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UNILAG Student Aims Guiness World Record Of Longest Singing Marathon
An undergraduate of the University of Lagos UNILAG, Rhema Ahonsi, is aiming to have his name in the Guinness World Record GWR as he attempts the longest singing marathon record. Rhema, 27, who is joining a host of Nigerians making record-breaking attempts, an unprecedented surge experienced by Guinness, after Hilda Baci’s cook-a-thon record, will be attempting to become the first...
Expand Tax Revenue Base, IMF Urges Nigeria
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Nigeria to expand its tax revenue base as part of efforts to enhance fiscal policy and ensure long-term economic stability. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made this recommendation during a press briefing in Washington, D.C., held on the sidelines of the 2025 IMF Spring Meetings. Georgieva emphasized the importance of leveraging technology to...
Reps Demand WAEC Appearance Within 24 Hours Over Examination Proceedings
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), demanding its appearance before the committee on Friday, May 30, 2025, amid mounting concerns over the ongoing Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). This directive was given on Thursday by the committee chairman, Hon. Oboku Abonsizibe Oforji, following...
President Tinubu Sacked Ministers Based On Nigerians’ Scorecard – Aide
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has revealed that the sack of some ministers was based on Nigerians’ scorecard and empirical facts. He also relayed the role the Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, played in the ministers’ dismissal from the cabinet. Tinubu on Wednesday relieved Barr. Uju-Ken...
14 Britons, Four Americans, 268 Others Now Nigeria Citizens
A total of 286 foreign nationals, including four Americans, 14 Britons and 86 Lebanese, yesterday took the Oath of Allegiance adopting Nigerian citizenship. The ceremony was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola told State House correspondents that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had, on February 9, 2022, approved a list of...
Gov. Otti Applauds Federal Fire Service For Siting Training School In Abia, Wants More Trucks For State
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has asked the Federal Fire Service to prioritise the state in the distribution of some newly acquired firefighting vehicles. Governor Otti, who thanked the federal agency for choosing Abia to site a new training school in the South East Zone, said though Abia may not be the biggest state in the country in terms...
CAN Raises Alarm Over Increasing Genocide Against Christians In Nigeria
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has, again, raised the alarm over what it describes as systematic and sustained genocide against Christian communities across Northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt, declaring that the evidence of targeted killings, mass displacements and destruction of settlements could no longer be ignored. The President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, made the declaration at the...
UK Government Vows To Take Decisive Actions Against Perpetrators Of Electoral Violence
The UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, said yesterday that his government was prepared to take action against those who engaged in or incited electoral violence and other anti-democratic behaviours and action during the just concluded general election. British High Commission in Nigeria, which disclosed this in a statement, said: “We observed improvements around elections...
NNPCL Issues Directive To Marketers On Refund, New Price
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has released a fresh circular to oil marketers on how much they will pay to get petroleum products. This is coming barely two weeks after the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy. NNPCL Retail via a circular released on Sunday directed marketers to consider merging their old orders which carry the old fuel price...
Multiple Terrorists Killed In Borno Following NAF Airstrikes
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced a significant operational success after airstrikes conducted by its operatives under Operation Hadin Kai killed scores of Boko Haram terrorists and destroyed their stronghold in Borno State. The precision air mission took place in the early hours of Friday, targeting fleeing insurgents in Bita, a known Boko Haram enclave in the North-East region. In...
