The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressly condemned the arrest and detention of lawyer and human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi, noting that “it...
Climate change is one of the most pressing global challenges of our time, like a pandemic that spares none, it affects the myriad facets of the...
A civic Technology Organization, Orodata and Africa Data Hub, are set to embark on the second phase of a data collection initiative in Nigeria’s Primary Healthcare...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released a list of designated contacts for bank customers to report any banks whose Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Reps pass resolution urging Tinubu to unfreeze social investment accounts The House of Representatives...
Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Tuesday emerged as Namibia’s first female President after she was declared the winner of the Southern African nation’s disputed election. Nandi-Ndaitwah, who...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Tuesday confirmed that the Port Harcourt Refinery has resumed production. The PENGASSAN President, Festus...
Emergency responders pulled out the bodies of two three-year-old boys from mud in eastern Uganda on Monday. The latest discovery swelled to 28 the death toll...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given the reason for concealing the identity of the owner of a recently recovered estate in Abuja. The...
Police on Tuesday arraigned a 40-year-old man, Gafaru Ogundiran, at the Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for alleged illegal possession of firearms. Ogundiran, however,...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, signed into law the state’s Electricity Bill 2024. Sanwo-Olu, who signed the bill at the Lagos House, Alausa,...
The South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, said on Tuesday tourists and business owners from Nigeria can now apply for a visa to enter the country without...
An early morning fire razed more than 50 shops at the popular Bayan Tasha market in Damaturu, Yobe State, on Tuesday. An eyewitness told journalists the...
The Ebonyi state Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has suspended the state’s Commissioner for Local government and Chieftaincy Matters, Uchenna Igwe, for alleged misconduct. Igwe was suspended indefinitely...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as Chief of Army Staff. This followed the consideration of reports of the Senate...
The Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday admitted as evidence the iPhone of the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha aka alias Mompha, in his...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for the Nigeria-South Africa strategic partnership to become a model of leadership, economic integration, and shared prosperity for Africa. Tinubu,...
The National Food and Drugs Agency of Nigeria (NAFDAC) has uncovered a factory on Lagos Island that produces fake alcoholic beverages. The agency said in a...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for the former Managing Director of Assets Management Cooperation...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has become the latest body to kick against the proposed tax reform bills forwarded to...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N18.9 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday. This followed the dip in the share prices of stocks...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday ordered the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy to conduct a thorough investigation into recent boat mishaps in the country....
Outlawed Igbo separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has warned the Nigerian media to stop linking the group with the embattled self-styled Prime Minister...
The House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance, to unfreeze all accounts belonging to the National...
Claim: Nigerian government has not made the tax reform bill available to the public. Verdict: Misleading. Full Text: As the proposed tax reform bill continues to...
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OLAYEMI Cardoso is the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I was made to understand that he came to the job with intimidating credentials....
“Bros, I dey hail oh” “I dey greet. What’s up?” “We couldn’t finish our gist last week. But since then, so much has happened. That is...
The naira made a slow recovery against the dollar at the official foreign exchange window on Monday, December 2, 2024. This is coming on the heels...
In its first return to the international capital market after a two-year absence, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has disclosed that Nigeria has raised $2.2 billion...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. EFCC records historic asset recovery as ex-govt official forfeits 753 duplexes in Abuja The...
In a bid to plug Nigeria’s 2024 budget deficit, Nigeria is set to issue two significant Eurobond offerings. This is Nigeria’s return to the international capital...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N137bn at the end of the trading session on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) on Monday,...
An early morning fire razed 17 shops and destroyed property worth millions of Naira at the Moniya Market in the Akinyele local government area of Oyo...
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered an investigation into the claim by a rights watchdog, Amnesty International, on the involvement of police in the...
The Cross River State government on Monday approved N70, 000 as minimum wage for state civil servants in the state. The government also approved consequential adjustment...
Many customers of Financial Technology (Fintech) companies like Opay, Moniepoint, Palmpay and others woke up to notice of the commencement of the deduction of N50 Electronic...
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has appointed Mr. Denen Aondoakaa as the new Head, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state. The...
Claim: BREAKING NEWS: Finland to sue Nigeria in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for wrongly accusing their high profile citizen of terrorism and alleged injustices...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market endured a bearish week that culminated in a weekly loss of N185.59 billion on the trading floor of the Nigerian...
Holcim, a Swiss building materials company has become the latest multinational to exit Nigeria. The company, over the weekend agreed to sell its 83 percent stake...
The choruses on every Nigerian’s lip are “Tinubu administration is bad”, “he should not have removed fuel subsidy without plans for the masses” and “There is...
Nigeria, under President Bola Tinubu, is making bold moves on the global stage, and France seems to be the belle of the ball. Tinubu recently secured...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Nigeria was Living a ‘Fake Life’ pre-2023, Tinubu declares President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has...
Nigeria and France have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) to develop the capacity to manage the mining sector’s value chain. Consequently, this will lead to...
MTN Nigeria, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and Air Peace have landed in trouble over complaints by consumers of exploitative practices by the three organizations. Consequently, the...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has disassociated itself from the purported declaration of United States of Biafra by loyalists of embattled Simon Ekpa, which took...
The Lagos State Government has announced the closure of the Marine Bridge for a period of three months to enable emergency rehabilitation works commence. The state...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun and...
A back injury has forced American R&B pop singer Justin Timberlake to postpone another world tour concert after he had earlier canceled a string of shows...
Nigerian singer and rapper Raoul John Njeng Njeng, popularly known in music circles as Skales, has revealed that his former bandmate Wikid does not like him....
