President Bola Tinubu has directed that Nigeria’s national flags be flown at half mast for seven days across the country to mourn the passing of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The late Army chief, who was appointed by Tinubu on 19 June 2023, was said to have passed away on Tuesday night after a prolonged …

The Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria has instructed the leadership of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries to review the pattern with which its members present testimonies at gatherings. Recall that the Christian body condemned one of the viral testimonies shared by a member of the church during the penultimate week. In sharing the testimony, the …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all Payment Service Providers to route all transactions from PoS terminals at merchant and agent locations — physical or electronic — through an approved CBN Payment Terminal Service Aggregator. It also issued a 30-day deadline requiring service providers to comply with enhanced routing guidelines for Point of Sale transactions. This move aims to …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Chief Olawale Edun to present the cost implications for a new minimum wage within two days. In an interview with State House reporters on Tuesday. the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the President gave the order at a meeting with the …

The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Tuesday commenced probing controversial foreign and domestic loans and grants secured by the immediate past administration of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. The Assembly set up a committee to conduct the probe at Tuesday’s plenary presided by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Liman Dahiru. The Committee was tasked to embark “on fact-finding of financial dealings, …

The Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution directing the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-man committee to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu. At the plenary, 19 members out of the 24 members voted in favour of the resolution. The House …