Axmed, a B2B marketplace platform with its headquarters located in Switzerland, announced on Wednesday that it has closed a $2 million initial financing round. The move...
The House of Representatives has resolved that its Committees on Procurement and Works should summon the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, the Minister of Finance, Wale...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Thursday, granted former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and two others bail in the sum of N100 million each....
Lagos State has failed to maximize the gains of its status as an oil producing state if figures of the 13% oil derivation fund accruable to...
Going by directives from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) based on the cybersecurity levy, for PoS operators to register their agents, merchants, and individuals, it...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, continued its depreciation on Wednesday May 8, 2024 to further slump to N1,421/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Crisis festers as pro-Fubara lawmakers elect factional speaker for Rivers Assembly The lawmaker representing...
The lawmaker representing Bonny State Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Victor Oko Jumbo, on Wednesday emerged as the new speaker of the Assembly....
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has threatened a shutdown of the country’s economy over the planned implementation of the 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy on...
The Naira traded for N1,421.06 to the dollar at the official market on Wednesday. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, which oversees...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N2.5 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed the dip in the share value of PZ,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom State. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale,...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly vandalising the Third Mainland Bridge in the state. The incident occurred 34 days after the...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday killed an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) identified as Mike Ode in the Shaapera...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday criticized the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the latest move to impeach the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked security chiefs to launch special joint task force operations to flush out criminals in Shiroro, Rafi, and Munya local...
The police operatives in Kano have arrested 17 suspected forex hawkers for an alleged illegal Bureau de Change (BDC) operation in the Wapa area of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) will arraign the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and three others for alleged N2. 7 billion fraud...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, said on Wednesday the bid round for the 17 oil blocs in the country are for...
The death toll from the devastating floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Kenya since March has risen to 238. The government spokesman, Isaac Mwaura,...
The Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating the performance of the Public-Private Partnership Programme (PPP) and concessions has summoned the Minister of Health and...
The Rivers State chapter of the Association of Local Government Areas of Nigeria (ALGON) alleged on Wednesday that the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara was witholding its...
Former spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Council in the 2023 presidential election, Daniel Bwala, has joined those attacking the presidential candidate of the Labour Party...
Officials of the Lagos State government on Wednesday, commenced enforcement of the demolition of illegal shanties and their occupants inside the Ikoyi Towers in the highbrow...
Corporate taxes and royalties’ remitted by Shell Nigeria declined by $27m in 2023. This is according to figures announced by the company in its published 2023...
Fresh opposition has trailed the imposition of cybersecurity levy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP in...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Abuja after spending two weeks abroad and after Nigerians were beginning to agitate over his whereabouts. Tinubu returned to...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, reversed the gains recorded on Monday, May 6, 2024 to crash to N1, 416/$1 on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 data from...
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the Africa Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has given reasons why a Nigerian journalist, Daniel Ojukwu, a reporter...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. APC directs members in Rivers Assembly to resume impeachment proceedings against Fubara The All...
The South-West security network, the Amotekun Corps, has arrested two men for allegedly burglary in the state. The Amotekun Commander in the state, Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi...
The Senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim, has resolved to challenge the outcome of the April 24 primary that produced Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the All...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on Tuesday charged its members in the House of Assembly to resume impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the 0.5 (0.005) percent Cybersecurity Levy on electronic transfers introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed a notorious commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) identified as Tochukwu alias Ojoto and two others in...
The Senate has resolved to investigate factors impeding the completion of the Abuja Centenary City project after 10 years. This followed the adoption of a motion...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits in the early hours of Tuesday kidnapped the manager of TAJ Bank in Zamfara State, Mansur Kaura. Eyewitnesses told journalists the...
President Bola Tinubu will return to Nigeria after a 15-day trip abroad on Wednesday. The president and his aides left the country for the Netherlands on...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N268 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday. This followed the decline in the share prices of Unity...
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has tendered an unreserved apology for the altercation and rowdiness that arose during the plenary...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 531 results of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). This brought the total number...
Russian President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for his fifth term in Moscow on Tuesday. Putin was sworn in two months after he was re-elected in...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called for a truce between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the management of the University of Abuja...
As Nigerians continue to groan under excruciating fuel scarcity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has said panic buying is responsible for the situation. The...
A man identified as Akpoveta School, has reportedly killed his ‘Sugar Mummy’, Glory Akpaku, following a disagreement over N100,000. The Delta State Police Command spokesman, Bright...
Following the detention of two executives of crypto platform, Binance, by the Nigerian government, Richard Teng, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the platform has raised...
In a bid to protect the businesses of Fintech’s customers and strengthening the economy, the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a July 7, 2024...
Former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has again, taken his personal war against presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, to yet...
YES, he is. A bonafide Igbo for that matter. After all, he was a two term governor of Ebonyi, one of the five states in the...
It is always very embarrassing to read stories of Nigerians who go abroad to give the county a bad name. Nigeria became known as a country...