President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the reason the FG cannot review salaries for civil servants is due to revenue constraints caused by crude oil theft which is affecting Nigeria’s revenue potential. President Buhari disclosed this on Friday after he received the Central Working Committee of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN)…
Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Ahmad Gumi, the popular Islamic cleric, says a top bandit commander has planned to marry one of the abducted victims of the Kaduna train attack. Mamu revealed this on Friday while announcing the release of four other victims from the attack. He identified the victim as 21-year-old Azurfa Lois John,…
A South Africa-based Nigerian pastor, Paul Martins and his wife, Funmi Martins, have welcomed their first child, a baby girl after 13 years of waiting, NaijaCover Reports. The Couple’s friends, colleagues, family and church members took to Facebook on Thursday, August 18, As Sighted By NaijaCover to congratulate them. “Congratulations to Pastors Paul and Pastor…
President Muhammadu Buhari says the stability of Chad and all neighbouring countries is in Nigeria’s interest. The president spoke when he received Brah Dallah, a special envoy from Mahamat Deby, the transitional president of Chad, at the state house, Abuja, on Friday. Buhari, who spoke on the virtues of good neighbour-liness, said exclusion will create more danger for…
Spokesperson of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, Dino Melaye, has said his principal will receive the support of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the rift between Atiku and Wike started after the governor’s desire of becoming the party’s vice-presidential candidate for…
URGENT TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENT TRAVEL ADVISORY In order to ease congestion and reduce delay along Lekki-Epe Expressway, the Lagos State Government, as part of the solutions, has, commencing from 8.00am, Saturday, 20th August, 2022, provided some measures as follows: 1) The intersection in front of VGC will be permanently closed, hence motorists driving from Ikota Shopping…
This bag is getting lots of trash talk. Balenciaga is raising eyebrows — and getting trashed — over its “Trash Pouch,” a baffling design “inspired by a garbage bag” with an even more outrageous price tag: a hefty $1,790. The luxury fashion house’s shiny drawstring bag — which is made out of calfskin leather, emblazoned…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday, said it reduced the minting of the Naira to boost electronic banking transactions in the country. CBN Deputy Governor, Economic Policy Directorate, Dr Kingsley Obiora, said this on Thursday, at the Grand Finale of the eNaira Hackathon, held in Abuja. The Hackathon is an initiative, which creates…
The Lagos State Government has vowed to clamp down on unauthorised enforcement agents purportedly acting on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation tagged M.O.T TASKFORCE. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr. Sola Giwa, made the pledge as he handed over an impostor caught with illegal documents and impersonating an enforcement agent to the…
From next week, Nigerians will be able to open an eNaira wallet and conduct transactions by simply using a designated USSD code on any phone.To carry out these transactions, Nigerians will only have to dail *997 from their phones. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele stated these at the Grand Finale of the 2022…