Consumers kick as FG plans fresh power tariff hike
NLC shelves protest as subscribers welcome 35% tariff hike
Ramadan: Sultan alerts Muslims on moon, Bauchi, Kebbi schools shut
Mass Wedding: Kebbi pays N54m dowry for 300 couples
Closure of Onitsha drug market: Traders sue NAFDAC, SON, NSCDC for N1bn
Obasa presides over Lagos Assembly plenary with four lawmakers
Lagos lawmakers reject Obasa, insist Meranda remains speaker
Mourinho gets four-match ban for ‘monkeys’ and referee criticism
Trump voices respect for Zelensky, downplays ‘dictator’ jibe
USAID: US cuts foreign aid contracts by over 90%
UK received 108,138 asylum applications in 2024 – Report
Israeli army admits failure on Oct 7, says it underestimated Hamas
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia sign pact to tap into $7.7trn halal economy
Nigerian passengers stranded in Togo after Air France flight diversion
DID YOU KNOW?
- In 1988, British-American author, Salman Rushdie, published “The Satanic Verses,” a controversial novel about Prophet Muhammad’s life. The book was banned in some Muslim countries and triggered several assassination attempts on Rushdie. In Iran, the leaders issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, calling for Rushdie’s death. And an Iranian foundation reportedly still offers a $3.3 million bounty for killing him.
- Sex releases endorphins and oxytocin, which can help you feel relaxed and take your mind off everyday worries.
Tinubu celebrates renowned educator Mama Ajibola on 100th birthday
Nigeria set to adopt successful global models for growth, Tinubu tells Airtel Boss
Natasha threatens to expose Akpabio as group petitions Senate
Lagos lecturer gets life jail for raping student
Dismissed Adamawa REC’s lawyer jailed for contempt
I rejected N500m offers during my mother’s burial – EFCC chair
EFCC arrests 19 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin
ICPC warns public servants against leaking classified documents, fraud, others
FG, states, LGs share N1.7tn January revenue
FG targets $100bn GDP boost from creative industries growth – Minister
FG Owing GenCos, DisCos N4trn – Minister
Climate change threatens food system, says minister
Continuous teacher development essential for national progress, says Alausa
Telecom tariff hike necessary to save jobs, economy – Tijani
Minister inaugurates roads in Rivers, commends NDDC
Retired low-income earners to get living wage – PenCom
Inheritance tax not reintroduced in tax bills, says Oyedele
FCCPC asks MultiChoice to suspend price hike pending investigation
Fed Govt sets up special committee to tackle boat mishaps
Fake drugs: NAFDAC reopens Abia markets, Afenifere urges DG’s protection
NAFDAC sensitises Kano stakeholders to verification device in N’West
RMAFC condemns states’ failure to implement pay guidelines
FCT-IRS rakes over N43.8 billion in January
ASUU declares indefinite strike, shuts Sokoto varsity
Wigwe University appoints Justice Augie Pro-Chancellor
NANS elects new president, vows to resist tuition hike
Transcorp Hotels profit rises by 138%
Lafarge Africa doubles profit to N100bn
Nestlé pays $20m forex debt
Tanker drivers resume fuel loading in Lagos
Fuel importers face N75bn monthly loss after Dangote price cut
Scrabble Federation appoints six zonal youth coordinators
LED billboard owners struggling with high energy cost – OAAN
Buhari moves to Kaduna after 20 months in Daura
IBB should allow Vatsa rest after killing him for alleged coup – Family
Atiku condemns Tinubu’s silence on Lagos assembly crisis
APGA sets N30m for Anambra gov form
Lagos Assembly: Obasa returns as Akande, Osoba panel’s intervention collapses
Kano gov suspends acting Head of Service over workers’ salary deductions
Rivers crisis: Fubara questions INEC’s neutrality
Makinde, other govs attend Oyo monarch mother’s burial
A’Ibom gov mediates oil firm, host community dispute
Sanwo-Olu unveils Charterhouse $150m campus in Lagos
Oyebanji mourns as driver dies, others injured in govt bus crash
Aiyedatiwa warns appointees against corruption, laziness
Obasa apologises to DSS over assault on men by Lagos Assembly officials
Police restore Meranda’s security detail, explain withdrawal
Kogi secures $500m World Bank fund for education, healthcare
Bauchi votes N7.5bn to renovate primary healthcare centres
Kano commissioner insists 160 ‘ghost’ workers in water board, staff begin strike
Kwara distributes 73,364 textbooks, sports kits to pupils
Kano probes workers’ salary underpayment
Kano Govt To Tinubu: Remove The Emir You Enthroned And Kept In Graveyard
LASIEC gears up for LG poll, inspects offices
Rivers monarch opposes market closure over funeral rites
Policemen reject N1m bribe, arrest Imo child traffickers
Driver handed abducted Oyo corper to kidnappers – Sister
Tension as 30-year-old cultist stoned to death in Bayelsa
Abductors of Makurdi varsity female students demand N40m ransom
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 1935, nylon was invented. Wallace Carothers first produced the polymer at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.