News as it breaks
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it is currently investigating 79 suspected Ponzi schemes operating across Nigeria, amid growing concerns over investor losses and financial fraud. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the regulatory body said the findings of the investigations will be made public upon conclusion,…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, on Wednesday, disclosed that the Federal Government had enrolled about 750,000 Nigerians into the National Health Insurance Scheme. Pate stated this at the third edition of the ministerial press briefing series initiated by the Ministry of Information in Abuja,…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, urged the men’s football team, Super Eagles, to win the upcoming TotalEnergies CAF African Cup of Nations tournament, stating that the triumph of the Eagles would bring succour to the citizens. The governor noted that the victory would help reinvigorate the people who…
A Nigerian-British Mayor of Southwark in London, Michael Situ, has urged Nigerians coming into the United Kingdom, particularly youths and students, to be aware of the laws of the country before travelling. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission revealed this in a statement by the Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols…
A former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has urged President Bola Tinubu to embark on a quarterly town hall to reach political stakeholders and community leaders in the six geopolitical regions. Shittu, an erstwhile minister in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, made the appeal in an exclusive interview…
Renowned economist, Bismarck Rewane, has said that Nigerians are not interested in the budgetary if the prices of basic commodities like rice, bread, and garri don’t go down. Rewane, the Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, made this known on Thursday, November 30. At his maiden budget presentation…
This is the first set of evacuees since President Bola Tinubu took office on May 29.
The President urged Nigerians not to take the liberty they now enjoy for granted as it was obtained through great sacrifice.
According to him, “To the many Heads if State present here, our brothers and sisters, celebrating with us, I
thank you, but I want to say clearly for us to take away, what lessons has Nigeria democracy taught the rest Africa, if not the whole world.
According to the philanthropist and oil mogul, Tinubu does not belong to the APC, he is the president of Nigeria, and so all political parties should come together to support the president-elect.
