US President-elect Donald Trump’s close ally, tech billionaire Elon Musk, has met with the Iranian ambassador to the UN earlier this week, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two unnamed Iranian officials. According to the Times, Musk meeting Read more…
The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Shehu Hadi Ahmad, has been suspended indefinitely. According to a terse statement on Thursday night by Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister Read more…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a proposed national budget of ₦47.9 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this after the Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Read more…
MultiChoice Group Limited has written off $21m deposited in Nigeria’s Heritage Bank following the financial institution’s liquidation earlier this year. This disclosure was contained in the company’s interim financial statements for the half-year ending September 30, 2024. The sum was Read more…
United Bank for Africa Plc has issued 6,839,884,274 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N35 per share in a rights issue to raise N239.4bn in a bid to meet the fresh capital requirements of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Read more…
Former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State, Ndubuisi Nwobu has accused some leaders of the party of sabotaging the party in the past 28 years. Nwobu stated this on Thursday during a meeting of party stakeholders Read more…
The planned arraignment of 109 foreigners charged with cybercrime before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja was on Thursday stalled due to their inability to secure legal representation. The foreigners, who are said to be citizens of China, Indonesia, Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Daniel Bwala, a former aide to Atiku Abubakar, as the special adviser on public communication and media (State House). He was the spokesman to the presidential campaign of the former vice president during the 2023 Read more…
President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Read more…
The body of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, would be flown to Abuja today as preparations for his burial on tomorrow intensify. Lt. Gen. Lagbaja, who passed away earlier this week, is remembered for his dedicated service Read more…
.. Trains Over 60 Eziowelle Youths on Bio-Gas By Uzo Ugwunze It was Jubilation as over 400 constituents were empowered by House of Representatives Member for Idemili North and South, Hon Uche Harris Okonkwo. The empowerment which included a training Read more…
Two soldiers were killed early Wednesday morning when gunmen attacked an army checkpoint at the Imo/Abia boundary community of Ekenobizi in Umuopara in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State. A military officer who spoke to PUNCH Metro on Read more…