National Assembly strengthens security as Tinubu presents 2025 budget
IG bars policemen from stop-and-search duty
Jigawa Uncovers 6,348 Ghost Workers Receiving N3.7bn
Edo Assembly suspends 18 LG chairmen, deputies over alleged insubordination
INEC restores Ezeokenwa as APGA chairman after Supreme Court judgment
MTN pays N200bn monthly in VAT — Tax committee
Crashed helicopter had no Flight Data Recorder, says NSIB report
StreetFoodz Naija winner gets N10m
Nigeria receives UNESCO certificate for Kano Durbar’s cultural heritage status
How I escaped assassination twice in Iraq – Pope
Nigeria, other African countries plan continental credit rating agency
Tinubu hosts Ghana’s president-elect, Mahama in Abuja
DID YOU KNOW?
- Iguẹ festival has been celebrated in Benin, Edo State, for more than 1000 years except in December 1897 when the British invasion interrupted it. The festivals consists of ceremonies to strenghten the Oba and the people for the New Year.
- Orthodox Christians in countries such as Russia, Greece, Ukraine and Romania celebrate Christmas on January 7.
Tinubu appoints Aisha Garba as UBEC executive secretary
Insecurity: Akpabio, Ningi tango over govs’ security votes
Senate proposes new capital requirements for insurance firms
Senate urges FG to fund ranching, review ECOWAS treaty
Reps probe non-delivery of 2000 tractors, others, despite N3bn agreement
Reps urge FG to complete Adamawa multi-purpose dam
Bill prohibiting foreign currency use in Nigeria scales 1st reading in Senate
Court sentences two kidnappers to death by hanging in Jigawa
Court stops Adeleke from appointing Owa-Obokun from Haastrup family
ICPC recovers N29.7bn, blocks diversion of public funds
FG has over 7,000 youth initiatives across MDAs – Minister
Govt officials, contractors to fly only Nigerian airlines – Keyamo
Why new CCT chair hasn’t assumed office six months after appointment
NBS survey: N2.2tr ransom paid in one year
FG vows to penalise vehicle owners damaging roads
Lung detox tea video misleading, not approved, says NAFDAC DG
Arms control centre seeks review of 1959 Firearms Act
Food inflation hits 40% despite FG $3.3bn agric loan
Electricity subsidies rise to N199.6bn – NERC
FCT minister disburses N388m to 10 communities
New insurance bill to boost Nigeria’s GDP growth — NAICOM
CAC deregistered 300,000 dormant companies in one year
MDCN inducts 74 Sokoto varsity medical graduates
First Lady initiative lifts 9,500 elderly citizens with N1.9b
Red Cross distributes customised ATMs, relief materials to Anambra flood victims
Google, Facebook, others pay N3.8tn tax to FG – Repor
Lagos, Access Bank partner to deliver 704 housing units
Flour Mills revitalises Honeywell brand
NCC urged to intervene as 9mobile service disruptions persist
BUA unveils gypsum plaster plant
Nigeria needs strong, virile, independent judiciary – Ozekhome
PDP kicks as Edo Assembly suspends 18 LG chairmen for ‘disobeying’ Okpebholo
Ododo signs law establishing teaching hospital
Abiodun hosts France-based Nigerian singer, Asa
Okpehbolo swears in officials, vows to end reliance on consultants
Kaduna gov returns Abacha family’s land revoked by El-Rufai
Self-acclaimed agitators engaging in lucrative criminality in South-East – Soludo
Why we established Kajola Dry Port – Abiodun
Sokoto Assembly passes N526.9bn 2025 appropriation bill
Kano Assembly confirms seven commissioner nominees
Katsina Assembly approves N692.2bn 2025 budget
Delta Assembly recalls two suspended members
Delta demands autopsy on Okuama leaders’ bodies
Workers celebrate as Ekiti begins payment of N70,000 minimum wage
Oyo begins N80,000 minimum wage January
FCT records drop in kidnapping, other crimes in 2024 – FCTA
Oyo fire service rescues 12-year-old boy from drowning
3 to die by hanging for killing Delta monarch
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 1958, the world’s first communication satellite was launched aboard the Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Once in orbit, it relayed the first message sent to Earth from space – a short statement by American President Dwight D. Eisenhower.