The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide notice to Nigerians before altering...
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested a Director of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, Mr. James Nolan, in Italy. Nolan, an Irish national,...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has threatened to prosecute skits or filmmakers using its uniform or affiliated colour, kits and accoutrements without approval. The...
President Bola Tinubu has directed heads of security agencies to work with state governors and go after those hoarding food items in the country. The president,...
The Nigerian capital market investors went home with N329 billion at the close of trading on Thursday. This followed the rise in the market capitalization to...
The House of Representatives has resolved to review the amount to be paid by prospective pilgrims for the 2024 Hajj. This followed the adoption of a...
President Bola Tinubu has retained Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC). He also named...
President Bola Tinubu and and State Governors have reportedly agreed for the establishment of state police in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation,...
Ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) slated for February 26-27, 2024, fresh data from the National Bureau...
The United Kingdom slipped into a technical recession in the second half of last year after its economy registered two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth,...
Amid the uproar that greeted the recent relocation of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) headquarters and some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria...
An aviation attorney, Robert Clifford has expressed regrets that the helicopter crash that killed the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings plc, Herbert Wigwe and five...
The Federal Government has stopped the trial of media owner, and activist, Omoyele Sowore and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare (also known as Mandate). The decision to...
After a day of recovery, the Nigerian currency, the naira, depreciated on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 to N1,503.38/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Labour Party suspends national treasurer for six months The Labour Party has suspended its...
Police operatives in Oyo have arrested five suspected killers of a 68-year-old retired Permanent Secretary in the state’s civil service, Mrs. Olaitan Gbenle. Gbenle was killed...
The House of Representatives has demanded a ban on the production, importation, distribution, and use of styrofoam and single-use plastics throughout Nigeria. This followed the adoption...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Wednesday the Red Line mass railway system would be inaugurated on February 29 to further ease transportation in...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Wednesday charged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the insecurity rocking the country. The NBA president,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of 14 students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State. The...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has placed a N20 million bounty on two suspected criminals terrorising residents of the territory. Wike...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market made N979 billion following strong performances by Airtel Africa, Unity Bank, and other entities during trading on Wednesday. This followed...
Hoodlums on Wednesday disrupted the rerun election for Enugu South 1 State Constituency. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed the development in a short notice...
At least 60 members of the House of Representatives have initiated moves to return Nigeria to a parliamentary system by 2031. The spokesperson for the group,...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday closed its case against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Police Service Commission (PSC), and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to consider the integration of members of...
The Labour Party has suspended its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, for six months. Opara had on Monday challenged the LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, to account...
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operative, Abubakar Madaki, on Wednesday told the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court that Sagir, a son of former...
The Senate on Wednesday constituted the 1999 Constitution Amendment Committee. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the composition of the committee at the plenary in Abuja....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the exchange rate for Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) import duty rate at the nation’s seaports. The rate was...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven under the Hakorin Damisa IV, have busted an illegal gun manufacturing factory in Mangu local government area of Plateau State and...
Nigerians have been told they would have to pay more for beers as Nigerian Breweries Plc has issued a new price review notification to all its...
Students at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) are reeling after an alleged raid by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on...
A human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has tasked the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), to henceforth, publish details of monthly allocations to...
The Federal Government has retracted an earlier statement on the legal aspect of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership signed with the United Kingdom on Tuesday....
Shops with goods have been gutted by fire as a gas tanker caught fire along the Agbado Road in the Toyin area of Ifako Ijaiye Local...
Technology driven start-ups in financial services, agriculture, health, education, manufacturing, logistics & e-mobility, e-commerce & marketplaces, renewables & power, and climate will jostle for the second...
The FCT Administration (FCTA), on Tuesday, warned that over 9,671 title owners who failed to pay their ground rent in 2023 are at the risk of...
Despite a budgetary benchmark of 1.7 million bpd crude oil production, Nigeria, for the month of January 2024 produced 1.43 million barrels per day signalling a...
Ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) slated for February 26-27, 2024, leading investment banking firm, Comercio Partners...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, appreciated slightly on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 to close at N1499.07/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) window...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Presidency asks Interpol to arrest CBN staff, two others for alleged $6.2m fraud The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) on Tuesday charged President Bola Tinubu to address the current economic hardship in the country. The BoT...
Police on Tuesday arraigned the former spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Chika Nwoba, at the state’s Magistrate’s Court in Abakaliki for...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has arrested an impersonator who uses the brand to defraud members of the public. The agency spokesman, Adebayo Taofiq,...
The Presidency has requested the Interpol National Central Bureau to place a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) staff and two others on its Red Notice. This...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a middle-aged woman, Cynthia Aigbondon, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour to death in the state. The spokesman for the state...
The Ondo State government has postponed the election into the 18 local government areas and 33 local council development authorities (LCDAs) in the state till July...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to suspend the recruitment of judges into the 12 vacant positions...
At least five persons died and 12 others were injured in an auto crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. The spokesperson for the Federal Road...