Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the disbursement of another tranche of N136.26m as car loan to 368 civil servants in the state. The state Commissioner for Finance, Akin Oyebode, said that amounts ranging from N80,000 to N1.5m would be disbursed to the beneficiaries of the loan scheme depending …

President Bola Tinubu has described Nigeria as ‘a crawling country in the committee of thriving economies’, especially in terms of development indices relating to green energy and the environment. He however assured that as President, he was determined to change the narrative and bring about a transformative government in the …

The Federal government has revealed that a comprehensive rehabilitation of the 11.8 kilometer Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos would commence on November 1 for a period of 3 months. This was made known on Saturday by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, during an inspection of the under deck, lagoon …

Nollywood actress and fashion enthusiast, Iyabo Ojo, has alleged that Mr Joseph Aloba, the father of late Nigerian rapper, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba aka MohBad, is saddened by the fact that this late son bought some properties in the name of his six-month-old son, Liam. She said MohBad’s family is torn …

Famous drummer, Ara has explained why many men can’t manage successful women, especially the ones in the spotlight. Aralola Olamuyiwa who herself is a victim says many women have lost their career die to this. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, the new Performing Musicians Employers’ Association of Nigeria …

The Hamas government said Israel “cut communications and most of the internet” across the Gaza Strip on Friday. The government’s media office accused Israel of taking the measure “to perpetrate massacres with bloody retaliatory strikes from the air, land and sea,” as heavy strikes hit northern Gaza. AFP journalists in …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has revealed that the ongoing quick-fix project at the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemicals Company Limited will be back on stream by the end of 2024. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official X handle of the Nigerian …

A former operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Abubakar Madaki has told a Federal High Court in Lagos how a former minister of state for defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, handed over the sum of N1,219,000,000 in cash to former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose. Fayose and his firm …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar will address the press on national issues on Monday. The PDP Publicity Office disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. This comes on the heels of the Supreme Court judgment, which dismissed the former vice president’s appeal for lacking in …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has detained the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele was picked up on Thursday night, less than an hour after he regained his freedom from the custody of the Department of State Services. The former CBN governor, it was …