: States Will Implement New Minimum Wage January
INEC to phase out PVCs, plans Diaspora voting
FG to probe extinction of 100 airlines
FG strengthens fight against TB, deploys 333 diagnostic machines nationwide
Pension fund assets hit N21.92tn in October – PenCom
NITDA Flags TikTok, X Over Tax Fillings In Nigeria
19.2m Nigerians embrace health insurance scheme
Wike Donates 50 Vehicles To Security Agencies
Ground Rents: Wike threatens revocation of titles, warns property owners in FCT
LASUTH turns out first cohort of anaesthetic technologists
After visiting P’Harcourt: Labour rejects refinery’s outright sale
HURIWA condemns court order seizing Farotimi’s book
NCDMB, J’Berger execute contract for Oloibiri Museum
Seplat completes $1.28bn purchase of Mobil Nigeria
Mikano Motors launches two Changan models
Emzor to tackle drug abuse with N1bn
Nasarawa NLC strike: Governor Sule begs workers to return to work
Mutfwang plans task force to recover govt assets
Niger gov presents N1.5trn 2025 budget to assembly
Kano gov sacks five commissioners, SSG in cabinet shake-up
Obaseki Inflated Road Contract From N8bn To N16bn In One Year –Edo Govt
Lagos distributes equipment to 1,500 entrepreneurs
Edo probes 100% hike in Benin-Abraka road contract cost
Enugu activates airport surveillance against COVID-19 variant
Ondo revenue workers protest delayed minimum wage
Communal clash: Court bans Osun town from holding yearly anniversary
Bayelsa moves against indiscriminate bush burning, open grazing
Lagos art exhibition to raise N100m for cancer patients
Late Aromolaran’s family, Ijesa chiefs clash over funeral levy
Seven Abuja one-chance operators arrested, 13 vehicles recovered
Armed men attack Gombe community, kill cleric
Gunmen kill four, abduct hotel manager in Anambra
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission of the United States’ Apollo lunar landing program. It was also the sixth and the last time humans landed on the Moon.