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Political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread false news about their opponents, a report by BBC states. According to the report, two whistle-blowers given the pseudonyms Yemi and Godiya, working for two political parties, told BBC that parties give out cash, government contracts, and political appointments for their […]

The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the sum of N2.29 billion for the assembling of Hungarian Magnus light aircraft at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State. The council gave the approval on Wednesday at a meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja. Speaking after the […]

Microsoft, an American multinational technology company, says it would lay off about 10,000 of its workforce, as it responds to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.” The cut represents 5 percent of the company’s total workforce. In a statement on the firm’s website on Wednesday, Satya Nadella, chief executive officer (CEO), Microsoft, […]

Buba Marwa, the chairperson of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says the agency secured its highest number of convictions within one year in 2022. He said this on Wednesday at a media briefing to mark his second anniversary in office. He warned that unrepentant drug barons and cartels will face […]

A federal high court in Abuja has struck out a suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu from the south-west and Kashim Shettima, his running mate from the north-east, are both Muslims, and the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC has elicited different reactions […]

Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has taken a swipe at Peter Obi, the standard-bearer of the Labour Party (LP). Speaking at Chatham House in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, Kwankwaso said he is more qualified than Obi to become the next president of Nigeria. The […]

Mohammed Dingyadi, minister of police affairs, says there is no issue concerning Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), reaching retirement age. The IGP will clock 60 on March 1, 2023, and according to his profile, “he was commissioned into the Nigeria Police Force on 15th March, 1988, as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent […]

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) of using an exchange rate lower than the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) official rate for the sale of domestic crude oil between 2015 and 2022. The committee said this in a report signed by Kabir. M. Mashi, chairman […]