A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, last week dismissed claims that the 2023 presidential election was rigged by the...
The trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman continued on Wednesday, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho with the...
Nigeria stands at a turning point, facing significant fiscal hurdles while pursuing ambitious economic objectives. To address these challenges, the government has leaned on external financial...
The chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele has stated that the country’s current fiscal system inhibits growth. This is...
This investigation by PATRICK EGWU is the second part of a year-long investigative series on climate change disinformation and corruption produced as part of the Bertha...
Residents of three communities in Zungur ward in Bauchi LGA of Bauchi State have appealed to the Member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of...
The naira slumped slightly against the dollar at the official foreign exchange window on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. According to data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Senate session in disarray over Tax Reform Bill The Senate’s plenary today was marked...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, will present the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N391 billion to the State House of Assembly on Thursday. Nwifuru disclosed this...
Magistrates in Cross River State on Wednesday began a three-day warning strike over alleged poor welfare and other conditions of service. The Chairman of the Magistrates...
Police operatives in Anambra have rescued two kidnapped persons and arrested four suspects in connection with the incident in Idemili South local government area of the...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, on Wednesday explained why he suspended the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Moses Ekuma, for three months. The governor had...
The Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Sule Abdulaziz, said on Tuesday the Federal Government has spent about N8.8 billion to repair vandalized transmission...
The Benue State House of Assembly on Wednesday summoned the Commissioner for Finance over the frozen accounts of the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Jami’u Abiola as his Senior Special Assistant on Linguistics and Foreign Matters. The Director of Information and...
The Senate on Wednesday screened the acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, behind closed doors. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Abdulaziz...
Police on Wednesday arraigned three men at the Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court 1 in Kogi State for alleged illegal tax collection. The defendants – Kingsley Dan’sebe,...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared Sylvester Ezeokenwa as the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The apex court delivered the judgement in...
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested one of the world’s most wanted terrorists in Wales after more than 20 years on the...
Gunmen on Tuesday abducted three persons at the Innoson showroom in Anambra State. The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident...
Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday fixed December 10 for ruling in the bail application filed by former Kogi State governor,...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N208 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed the dip in the share prices of stocks...
The Senate’s plenary today was marked by a shouting match over the controversial Tax Reform Bill, which came up, unexpectedly, for debate despite not being listed...
More than half of Nigeria’s population is not connected to the national grid, even as a report from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, issued comprehensive guidelines for the operations of the interbank foreign exchange (FX) trading system via the Electronic Foreign...
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and wife of later Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has promised to do everything possible to...
The naira recovered against the dollar at the official foreign exchange window on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, in defiance of the interest rate hike announced by...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. EFCC arrests former Kogi gov, Yahaya Bello Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday removed the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Umar Danladi. This followed the adoption of a motion moved...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday night congratulated the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on the successful revitalisation of the Port Harcourt Refinery. The refinery commenced...
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed the suit seeking to restrain the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting the...
President Bola Tinubu has nominated three new members to fill the vacancies on the board of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The Special Adviser on...
The Delta State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2025 appropriation bill of N979.2 billion. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of a...
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, on Tuesday, presented the 2025 budget proposal of N955 billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. The...
The Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday handed over 21 exotic cars worth over N1.8 billion to the Canadian government. The Comptroller General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi,...
The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, on Tuesday, told Nigerians to expect lower fuel prices following the resumption...
The Delta State police command on Tuesday confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state. The command’s spokesman, Bright Edafe, said in a statement...
The Kaduna State government on Tuesday sealed four banks and other business premises in the state over a “Land Use Charge debt” of N1.7 billion It...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the Labour Force Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. It described the unemployment figure...
The Nigerian equities market closed positively on the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, as investors gained N8bn. This...
President Bola Tinubu will begin a state visit to France on Wednesday. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this...
The United States President-elect, Donald Trump, said on Monday he would impose high import tariffs on all goods from Mexico and Canada as well as additional...
Two Nigerian fraudsters identified as Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, have been sentenced to a combined 30 years in prison for defrauding American citizens of $3.5...
The Appeal Court, Abuja, on Tuesday fixed April 9, 2025, for hearing of an appeal filed by the Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited against Malabu Oil and...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have finally arrested former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello over alleged misappropriation of funds months after he...
The monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the monetary policy rate (MPR), which benchmarks interest rates in the country...
A former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has urged Nigeria to deploy innovation to enable...
After series of missed deadlines, Nigerian owned Port Harcourt Refinery has commenced processing of crude oil. The spokesperson of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL)...
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THERE are too many things wrong with the regime of Nigeria’s president, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu. For 18 months since the advent of the administration, it...
“I hear that the National Assembly has approved the external borrowing of a $2.2 billion for the Tinubu administration to address the fiscal deficit in the...
