MTN Nigeria has scrapped its controversial 15GB weekly data bundle price increase, following widespread outrage from subscribers. The telecom giant had raised the cost of the promotional plan from N2,000 to N6,000 earlier this week, triggering backlash across social media. In a message to customers on Thursday, MTN acknowledged the frustration caused by the abrupt […]

FIFA has suspended an employee after he was reportedly arrested on suspicion of having sex with an underage boy while on a work trip in Miami. The Miami Herald reported that Jack Edward Coles was detained Friday by federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations at a hotel near FIFA’s offices in the Coral Gables neighbourhood. […]

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has detailed security agencies to ensure that none of the 27 commissioner or special adviser nominees celebrate his or her appointment in Uyo, the state capital. The governor vowed that the name of such official flouting his directive would be dropped within 24 hours. Rather, he directed the […]

National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu has strongly criticised the Canadian Embassy for denying visas to Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, and other senior military officials. Speaking on Thursday at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies (AANISS) in Abuja, Ribadu expressed his […]

Nigeria has, for the first time, met the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) crude oil production quota of 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), marking a significant milestone in the country’s oil output. According to OPEC’s latest Monthly Oil Market Report, released on Wednesday, Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production rose to 1.53 million […]

The House of Representatives is set to pass N54.9 trillion budget for 2025 financial year, increasing the initial proposal by about N7billion. Out of the total sum, N3.6 trillion is for statutory transfers; N14.3 trillion – debt service; N13.6 trillion – recurrent (non-debt) expenditure while the sum of N23.9 trillion is for capital expenditure. LEADERSHIP […]

The Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin has announced plan to commence degree programmes. Rector of the pioneer tertiary institution in the state, Dr Abdul Jimoh Muhammed disclosed this during an interview with LEADERSHIP in Ilorin. Muhammad said preparations were in top gear at the institution towards the commencement of the degree programmes which he said would […]

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Thursday ordered that a 36-year-old driver, Mustapha Aminu, be given 15 strokes of the cane for assaulting a police officer on duty. The convict, who resides in Ungwan Sanusi in Kaduna, was convicted of hitting a police officer, Sgt. Adamu Maigari, on the head with a log of […]