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Electricity supply to most parts of the country has been disrupted as the National Grid suffered system collapse on Sunday morning. In a message to it’s customers, Kaduna Electric Distribution Company wrote on its official twitter page that the system collapse occurred about 11.26am on Sunday morning. https://twitter.com/Kadunaelectric/status/1333041048860438532 In another...

Nigerian artist Reekado Banks has disclosed how he felt after his colleague artist Wizkid threw insults at him on social media some weeks ago. Recall that on the 15th of November, 2020, Wizkid lost his cool with Reekado Banks after he took to his Twitter page to share a song...

A report by the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) has shown that Nigeria witnessed an increase in Boko Haram attacks on military targets last year. “Over the past year, Boko Haram increased attacks on military targets, with deaths rising from 26 in 2018 to 148 in 2019,” the report said. This...

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has clarified that Nigeria is exempted from the new $15000 visa Bond policy introduced by the outgoing administration of President Donald Trump. In statement on it’s website a few hours ago, the US Embassy said Nigeria is not included in this six months pilot...

The Federal Government through the 2020 Finance Bill is proposing the exemption of minimum wage earners from paying Personal Income Tax. President Muhammadu Buhari, who stated this in Abuja on Monday, said the measure is to reduce the impact of inflation on Nigerians. Speaking at the opening session of the...

Enyinnaya Abaribe, senate minority leader, says the only person from the south-east region in the Aso Villa is a photographer. Abaribe said this on Friday when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels TV. Amid the intense agitation from south-east leaders for Igbo presidency in 2023, Abaribe had...

The Nigerian government, through the ministry of petroleum resources, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Niger Republic for petroleum products importation. According to a statement released by the ministry, Soraz Refinery in Zinder, Niger Republic, has an installed refining capacity of 20,000 barrels per day compared...

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said his desire is to make Nigeria a country that has no tolerance for corruption, but one where the menace is vigorously battled. Receiving the Report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Investigation of Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and...