A former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, last week sued the State House of Assembly following the lawmakers’ resolve to investigate the alleged misappropriation of N432...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. PDP insists on Ighodalo as Edo guber candidate despite court ruling The Peoples Democratic...
A yet-to-be-identified 61-year-old man has died after he was electrocuted during rainfall in Lagos. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the news...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday that Asue Ighodalo remains its candidate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. The party was...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned another hike in electricity tariff by the Federal Government. The Congress was reacting to the power distribution companies (DisCoS)...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) with a mandate to strengthen the economy. He also inaugurated the Economic Stabilisation Programme...
The naira continued its depreciation against the United States dollar on Thursday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed that the domestic currency...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N133 billion at the end of trading on Thursday. This followed the dip in the share prices of stocks...
Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Thursday sentenced a commercial bus driver, Elijah Shokoya, to 12 years imprisonment for killing an officer...
The Strategic Communication Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC) said on Thursday troops deployed to various theatres of operation killed 857 suspected terrorists in the country last month....
Tech start-ups in Nigeria, Kenya, and other African countries suffered a massive 57% decline in fundraising in the first half of 2024. A funding analytics company,...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Muritala Ajaka, and his party challenging...
The Federal Government on Thursday warned 20 states in the country to expect devastating flood this month. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Terlumum,...
The Federal High Court, Kano, on Thursday, gave Justice Farouk Lawan and Justice Zuwaira Yusuf 48 hours to resign as Chairmen of the state’s Judicial Commissions...
Several members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Mainland Constituency II in Lagos State...
Police in Anambra State have rescued two victims of a collapsed building in the state. The building which is located at Ekeoyibo Market, Amawbia in Awka...
In a major swoop aimed at curbing crime, Kano State Police Command has arrested 149 suspects allegedly involved in robbery and thuggery activities. This development comes...
In a significant development in the ongoing power struggle within the Rivers State House of Assembly, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has overturned a...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has issued a 24-hour deadline for new investors to register for the 2024 oil block licensing bid round. This...
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, says the current monetary policy is slowing economic growth in Nigeria. His comments came...
As part of its new onboarding framework, the Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made the establishment of an office in Nigeria mandatory as part...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has invalidated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election that declared Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate for the upcoming...
The authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has shut down academic activities in the institution indefinitely. The university, in a statement on Thursday by its...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has issued a challenge to Governor Godwin Obaseki, daring him to engage in a popularity contest by taking...
A clash between herders and farmers in Jigawa State’s Birnin Kudu Local Government Area resulted in two fatalities and the destruction of three houses on Tuesday,...
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) is intensifying efforts to curb revenue leakages in government agencies, seeking robust collaboration with the Economic and Financial...
Amidst growing concerns and rumors of a potential withdrawal, the White House has categorically denied that President Joe Biden is considering dropping out of the presidential...
Our Model “Ranking Nigerian Governors” is a monthly publication by Ripples Nigeria dedicated to assessing the performance of Nigerian governors. Since its inception in August 2019,...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Lekki residents cry out as flood pays them annual visit (Photos) Residents and visitors...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the orderly room trial of four officers for unprofessional conduct. The spokesman for the state police...
Protesting youths on Wednesday set ablaze the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Sankara, the headquarters of Ukum Local Government Area in Benue State. The...
The naira continued its depreciation against the United States dollar at the official window on Wednesday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Uzoma Nwagba as Managing Director of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP). The Special Adviser on Media and...
Police operatives have rescued four persons abducted by criminals in the state. Gunmen on Sunday abducted three Indians and a Nigerian along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway....
The Federal Government will begin the collection of Value-Added Tax of 7.5 percent on every cryptocurrency transaction from July 8. One of the cryptocurrency platforms in...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Wednesday warned politicians in the South-East against sabotaging ongoing efforts to release its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The secessionist...
The Nigerian equities market maintained its upward trend as investors made N131 billion at the end of trading on Wednesday. This followed an increase in the...
The Senate has resolved to investigate the influx of substandard Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol, and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) or diesel into...
In the aftermath of a destructive windstorm that swept through communities in Logo, Benue State, Nigeria in May 2024, the once vibrant schoolyards and places of...
Residents and visitors to the highbrow Lekki area of Lagos have cried out following the massive floods that have taken over the Peninsula after four days...
It was 1 p.m. The sun cast long shadows across the schoolyard of Government Day Senior Secondary School, Kofar Rini, Sokoto, where seven students, all aged...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Hope for new state in South-East as bill passes first reading A bill proposing...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Limited has declared a state of emergency on crude oil production in the country. The company also called on...
The Sokoto State said on Tuesday the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, lacks the power to appoint district and village heads in the state....
The naira shed N1 against the United States at the official window on Tuesday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed that the...
The Nigerian equities market rebounded from the previous day’s loss with investors making N25 billion at the end of trading on Tuesday. This followed the increase...
Governors of the five states in the South-East on Tuesday, resolved to meet the Federal Government on the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
The Namibian government has resolved to reduce the price of petrol by 80 Namibian cents per liter (about $0.044). Similarly, diesel 50ppm will be leased by...
At 14 people died when a three-storey building collapsed in the southern Egyptian city of Assiut on Monday. The city’s Governor, Essam Saad, said on Tuesday....
A director with the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Isaiah Yusuf, on Tuesday testified against a former minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, in his trial for...
