At least eight people died and two were declared missing following a shipwreck in Mozambique’s Caia District on Monday. Reports said on Tuesday the canoe-type boat...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) to...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 12 suspected bandits and destroyed their camp in Maru local government area of Zamfara State. The Army Director of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, closed its defence in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka,...
Ahead of his arraignment at the Kano State High Court on Wednesday, April 17, the state Anti-corruption and Public Complaints Commission has filed fresh charges against...
The federal government of Nigeria appears to have bowed to pressure from domestic crude oil refiners like Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant and other modular refinery...
The Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has issued a new directive that oil producers in the country must sell crude to domestic refineries before attending to...
The Edo State House of Assembly last week impeached the Edo State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, for alleged gross misconduct. The same week, the Kano State...
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THE intention may have been noble when the former President, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo sowed the seed of the Lagos – Calabar Coastal Highway in 2006. For...
Wema Bank, a Nigerian tier-2 bank that holds ₦1.8 trillion in customers’ deposits has suffered a loss of ₦685 million to fraud and forgery cases in...
On Saturday, April 13, a group of 18 masked persons dressed in army camouflage, armed with rifles, charms and Oodua Nation flags attempted to take over...
The naira maintained its steady gain on Monday April 15, 2024 at both official and parallel windows as the domestic currency traded at N1,136/$1, data from...
The poor run of the Nigerian equities market continued on Monday April 15, 2024 as investors lost N303bn at the close of trading. This followed the...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Kano APC suspends Ganduje The All Progressives Congress (APC) executive committee in the Ganduje...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle has challenged political appointees from the north to give total support to President Bola Tinubu. Matawalle’s call came...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) executive committee in the Ganduje Ward of Dawakin Tofa local government area of Kano State, has suspended the party’s National Chairman,...
The Rivers State Governor, Similaye Fubara, has ignited further controversy with a statement praising former governor Peter Odili. The governor, who spoke at Ndoni Town, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has described last weekend’s invasion of the Oyo State House of Assembly...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday the country’s inflation rate increased to 33.2% in March. The agency disclosed this in it’s consumer price...
Many homes across Nigeria have been thrown into darkness after the nation’s national grid suffered another collapse. The latest incident was the second in just one...
A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), North-West, Salihu Lukman, has decried what he termed as the rampant imposition of candidates...
Members of the National Assembly elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform in Benue State have dismissed rumours of factions in the state chapter of...
Tensions rose in Edo State capital on Sunday following the decision of the state government to demolish the security post at the private residence of recently...
Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the Federal Government does not rescind the recently...
The global investment bank, Goldman Sachs has projected that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will reach $13.1 trillion by 2075. Nigeria’s GDP currently stands at $472.62...
As banks in Nigeria race to meet the recapitalization demands spelt out by the Central Bank of Nigeria, four of the tier-one banks in the country...
With two losses in the two trading sessions of last week, investors in the Nigerian equities market endured another torrid week as they lost N632.9 billion...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have tabled a fresh N615,000 as the new minimum wage for workers to cope with the...
Oil and gas analysts were on Sunday unanimous in their projection that the global price of crude oil will rise further on Monday, above the $90...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Humanitarian Affairs Ministry: EFCC recovers N32.7bn, $445,000, denies clearing anyone The Economic and Financial...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2 million counterfeit cash owned by three suspects: including a 24...
As Nigeria marks the 10th year commemoration of the abduction of 276 female students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, a community in Borno State,...
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has lambasted apex northern socio-political group, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), following their statement that they regretted voting for...
Lagos, the economic heartbeat of Nigeria, pulsates with opportunities for investors seeking vibrant markets and dynamic growth prospects. As Africa’s largest city by population and one...
The House of Representatives member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State, Obinna Aguocha, has urged President Bola Tinubu to utilise his office to...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct appropriate ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to provide copies of the loan agreements...
The Federal Government says despite the recent increase in electricity tariffs, around 85 per cent of Nigerians still enjoy electricity subsidy across the country. Minister of...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. New automated system sees govt revenue from MDAs surge by massive 442% Nigeria’s government-owned...
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday assured Nigerians that his administration would continue to promote Open and Distance Learning (ODL) to improve access to higher education in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared the 16 governorship aspirants in Ondo State. The seven-man screening committee led by Senator Joshua Lidani gave all the...
A 25-year-old suspected cultist died on Friday in the Ajegunle part of Lagos State. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident...
A senator representing Edo South, Matthew Uroghide, on Saturday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uroghide was formally accepted to...
Gunmen on Friday attacked an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Benue State, Mr. Terwase Orbunde, and abducted his wife and house help. The spokesperson...
Police operatives in Oyo State have arrested 20 suspected Yoruba nation agitators over Saturday’s alleged invasion of the State Government Secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan. A group...
Gunmen on Friday night killed 10 persons in two communities of Plateau State. The hoodlums also set ablaze houses and injured several persons in the attacks...
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Funsho Adegboye, has ordered an orderly room trial of a police constable identified as Prince Chima for allegedly threatening...
Two people died and 13 others were injured in an accident along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode expressway in Ogun State on Saturday. The spokesperson for the Federal...
Police operatives on Saturday arrested two suspected Yoruba Nation agitators over their alleged role in the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan....
Nigeria’s oil exports are facing a significant hurdle as a decline in European demand creates a buyer’s market. This development comes at a time the nation...
Nigeria’s government-owned enterprises, ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) witnessed a significant boost in revenue collection, remitting a staggering N835.7 billion to the federal government in February...
