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NYSC Khaki Uniform To Be Replaced With Adire, Minister Confirms
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (630+ words) The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has confirmed that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will replace its traditional khaki uniform with Adire fabric as part of the reforms recently approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Speaking on…...
FULL LIST: 271 Nigerians Cleared To Leave South Africa Friday Amid Xenophobic Attacks
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (713+ words) The Nigerian government has announced that 271 Nigerian nationals in South Africa have been cleared to return home under the third government-arranged special repatriation flight scheduled to depart from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Friday, July 3, 2026, amid raging xenophobic…...
Five Nigerian Traders Return Home After Nearly One Year In Ivorian Prison Without Trial; One Dies After Release
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (589+ words) Five Nigerian traders have returned home after spending almost a year in detention at the MACA prison in Abidjan, C'te d'Ivoire, without being charged or tried, while another detainee who secured his freedom died before he could reunite with his…...
FCT Contractors Petition Ruling APC To Force Wike To Pay Alleged N5. 2 Billion Contract Debt
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (620+ words) Operating under the Association of Indigenous Contractors of FCT, the contractors in a statement on Thursday, noted that it submitted a petition at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. According to the group, they have exhausted several avenues in their…...
Domino's, KFC Mock Sony's Plan To Scrap Physical Play Station Game Discs, Offer "Virtual Meals, Digital Pizzas
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (560+ words) Food giants Domino's Pizza UK and KFC have publicly mocked gaming giant Interactive Entertainment Content Communications's proposed decision to phase out physical game discs for full digital formats. Domino's Pizza UK and KFC used satire to ridicule what Sony sees…...
BREAKING: Court Grants N5 Million Bail To Social Media Critic Gololo, Accused Of Defaming And Insulting Senate President Akpabio
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (426+ words) The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to social media critic and politician, Garus Gololo, who is facing trial over allegations of cybercrime and the alleged defamation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The court on Thursday admitted Gololo…...
Nigerian Engineer In U. S. Admits Stealing $1. 6 Million Meant For Building Rehabilitation, Diverting Funds To Self, Wife, Sister
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (775+ words) A Nigerian-born engineer and former building inspector with the City of St. Louis, United States, Adebanjo "Banjo" Popoola, has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of wire fraud after admitting to diverting over $1. 6million meant for the rehabilitation of rundown buildings in…...
Workers" Group Questions Sowore's N200 Million Bail, Says Corruption Suspects Receive Lenient Terms
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (494+ words) The Workers and Youth Solidarity Network (WYSN) has condemned the bail conditions imposed on African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, describing them as excessive, punitive and a calculated attempt to keep him in detention despite being…...
Budget Records, National Assembly Letters Challenge Tinubu Presidency's Claim Gbajabiamila's Accuser Created 'Non-Existent' Agency
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (988+ words) The revelations come amid an escalating dispute between the Presidency and Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who has insisted that he is the Director-General of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council and the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council. The Presidency, through the Chief…...
EXCLUSIVE: 'We Take "Okada" To Court, Earn Less Than N200, 000 Monthly,' Kwara Magistrates Accuse Abdul Razaq Govt Of Neglect
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (495+ words) Magistrates in Kwara State have accused Governor Abdul Rahman Abdul Razaq's administration of subjecting them to poor welfare conditions, alleging that many of them earn less than N200, 000 monthly and have been forced to rely on commercial motorcycles (Okada) as their…...