The Naira traded for N1, 465.68 to a dollar at the official market on Tuesday. Data from the FMDQ Exchange revealed that the local currency gained...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least nine persons and destroyed six houses in Zurak and Dakai communities of Wase of Local Government Area...
For the second consecutive day on Tuesday, sentiment in the Nigerian equities market remained positive as investors gained N61 billion at the close of trading. This...
The organised labour has rejected the Federal Government’s fresh proposal of N54,000 as minimum wage. The fresh proposal followed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade...
The Senate has resolved to convene a national summit on farmer/herdsmen conflicts in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a motion on a matter of urgent...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the trial of a former Managing Directing, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has endorsed the party’s newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) led by Julius Abure....
Men of the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, have arrested two suspected oil thieves carrying 3,500 litres of petrol in a wooden boat to...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, said on Tuesday that mobile money operators including OPay, Palmpay, Kuda Bank, and Moniepoint would...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested one Chimereze Chinedu for allegedly defrauding a Thailand national of $216,000 (N317, 725,271) and N30 million. The spokesman for the...
Three members of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo on Tuesday confirmed eight nominees for appointment as commissioners in the state. The...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called for a comprehensive audit of all airport staff in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion on...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the interest rate to 26.2 percent. The CBN governor, Yemi Cardoso, announced this at the end of the...
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi branch on Tuesday embarked on a peaceful protest within the Yelwa...
Nigerian airline, Air Peace has moved to calm passenger anxieties after the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) raised concerns about potential safety violations during a...
Retired Nigerian policemen under the aegies of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (RPON) on Tuesday, stormed the National Assembly in Abuja to protest the non payment...
Alex Iwobi, a midfielder for the Super Eagles, said he has no regrets for selecting Nigeria over the Three Lions of England. In an interview with...
Media Vita In Morte Sumus (In the midst of life we are in death.) This is a Gregorian chant that I often recall whenever there is...
Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has called for a significant increase in judicial officials’ salaries. This request comes amid...
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ALHAJI Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria’s president will be one year in office next week. But the carnage he has wreaked on Nigeria- individuals, families and institutions-...
The decision of the Federal Government to budget the sum of N6 billion and N4 billion for the National Assembly car parks and recreational facilities respectively,...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has disclosed that it has raised N4.9 trillion out of the N7.3 trillion approved for Ways and Means securitisation. This is...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, continued its recovery against the dollar on Monday May 20, 2024 to trade at N1,468/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Labour issues two-week ultimatum to states defaulting on 30,000 minimum wage The organised labour,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday presented the first prosecution witness, PW1, Chibueze Chukwuma, a staff of Access Bank Plc, in the trial...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, adjourned the trial of Ismaila Mustapha, (a.k.a Mompha) till July 1, 2024...
MTNN, AirtelAfri, Julius Berger, and Custodian Insurance topped the list of stocks to watch in the new week. The Nigerian capital market closed lower for the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn its earlier circular directing banks to implement a controversial 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions. The apex bank’s...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Soludo sacks all Anambra LG Transition Committee Chairmen Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State...
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has ordered the immediate sacking of all the Transition Committee Chairmen in the 21 local government areas of the state....
The Nigerian Army says its troops have successfully rescued around 386 people including women and children, from the Sambisa Forest in Borno State 10 years after...
The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA), has demanded an immediate probe into the killing of a Nigerian citizen, Prince Muoka Ebuka, who was reportedly killed by...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike...
The Presidency has dismissed the rumoured merger of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and other opposition parties to form a mega force...
The North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) had decried the deplorable conditions of infrastructures in the region, while blaming the federal government for the neglecting the zone over...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. NEWS REVIEW: Atiku’s shift on zoning: A calculated move or genuine party loyalty? In...
Police operatives in Enugu have arrested three suspected armed robbers in the state. The operatives also recovered firearms and other items from the suspects. The spokesman...
A member of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Chief Celestine Ogba, has dumped the Labour Party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state....
The pan- Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere on Saturday decried the escalating insecurity in the country and renewed its call for state police as solution to the...
President of the Pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote has called for increased investments in the African continent to foster its rapid growth and...
A group of soldiers clashed with traders at Banex Market in Abuja on Saturday. The soldiers stormed the electronics and telecommunications gadgets market following an assault...
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation UDO KA have foiled an attempted kidnap of at Umuaka community in the Njaba local government area of Imo...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster, Hakeem Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)....
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Saturday urged state governors to prioritise human and capital development programmes to fast-track sustainable socio-economic development in the country. The Vice President...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismantled an illegal refinery with more than 100,000 litres of crude oil in Adobi settlement, Etche local...
The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, said on Saturday his administration has reduced banditry to about 70 percent in the last one year. The governor, who...
At least seven people were injured in an accident along the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. A Volvo truck carrying cows and two other vehicles were...
President Bola Tinubu has given his seal of approval to the appointment of 555 individuals to serve as Pro-Chancellors/Chairmen and members of the Governing Boards of...
In a recent interview with the BBC Hausa Service, former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, made a surprising declaration. He...
Governors from Nigeria’s North West region have appealed to the United Nations (UN) for assistance in tackling a number of issues including the security challenges plaguing...
