Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Tuesday inaugurated two judicial commissions of inquiry to investigate the administration of his predecessor, Samuel Ortom. While inaugurating the commissions...
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised interest rates, from 18.75 percent to 22.75 percent. The MPC made the disclosure...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force seem to have turned a new leaf following a viral video clip on Tuesday showing men of Lagos Police Command,...
In a move to stabilize the naira and narrow the gap between the official and unofficial foreign exchange rates The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has...
At 1:30 AM, Funmilayo Alaba [name changed for security reason] woke up suddenly because she felt a strong pain in her belly. She woke her husband...
On Monday, the 26th of April, 2024, the President of the Nigerian Senate was forced to, once again, eat his words and apologise for saying the...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, led protesters to the National Assembly complex on Tuesday, voicing their grievances regarding the high cost...
In a development that belies the much-vaunted US-Nigeria economic relationship, fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics has shown that capital importation from Joe Biden’s...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) produced two governorship candidates in last week’s governorship primary in Edo State. The same week, the former Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah...
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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC] said ahead of last years election that he will shrink the nationa economy, extort Nigerians through taxation...
“Hunger is the cry of a god and two gods do the humans worship – the head and the stomach …We know the body will survive...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has warned that the worsening foreign exchange crisis in the economy may force many factories to shut down their operations....
Speakers of state Houses of Assembly in the South-West have advocated for the immediate creation of state police and devolution of powers to address the hydra-headed...
Unemployed Nigerian youths may have something to cheer as the Federal Government, on Monday, said it would extend its social security payments net to graduates with...
The Federal Ministry of Works has said that the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed totally for 24 hours between 12 noon on Wednesday and 12...
Investments in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector in 2023 declined by a whopping $322m to $134m from $456.8m in the corresponding year, fresh Nigerian Capital Importation 2023 data...
The naira recovered on the first trading of the week on Monday, February 26, 2024 as the local currency appreciated to ₦1582.94/$1 data from the Nigerian...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Hardship: Protest goes on as Nigerian govt, labour meeting ends in deadlock A last-minute...
A last-minute meeting between the Federal Government and organized labour to stave off the planned protest against the current economic hardship in the country ended in...
The former Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said on Monday the current economic hardship in the country did not start with President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade, has met with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state ahead of the...
Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday, adjourned the trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 51 suspected illegal miners and three telecommunication mast vandals in Abuja. The NSCDC Commandant in the...
Police operatives in Taraba have rescued 40 kidnapped persons in the Yorro local government area of the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. David Iloyanomon,...
A former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has debunked rumours of his planned exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to another political party. He...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended the sale of seized food items over a stampede that claimed the lives of seven people at its Old...
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed sadness at the death of some Nigerians buying rice at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) office in...
Investors at the Nigerian equities lost N51 billion at the close of trading on Monday. This followed the crash in the market capitalization to N55.81 trillion...
The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2023 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) for external candidates. The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof....
The Zamfara State House of Assembly on Monday suspended eight members for misconduct. The House spokesman, Bello Kurya, disclosed this in a statement in Gusau. He...
The Lagos State police command has dismissed rumours about the closure of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) secretariat in the Yaba area of the state. The...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report on civil service reform. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris,...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, on Monday, adjourned the hearing in the preliminary objection filed by a former Minister of Power and Steel,...
As Nigerians continue to grapple with rising cost of living, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has charged the Federal Government to commence the immediate importation of...
The escalating cost of living in Nigeria has become a flashpoint, with the planned nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) facing contrasting messages from...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market endured another topsy-turvy trading week last week characterized by three days of bears and two days of bull with the...
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to peg the customs duty exchange rate at N1000\$1...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General Election, Peter Obi, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu and government agencies against the clamp down...
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote; the Chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu; ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Governor of Anambra State Chukwuma...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Rivers APC chairman accuses Fubara of breaching peace deal Chairman of the All Progressives...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week —from the capital market to the...
A group of women in Plateau State under the auspices of the “Voice of Women in Nigerian Leadership Initiative,” on Saturday, took to major streets of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Presidency, the Federal Judicial Commission, and other Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, to submit their anti-corruption strategies,...
The Benue State government has ordered three local government council caretaker chairmen who were sacked over allegations of gross misconduct and embezzlement of council revenues to...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, Mali, Guinea The Economic Community of West African States...
The Cross River State has warned about a possible outbreak of viral haemorrhagic fever in old Ndebeji, Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. Viral haemorrhagic...
The Presidency on Saturday dismissed insinuations that Qatari authorities had stopped the scheduled state visit by President Bola Tinubu to the Gulf State. The presidency was...
The Oyo State government has shut down an illegal mining factory in Idi-Ayunre, Oluyole Local Government Area of the state. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this in...
