The Naira traded at N1,400.40 to a dollar at the official market on Friday. Data from the FMDQ Exchange revealed that the Naira gained N2.27, representing...
For the second time this month, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has adjusted the foreign exchange (FX) rate for import duties, this time, to N1,441/$1. This...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso has blamed the rising food inflation on the purchase of foodstuffs as palliatives by the...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has unbundled the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and ordered it to transfer all market and system operation functions to...
The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Keffi, Nasarawa State has sacked two of its staff over job racketeering. The hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Dr....
Justice Yusuf Ubale of the Kano State High Court on Friday granted restrained the Nigeria Police from arresting the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward officers behind...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market closed the trading week with a profit of N466 billion on Friday. This followed the growth in the share price...
The Borno State government has reaffirmed the ban on the use of motorcycles in the state over insecurity. The state government had in 2014 banned the...
The Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Friday adjourned till May 9 the consideration of an additional proof of evidence submitted by the Economic and...
Men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 40 suspects during raids on the hideouts of criminals in...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed eight members of a vigilante group and two others at Kakangi and Ungwan Matinja communities of Birnin Gwari local...
As the international community marks the World Press Freedom Day, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) have urged Nigerian authorities...
Fiery Nollywood actress Sola Sobowale has opened up about her experience with starting all over again in the United Kingdom as a caregiver. The seasoned actress,...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has issued a weather forecast predicting three days of cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms across the country. This forecast, released earlier...
A group of protesters under the auspices of the APC Loyalists Forum has taken their demand for accountability to the doorstep of the Economic and Financial...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has directed all law enforcement agencies, regulators, businesses and stakeholders to begin the full implementation and enforcement of...
In a significant development, Magnus Abe and Nyesom Wike, two prominent political figures in Rivers State, have put an end to their long-standing rift. Abe, the...
In a fiery interview on Arise Television Thursday, prominent Nigerian figure Edwin Clark launched a scathing attack on Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi...
The immediate past Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola is currently not a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), a former Commissioner for Local Government and...
A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday, adjourned the N100bn lawsuit filed by indigenes of Okuama community in Ughelli North Local Government...
Nigerian socialite and celebrity barman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has cautioned Nigerians to stay away from trouble especially when it has to...
In a bid to boost its revenue, the federal government has announced that plans are in the pipeline to review rates of mining licenses and other...
In a bid to rid the state of illegal settlements and makeshift shanties, officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) have discovered another settlement...
The naira reversed the gain it recorded on Tuesday to depreciate against the American Dollar at the end of trading on Thursday May 2, 2024 at...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Umahi denies ongoing road rehabilitation caused Rivers tanker explosion Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David...
A former Katsina State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shema ruled Katsina from 2007...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a fake doctor, Oladiti Saheed, over the death of a pregnant woman in Osun State. NSCDC...
The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Agency has arrested three senior officials of the state government for allegedly recommending illegal migrants to secure Nigerian citizenship....
The Lagos State Police Command has identified the police officer who shot dead one Toheeb Eniafe at a petrol station in the state. Eniafe was shot...
The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) on Thursday sealed six telecommunication masts across the state’s metropolis over outstanding taxes totalling N5.8 billion. The Secretary of...
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) has unveiled plans to produce 700,000 metric tonnes of refined sugar from locally grown sugarcane in the next four years, through...
The Federal Government has promised stringent measures for gas companies seeking gas distribution licences in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe...
Chowdeck, a Nigerian on-demand delivery service, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding to optimize operations and support expansion into more cities across the country. The...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market went home with N303 billion after the bourse resumed from the Workers Day holiday on Thursday. The Federal Government declared...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former Assistant Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Bridget Okafor before Justice Venchak .S. Gaba of...
Police operatives have arrested the suspected mastermind of the March 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack, Ibrahim Abdullahi aka Mandi. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed...
Police on Thursday arraigned one Afeez Aderibigbe at the Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for alleged membership of a confraternity. Aderibigbe was arraigned...
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Thursday troops operating in various theatres of operation killed 715 suspected terrorists and rescued 465 hostages in April. The Director of...
At least 10 people have been killed in the deadly storms that have lashed southern Brazil since Monday. The country’s civil defence agency said on Thursday...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has increased the maximum deposit insurance coverage levels across various banking sectors. For Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), the maximum deposit...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima.said on Thursday President Bola Tinubu’s administration would not blame former President Muhammadu Buhari’ government for the current challenges. Shettima, who spoke during the...
The Nigerian military high command, on Thursday, said it had concluded its investigations into the bombing of innocent citizens in Tudun Biri village of Igabi LGA...
A Nigerian court has adjourned the legal proceedings against cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives on charges of tax evasion and money laundering. The...
The popular Ile-Epo Market located at Abule-Egba in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State, was on Thursday, set ablaze as violence erupted between Yoruba and...
The University of Abuja branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has embarked on an indefinite strike to draw attention to developments bordering the...
A man in Anambra State, Nigeria, has been arrested for allegedly marrying off his underage daughter, according to local authorities. The suspect, identified as Uzochukwu Okoli,...
Africa’s best ranked player Omar Assar of Egypt and Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna will lead the African contingent to the $2m prize money Saudi Smash taking place...
Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has refuted claims in some quarters that the ongoing rehabilitation of the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers...
Death toll in the devaststing floods that have ravaged parts of Kenya since last week have risen to 188 while at least 165,000 people have been...
Nigerian comedian and content creator Adebowale Debo Adedayo, aka Mr. Macaroni, has revealed why he is still single despite his understanding of the need for companionship....
