The Nigerian Naira has suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune, plummeting to the title of worst-performing currency globally in the first half of 2024, according to...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Military claims N10bn in stolen crude intercepted, over 2,200 terrorists neutralized The Nigerian military,...
At least 14 worshippers died and several others were injured when a trailer ran into a mosque during Jumat prayer in Imama town, Kura local government...
In a bid at deepen the foreign exchange market, boost liquidity and attain convergence in the exchange rates, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given...
The Senator representing Bayelsa West, Seriake Dickson, on Friday, described those behind oil theft in the Niger Delta as “big players” who reside outside the region....
The naira earned its first gain in more than 10 days against the United States dollar on Friday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market...
The Nigerian equities market sustained its positive run with investors making N374 billion in profit at the close of trading on Friday. This followed the growth...
The United States has imposed sanctions on three United Arab Emirates (UAE) shipping companies involved in the Iranian petroleum and petrochemical trade. The Department of State...
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a former managing director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche. Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos State Special...
The Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has approved the immediate suspension of the Village Head of Garin Majidadi in the Akko local government area of the...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new Federal Permanent Secretaries to fill existing and impending vacancies in the civil service. The Special Adviser...
The Court of Appeal, Lagos, on Friday upheld the conviction of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James aka Baba Ijesha, for sexual assault. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday the average cost of a healthy diet per day in the country stood at N1,041 in May....
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday kidnapped a 75-year-old, Hauwa’u Adamu, mother of the renowned Hausa singer, “Dauda Kahutu Rarara” in Katsina State. The spokesman...
Shareholders of MRS Nigeria Limited have approved the voluntary delisting of the company’s shares from the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). Following the delisting, the company whose...
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has identified regulatory uncertainty, security concerns, and financial literacy as serious threats to cryptocurrency use in the country. The agency’s...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, has disclosed that a whopping $88.6 billion is lost to illicit financial flows in...
The Nigerian Army has said its troops on Thursday, successfully repelled an attack by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on a Police...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Reps extend 2023 budget implementation timeline to December The House of Representatives on Thursday...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the nomination of Prince Kadiri Asamah (SAN) as the deputy governorship candidate of the...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged state governors to work together to meet the needs of Nigerians. The president, who spoke during the National Economic Council...
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Thursday foiled a kidnap attempt and killed five suspected terrorists in Sokoto State. They also rescued two hostages held by...
For the fourth consecutive day this week, the naira slumped against the United States dollar to further inch past the N1, 500 mark on Thursday. Data...
The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, said on Thursday that President Bola Tinubu has not requested approval for the purchase of a presidential aircraft. The Red Chamber...
For the second consecutive day, the Nigerian equities market sustained its positive run as investors made N6.2 billion in profit at the close of trading on...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed three officers and sanctioned others for misconduct. The Service Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar, an Assistant Controller of Corrections...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has ordered the immediate arrest of the commission’s two officers for assaulting a hotel...
The absence of Justice Inyang Ekwo on Thursday stalled the trial of the Managing Director of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, Mr. Karl Toriola, and others for...
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills extending the implementation of the 2023 Appropriation Act and the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Act till December. President...
The latest Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTBs) auction carried out on Wednesday fetched the Federal Government N284.26 billion from yield-hungry investors. The Debt Management Office (DMO) announced...
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a multinational consulting firm, has said the various reforms initiated by President Bola Tinubu’s administration has hurt businesses and households due to shocks such...
Gunmen reportedly attacked Ishieke police station in Ebonyi State on Wednesday night. Eyewitness told journalists on Thursday the hoodlums stormed the facility at about 9:00.p.m. with...
The trial of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra State, continued on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja...
ontroversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has descended heavily on social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as Verydarkman (VDM), for attacking celebrity...
In many Benue State communities, women especially suffer from the absence and non availability of staff and medicine in the PHCs many of which have been...
Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has again splashed N183m on additional shares in FBN Holdings to further increase his stake in the company. The fresh acquisition was...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Wednesday night held an emergency meeting to discuss issues around a new national minimum wage among others. After the meeting, that...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Court sets date to hear suit seeking to remove Ganduje as APC Chairman The...
Fire has damaged the birthplace of a former leader of communist East Germany, Erich Honecker. Honecker led East Germany as both head of state and leader...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met on Wednesday in Abuja to discuss the proposed new national minimum wage and other national issues. The governors also held...
The absence of a witness on Wednesday stalled the trial of two medical doctors, Michael Atiba and Michael Ugbeye, at the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja....
For the third consecutive day this week, the naira slumped against the United States dollar to further inch past the N1, 500 mark. The Governor of...
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday ended their meeting with an agreement that all contentious issues will be amicably...
The Nigerian equities market rebounded from its negative run with investors making N94 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed the growth in...
Justice Aliyu Shafa of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Gwagwalada, on Wednesday sentenced a fake senator, Tom Makwe to two years imprisonment for swindling...
Amnesty International said on Wednesday at least 2,600 persons, mostly women and children, have been killed following attacks on 50 Benue communities in the last one...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, blamed individuals pushing for emergency rule in the state for the failed explosion in the state capital. A...
Police operatives in Yobe have arrested a 22-year-old housewife, Zainab Isa, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in the state capital. The spokesman for the...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday dismissed insinuations that President Bola Tinubu was working against the interests of Northern Nigeria. Shettima spoke when he received a Federal...
The Federal Government delegation and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) met on Wednesday to avert a strike in the universities. The...
