Govs lobby Tinubu to block LG direct payment
States plan N28.8tn spending on infrastructure
AMCON recovers N2.1tn from debtors
Dangote refinery polypropylene set to hit market
DSS, NIA probe Natasha’s attendance of IPU meeting in New York — REPORT
Life, motor insurance lead with N22bn unresolved complaints
Atiku, Amnesty warn against victimising corper who criticised Tinubu
Asake and I have settled our differences, hospital bills sorted – Father
Pope seen celebrating mass in first photo since hospitalisation
59 killed, 155 injured in Macedonia nightclub fire
Cuban foreign minister to visit Nigeria for high-level talks
Alliance Française holds French week in Rivers
Nigerian sets Guinness record for 106hr longest sewing marathon
DID YOU KNOW?
- An “ultracrepidarian” is someone who speaks as an authority on a subject they know little about. It is derived from a Latin phrase ‘ne supra crepidam’ meaning ‘don’t go beyond the shoe’ after the Greek painter Apelles, displayed a painting and a cobbler criticized the rendering of a foot.
- Nutmeg is an hallucinogen. The spice contains myristicin, a natural compound that has mind-altering effects if ingested in large doses.
Tinubu celebrates Osakwe’s historic UK cybersecurity award
Senate to expedite passage of Forest security bill — Barau
Reps committee recovers N28.7 billion debt from two oil companies
Court strikes out forgery charges against Cleanserve chair, MD
Ex-England star John Fashanu sues police for £100k after arrest in Nigeria
EFCC recovered N365.4bn, secured 4,111 convictions in 2024 – Chairman
EFCC arrests Tiktoker Murja over alleged currency abuse
NDLEA intercepts drug shipments to US, S’Arabia, Italy
100 truckloads of fake drugs seized in Lagos, others – NAFDAC
Army attacks Eko Disco substation over power outage
NYSC mum as corper alleges threat to life for criticising Tinubu
Nigeria imported N520bn weapons in 2024 – Report
FG to execute five road projects in Katsina – Minister
Govt plans heavy ground rents on unoccupied buildings to tackle housing deficit
Diphtheria claims over 1,300 lives in three years – NCDC
REA installs solar power in 20 varsities, three teaching hospitals
Federal Polytechnics seek solar power intervention from REA
UNN council visits Azikiwe’s widow, commends late ex-president
UNICAL renames admin building after pioneer registrar
Christopher varsity warns new students against drug abuse, others
NFF welcomes ValueJet as airline partners
SNA to unveil 12,303-square-meter world record painting April 2
SEC plans public shaming of capital market violators
SEC revokes Mainland Trust’s registration, suspends Centurion registrars
OPay extends N1.2bn 10-year scholarship initiative to OAU
TEF to unveil 2025 cohort of entrepreneurship programme
NECA rejects high FRC levies on private firms
There Are Drug Addicts, Vagabonds Among Traditional Rulers – Obasanjo
Kukah hails Soludo, says governance not about competition
Falana warns DSS, NIA against probe of Natasha’s IPU attendance
SDP appoints chairman
‘You can’t make us leave PDP’ — Lamido rejects El-Rufai’s invitation to SDP
2027: Jandor to announce new political move, after meeting Tinubu
A’Ibom APC elders, Akpabio clash over alleged anti-party activities
We didn’t borrow to accomplish achievements in 3 years – Gov Soludo
Makinde bags Independent Newspaper Man of the Year award
Budget letter: Rivers, Assembly differ, Fubara urges House to reconvene
Katsina gov courts foreign investors for agriculture, energy, technology
Budget presentation: We haven’t received any letter from Fubara – Rivers Assembly
Osun meets monarchs of boundary communities over insecurity
Lagos diverts traffic for Independence Bridge repairs
Kwara revokes billboard licences
SUBEB hails Aiyedatiwa for approving 1,100 teachers’ recruitment
Ibadan enjoys harmony despite religious differences – Olubadan
Students, parents sign undertaking as Niger reopens schools after student clashes
LASG, WaterAid to build 350 public toilets
Abductors of Ondo businessman, wife, daughter demand N30m ransom
Abia monarch, others remanded over 20-year-old’s death
Two arrested for beheading 10-year-old in Adamawa
Corpse dumped at Osun bus stop causes panic
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 1992, apartheid in South Africa came to an end. In a referendum, 68.7% of white South Africans voted for an abolishment of racial segregation in the country.
- On this day in 1969 Golda Meir became Israel’s first female Prime Minister. In her country, Meir was known as the “Iron Lady” long before British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher rose to power.