NCC announces Sept 14 ‘final’ deadline for NIN-SIM linkage compliance
Government plans evacuation, camps as flood hits 28 states
Bankers’ Committee completes National Theatre renovation
Strike: FG, ASUU meeting postponed to Sept 6
FG frees Polish students, lecturer detained over hunger protest
NLC plans mass procession as Ajaero honours police invitation
Police Killed, Took 4 Corpses Of Our Members – Shi’ites
The Paris Paralympics open in City of Light
At least 25 killed in Yemen deadly flash floods
North Korea’s Kim attends test-firing of rocket launcher
14 African countries pledge $45m donation to WHO
South Africa’s Johan Rupert overtakes Dangote as Africa’s richest man
Mpox may affect Nigerian, African economies – Fitch
Nigerian pilot faces five-year jail for falsifying statements in US
FG reveals identity of woman threatening mass killing of Nigerians in Canada
Nigeria, Benin Republic open dry port trade office in Kano
Nigeria Air Was Politicised, We’ve Backed Out – Ethiopian Airlines CEO
DID YOU KNOW?
- The largest living thing on Earth is a tree. This Giant Sequoia is named General Sherman and can be found protected at California’s Sequoia National Park. The tree is recorded to be 52,500 cubic feet in volume.
- Kangaroos never stop growing. From birth, they will continue to grow until they pass away. They are also the largest marsupials on the planet.
153 million SIMs now linked to NIN – NCC
Alleged terrorism: Court grants DIA’s request to detain policeman, 19 others for 30 days
Navy buries officer who drowned while saving 59 crew members
72 illegal refineries uncovered in one week – NNPC
Meter payments to be spread over 10 years, says minister
Edo guber: 125,928 new PVCs collected in five days – INEC
Non-Oil Export Revenue Hit $2.7bn In Q1 2024 – NEPC
NCDMB, NLNG inaugurate galvanising plant for Train 7
Nigeria handles 35% of W’African cargoes annually – NPA
FG provides grants to 32 innovators
NNPC begins free eye-care programme in Lagos
Financial autonomy: ALGON partners EFCC on accountability
Committee Of Pro-Chancellors Appoints Former Head Of Service , Dr Ahmed, As Chairman
No to online medical school, MDCN warns
Methodist Church Nigeria disowns Zimbabwean bishop deported by NIS
PMAN not in crisis, Pretty Okafor remains suspended – NWC
Nigeria, others lost $6m to stowaways in 2023 – Report
100 businesses to exhibit at Ecobank’s ‘Oja Oge’
TGI Foods SPV launches N25bn commercial papers
A’Ibom group writes NOSDRA over fresh oil spill, demands clean up
Mobil Trust donates three ambulances to Akwa Ibom community
Bode George to Atiku: You can only contest in 2031, not 2027
I’m preoccupied with Nigeria’s plight, not 2027, Atiku knocks Bode George
Obi, Otti Fix LP Stakeholders Meeting For Sept 4
Tertiary education age limit: Tinubu’s govt is like sailor lost on high seas – Atiku
Sanwo-Olu announces return of ‘Ounje Eko’ Sunday market
Obaseki to name Edo Arena after Rema
Gov Yusuf Orders Closure Of MDAs’ Accounts
Plateau Assembly Reduces Tenure Of LG Officials To 2 Years
Dumping refuse in drainage to attract heavy sanctions, says Delta waste board
Kaduna begins 200-hectare housing project
We’re prepared for M-pox clade 1B — Lagos govt
Delta taskforce shuts 50 illegal medicine stores, alleges counterfeit, fake drugs
Gombe enrols 1,000 Almajiris in health insurance
No threat of attack in Niger – Police
54-year-old Nigerian woman delivers 11 babies in Cotonou, cries for help
‘Pray for me’, TG Omori shares update on failed kidney transplant
TODAY IN HISTORY
- On this day in 2003, Globacom, Nigeria’s second national carrier, started operations.
- On this day in 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first Atomic Bomb. Code named Izdeliye 501 or First Lightening, the 22 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan.