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Metro

NAFDAC Clears BON Bread Over Two Month Shelf Life Controversy

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC has cleared Food and Food Integrated Company Limited, producers of BON Bread,...

Entertainment

BBNaija Season 11 Auditions Open as Organisers Announce Registration Details

Big Brother Naija is set to return for its 11th season as organisers officially announced the commencement of audition registrations for interested contestants....

Metro

NAPTIP Secures Life Imprisonment for Two Security Guards Over Repeated Abuse of Minor in Abuja

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has secured the conviction and life imprisonment of two security guards for...

Metro

Federal High Court Sentences Female Gunrunner to 20 Years Imprisonment Over Terrorism Charges

The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a female gunrunner, Halima Haliru, to 20 years imprisonment after she pleaded guilty...

Economy

FG Raises Alarm as Two Regions Remain Lowest in Literacy Despite Massive Education Funding

The Federal Government has expressed concern that two geopolitical zones in Nigeria still record the country’s lowest literacy and numeracy rates despite receiving...

Economy

Economic Hardship Painful but Necessary for Nigeria Growth Says Alake

Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake has said that the current economic hardship facing Nigerians is painful but necessary for the country’s...

Metro

EFCC Arrests Energy Commission DG Over Alleged N500 Billion Money Laundering Case

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, over...

Economy

Federal Government Approves 40 Percent Peculiar Allowance for Civil Servants

The Federal Government has officially approved the long awaited 40 percent peculiar allowance for federal civil servants after sustained pressure from organised labour...

Metro

Court Sentences Former Power Minister Saleh Mamman to 75 Years for ₦33.8 Billion Fraud

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to a total of 75 years imprisonment over fraud...

Metro

Yakubu Gowon Explains Reason Behind Release of Long Awaited Autobiography

Former Nigerian Head of State Yakubu Gowon has explained why he decided to publish his long awaited autobiography after many years of silence,...