ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has criticised the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) decision to raise the interest rate to almost 30 percent. In a keynote address at the opening of a three-day National…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – The Cholera outbreak has continued to worsen with the confirmation by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that the epidemic has spread to 33 states with 63 deaths recorded. Its Director General, Dr. Jide…
Governors of the South-East states rose from a meeting in Enugu on Tuesday announcing their decision to interface with the federal government for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on Nigerians to rally around President Bola Tinubu for the success of his administration. Tinubu was sworn on last May but since his government’s stoppage of fuel subsidy…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – The House of Representatives has introduced a bill seeking to a create Etiti State, from the South East, with the capital at Lokponta. The proposed legislation, which is sponsored by by Amobi Ogah and four others was…
KANO(Sundiata Post) – The hearing of an application in the ongoing Kano Emirship Tussle, was on Tuesday, adjourned by a Kano State High Court, to July 4. The Attorney General of Kano State, Speaker Kano State House of Assembly, and Kano…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – President Bola Tinubu has approved a new withholding tax policy, replacing the old policy established in 1977. Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele announced this on…
BAYELSA(Sundiata Post) – Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO) oil field has been shutdown by some aggrieved youths of the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, and Onuebum community, in Ogbia Local Government Area of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, vowed to sanction Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) for rejecting old and small denominations of the United States of America Dollars. In a circular issued by the Ag. Director of Currency Operations…
IKEJA(Sundiata Post) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has made a new allegation against suspected internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha. EFCC told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja that N30…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – Petrol is selling at about N937 per litre in Jigawa State. This is according to the latest report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The report ‘Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch (May 2024)’, said on…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – The Federal Government has finalized plans to relocate the over 200-year-old Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this disclosure while…
The Imo State House of Assembly has suspended four members over an alleged move to impeach the Speaker, Chike Olemgbe. The development was disclosed by the Speaker of the House, Olemgbe on Tuesday. The suspended lawmakers included Ahiazu…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has cleared a backlog of debts amounting to $850 million owed to European airlines. This development was announced by the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Samuela…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – The House of Representatives has reacted to the recent bombing in Borno that killed many people. The lawmakers alleged on Tuesday that the female suicide bombers responsible for the killing of scores in Borno state…
The Supreme Court has sacked Micheal Onakoya as Orijeru of Igbooye land, Epe, Lagos. The court dismissed an appeal filed by the monarch who contested the decision of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal that confirmed his removal as…
A bill to alter the 1999 Constitution as amended to create Etiti state in the southeast scaled through the first reading in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 2. Sponsored by Hon. Amobi Ogah, Hon. Miriam Okinawa Onuoha, Hon.…
In a statement released by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Mohammed Malick, the United Nations strongly condemns the suicide bomb attacks on civilian populations in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State…
South-East State Governors are presently in a crucial meeting with key stakeholders such as the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe. According to Naija News, the meeting is being held at the Government House in Enugu. The meeting is being…
The Federal Government has terminated the road construction contracts it signed with four construction companies, working on the dualization of the Obajana-Benin Road, Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has said. According to the…
ABUJA- Hotel Owners Forum Abuja (HOFA) has blamed the high lodging charges in hotels in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the recent hike in electricity tariff. The President of HOFA, Mrs Funmi Kazeem, told the News Agency of Nigeria …
KADUNA- The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa, says the Federal Government is planning to establish a National Social Housing Fund (NSHF) for low income earners. The minister stated this in his keynote address at…
The Godwin Obaseki-led Edo State Government has announced plans to retrieve over 20 vehicles still in the possession of erstwhile Deputy Governor, Comrade Phillip Shaibu. According to Naija News, this was made known in a public notice…
MAIDUGURI(Sundiata Post) – Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, paid a condolence visit to victims and families of those who lost their lives in the suicide bombings in Gwoza area of Borno State on Saturday. He described the incident…
ABUJA(Sundiata Post) – Following the breakdown of negotiations between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Federal Government over the proposed minimum wage, available data has shown that 28 states may…
The police in Enugu State, Monday, declared eight persons wanted over murder, terrorism and kidnapping. This is contained in a statement issued in Enugu by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Daniel Ndukwe. Ndukwe, gave their…
KADUNA(Sundiata Post) – The Federal Government has identified lack of access to affordable housing finance as one of the major causes of housing deficit in Nigeria, saying 80 per cent of the citizens cannot afford a mortgage as a measure…
VICE President Kashim Shettima on Monday visited victims of Saturday’s suicide bombings in Gwoza, Borno State. During the visit, Shettima made personal donations to the surviving victims while he condoled the families of dead victims.…
There was no explosion at the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant in Niger State as widely reported, Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu has stated. There were reports that the Zungeru power plant was hit by an explosion in the early hours of…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) was absent from a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday, July 1, as the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) announced on October 5, to conduct the local government elections in the state. The…