The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has threatened to embark on a nationwide naked protest on November 24, if government does not pay their outstanding pension increment arrears and palliative allowances. The coalition’s National Chairman, Mr Mukaila Ogunbote, announced…
A former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has advised the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, to not be too forward in his engagements with security personnel. This was following an argument that ensued between the minister and a…
President Bola Tinubu has sent a high-level delegation to London to discuss the case of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who has been serving a prison sentence in the United Kingdom since March 2023. It was gathered that…
The Nigerian Army has warned the general public against using old pictures of the 25th Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, as it releases an official portrait. According to a statement released on its official handle on Tuesday,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has announced that the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and bottles smaller than 200 millilitres will be prohibited by December 2025. The agency’s Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye,…
Four Nigerians have been handed lengthy prison sentences in the United Kingdom for their roles in a violent phone robbery syndicate that terrorised mobile phone outlets across London. The group, convicted alongside six other accomplices, received a combined jail term…
Chinese officials ordered the removal of two popular gay dating apps from mobile stores in the country, Apple confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. Same-sex marriage is not legal in China, and discrimination remains widespread, with activists saying an effort to…
The Abia State Government has disbursed over ₦20 million in compensation to the victims of a billboard collapse in Aba in May. NEWSMAXNG reported a privately owned billboard had collapsed around may and led to the death of a tricyclist…
US President Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with a $1 billion lawsuit over the “defamatory, malicious” editing of a speech he gave just before the 2021 US Capitol riots, according to a letter obtained by AFP. Trump’s lawyers gave…
A former senator representing Kaduna Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has urged Nigerians and other African nationals to return to their home countries from the United States if their visas get revoked. Sani’s call follows mass visa revocation by the US…
