Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva has reacted to rumours currently making the rounds about the purported passage of her husband, actor Olu Jacobs. The actress clarified that the veteran actor was enjoying a nice meal at the time. "Don’t mind them, they’re just talking...
Brent crude oil futures stuck near three-year highs on Tuesday, with U.S. benchmark crude close to 2014 peaks. This is coming after the OPEC+ supplier group decided to stick to a gradual output increase plan rather than fully opening the...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that 31.7 per cent of youths in Nigeria lack access to bank loans to finance their businesses due to high interest rates. The bureau said this in its National Youth Survey for 2020,...
The Federal Government has approved zero import duty for ship owners to acquire vessels. Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in a session at the maiden edition of the Nigeria...
About 1,735,624,740 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) was distributed nationwide in the month of August, according to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) report on Petroleum Products Supply. The average daily supply of PMS in August was brought...
The Real Estate Development Association of Nigeria (REDAN) in collaboration with Shelter Afrique is set to provide 77,400 affordable housing units for Nigerians across the country. President of REDAN, Dr. Aliyu Wammako, who disclosed this in an interview with the...
Lagos State Government has demanded for one per cent share in the nation's revenue allocation formula. The state, on Monday, maintained that the special status of Lagos and its prosperity directly or indirectly has multiplying effects on the South-West and...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday further adjourned the trial of popular Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley for alleged internet fraud. The case which was slated for continuation on Tuesday, could not proceed as the court...
The Senate, on Tuesday, received for consideration, the revised 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to this effect was addressed to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and read at...
Facebook Inc has blamed a "faulty configuration change" for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday. The global outage prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services – WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. The company in a late Monday blog post did not...