Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again explained his administration’s decision to remove the petrol subsidy. Tinubu, while speaking in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday as one of the panellists at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF), focuses on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development, said the subsidy was removed to reset Nigeria’s…
Arsenal have maintained their lead at the top of the Premier League table after surviving a late Tottenham Hotspur comeback to win Sunday’s North London Derby 3-2. The Gunners’ Bukayo Saka corner-kick, which was diverted into his own net by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, gave the visitors the lead, then Saka finished off a fine counter-attack before…
Dubai on Sunday announced the starting of work on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate’s ruler said will become “the world’s largest” at a cost of almost $35 billion. According to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates,…
A 5-1 defeat to Newcastle at St James’ Park on Saturday saw Sheffield United relegated from the Premier League. Chris Wilder’s side are 10 points from safety with just three games left following their 25th league defeat of a dismal season, seeing the basement club, who have only three league wins, return to the Championship…
The Mining Marshals of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have arrested no fewer than four Chinese, at an illegal mining site where lithium is sold at Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Babawale Afolabi, the spokesman of the NSCDC, while disclosing this in a statement on Saturday, said, “Following the commissioning…
Erik Ten Hag, the Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag, has reacted to Manchester United’s 1-1 draw against Burnley, who sit comfortably in the 19th position in the Premier League table. The United boss, while speaking to BBC Match of the Day, admitted that the team will likely play in the Europa League next season…
American International School, Abuja, has refunded $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for his children at the school, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed. According to Dele Oyewale, the spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, “The school has refunded the entire $ 760, 000 to the…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, appointed a renowned banker and businessman, Mr. Jim Ovia, CFR, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Ovia’s appointment was contained in a statement issued by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity. “Mr Ovia is the…
The news of the death of another veteran Yoruba Actor, Ganiyu Oyeyemi, popularly known as Ogunjimi, on Friday surfaced on social media, throwing the Nigerian movie industry into yet another mourning. The Informant247 gathered that Ogunjimi’s death was announced by a Yoruba actor, Kunle Afod, in a post on his Instagram page. Afod wrote, “We…
Following the revelation by the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede Bello who alleged that the embattled former governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello paid $720,000 in advance as fees for five of his children from the coffers of the Kogi state government, the American International School of Abuja (AISA)…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.)on Thursday, while reacting to the issues that led to the tightness in the fuel supply currently being experienced in some parts of the country, said they were due to logistics problems and have been resolved. Olufemi Soneye, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd., who disclosed…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Thursday, announced the extension of the Direct Entry registration till further notice. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor of the board, while disclosing this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the decision was to ensure that no Nigerian child is denied access…
Nigerian telecom operators (Glo, MTN, Airtel and 9mobile) are urging the federal government to engage in a constructive dialogue in the industry, saying the current price control mechanism is not in tandem with the economic realities, thus seeking the government’s intervention to address pricing challenges. According to telecons, they were the only ones that have…
Following a fire incident at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, the Federal Airport Authority said it had diverted all flight operations from the Airport Terminal 1 to the D wing of the airport. According to reports, the engineers at the airport have also disconnected power from the entire E wing to quench the ravaging fire, which…
No fewer than 118 inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger state, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed. The Informant247 gathered that the inmates fled during heavy rainfall, which destroyed the prison’s fence on Wednesday. In a statement on Thursday morning, the spokesman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) command…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, in the notice filed on April 22 and signed by its counsel, J.S Okutepa, SAN, withdrew an appeal against an order of a Kogi high court restraining the agency from arresting Yahaya Bello, former governor of the state. According to Okutepa, SAN, the counsel to EFCC,…
South Africa-owned broadcasting company Multichoice, on Wednesday, announced an increase in the prices of its offerings in Nigeria four months after its last increment. According to reports, the company reviewed prices in its packages across the board, whereas the new prices take effect from May 1, 2024. With the latest price hike, the DStv Premium…
No fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said. Oloyede, while stating this on Wednesday in Kaduna, during an inspection of the Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing 2024 UTME…
The Kaduna State House of Assembly has written to the state’s Ministry of Finance to demand the details of financial transactions under the immediate past governor Nasir El-rufai’s administration between 2015 and 2023 in connection with the state assembly’s probe of all finances, loans and contract projects awarded under the El-Rufai administration. Kaduna Assembly set…
Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation, on Wednesday, announced the suspension of Dana Airline operations due to concerns surrounding the safety and financial viability of their operations. The Informant247 reports that a Dana Air aircraft on Tuesday at the Murtala Muhammad Airport, Lagos, overshot the runway, causing palpable tension amongst passengers at the airport. It…
