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Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 18.17 percent on March amid accelerating increase in food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said earlier today. The figure is the highest since the ...

Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Monitoring Satellite Offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N20, 114, 002,871 for the acquisition of operational equipment for the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. ...

The Executive Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni has paid 24 gold coins to marry Gumsu Sani Abacha, the daughter of a former Nigerian military ruler. Buni, who is ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new federal appointments in the education sector. Ben Goong, Public Relations Director in the Ministry of Education made the announcement on Wednesday. He listed the ...

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, has said the board lost more than N10 million in 2020 to fraudsters. Mr Oloyede, a professor, told ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Uwemedimo Nwoko, a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Akwa Ibom State. He was arrested on Tuesday in ...

The use of emails is no longer required for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announces. This announcement ...

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Dr. Halilu Ahmad Shaba as Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). The confirmation of Shaba followed the ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 74 fresh cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 8 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The agency made the announcement on ...