A driver lost his life in an accident on the Iya Alaro bridge, close to Maryland, Lagos State, in the wee hours of Saturday. Social media users who commented under a post by @Gcfrnaija1on Twitter alleged that the victim’s car was looted immediately the crash happened. Search on Ojoojoo.com Nigeria’s First Search Engine …For More […]
Read MoreAkeredolu Not Dead, Ondo Gov’t Says
The Ondo State Government has refuted news of the death of Rotimi Akeredolu, the executive governor of the state. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, the state’s commissioner for information, stated that the news of the governor’s death circulating across social media was false and an intentional act to distract the public. “We have been inundated with calls and […]
Read More‘Press Freedom, Freedom of Speech’. What Journalists Want From New Gov’t
Journalists are expected to be the voice of the people and hold power to account, but rarely do the institutions meant to protect them in the discharge of their duties do so. According to Report Without Borders (RSF), Nigeria is one of West Africa’s most dangerous and difficult countries for journalists, who are often monitored, […]
Read MoreFACT-CHECK: Did Ebonyi-Lagos Airplane Crash-Land in a Bush?
On Saturday morning, a video went viral on Twitter, a microblogging platform, stating that an airplane which took off from the Ebonyi Airport en route to Lagos landed abruptly in a bush. In the video, which has been viewed over 18,000 times on the platform, some passengers were seen alighting from the airplane with songs […]
Read MoreOver One Year After Failed Flight, Aero Contractors Still Holds Customer’s N114,554
Mary Thompson (not real name), an Abuja-based civil servant, has recounted how Aero Contractors withheld her N114,554 after she could not travel with the airline last year. Thompson told FIJ that she had booked an Abuja-Port Harcourt return ticket worth N114,544 with the airline in December 2021. “In December 2021, I bought an Abuja-Port Harcourt […]
Read MorePHOTOS: New Kano Gov’t Demolishes Structures Built on Public Land
The Kano State Government has ordered the demolition of buildings allegedly constructed on government-owned land in the state during the lifetime of the previous administration. Equipment were mobilised to some of the affected locations in the dead hours of Friday where the bulldozing took place. Footage of the demolition exercise can be seen here. The […]
Read MoreUBA Chatbot Leo ‘Steals’ Lagos Civil Servant’s N400,000
No one ever appreciates a weighty lump of loan weighing down their heart, but this seems to be far from what Teniola Omolola can wish away at the moment, and this would not have been her lot if an impostor of UBA Bank’s customer chatbot known as Leo had not caused it. It all started […]
Read MoreAfDB Approves $20m Private Equity Fund for Infrastructure Projects
AfDB Approves $20m Private Equity Fund for Infrastructure Projects The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved an equity investment of $20 million in the Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund I in support of its target to mobilize private capital for infrastructure across the continent. The Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund I is […]
Read MoreOil Rallies as Congress Approves US Debt Deal
Oil Rallies as Congress Approves US Debt Deal Crude oil prices increased as the market priced in the lifting of the US debt ceiling, despite market uncertainty ahead of the much-anticipated OPEC+ meeting, which is widely expected to yield an unchanged production policy. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $75.08 per barrel, representing a 1.07% […]
Read MoreTinubu Readiness to Confront Policy Dilemma Credit Positive, Risky -Moody’s
Tinubu Readiness to Confront Policy Dilemma Credit Positive, Risky -Moody’s President Tinubu’s ambition to address long-standing challenges such as the oil subsidy and distortionary forex regime is credit positive if the economic and social risks can be managed, Moody’s said in a rating action. Earlier in the year, the rating agency downgraded the Government of […]
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