Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell to 2.74% in 2023, a slight deceleration from the 3.10% growth rate experienced in 2022, fresh data by the National...
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has denied procuring 800 tractors with the palliative funds from the Federal Government. Soludo made the denial in reaction to...
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has won a factional primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Shaibu won the...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a 25 per cent slash in transport fares for government-owned transport schemes. Sanwo-Olu, who made this announcement during...
The Nigerian military has warned those who calling for a coup d’etat in the country to desist from such as it would not hesitate to deal...
Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and half years in prison after he was found guilty of rape in Spain. Alves was...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Instagram expands marketplace to connect eight countries Instagram has...
Global bookmaker 1xBet presents the participants in the League Cup final and offers to bet on the Chelsea v Liverpool match, which will occur on February...
The deputy governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State in the 2023 elections, Islamiyat Oyefusi, has resigned her membership of the party. Oyefusi...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ola Olukoyede, has frowned at sharp practices, compromises, and unethical practices in the banking sector....
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said the four months withheld salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been paid in full...
The Special Adviser on Information & Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the...
In response to ongoing power outages across Nigeria, Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu has expressed optimism for a swift resolution to the gas supply dispute and a...
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard for accountability, says it is not...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has promised to intervene in the faceoff between the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration...
The naira, Wednesday, February 21, 2024 recovered slightly as the local currency appreciated to N1542.58/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) window where...
The embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has been released on bail by the police. Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin,...
I have thought long and hard about just the right solution to the downward spiral of the Naira, and confidently believe I have come up with...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Emefiele threatens Akpabio over alleged defamation, demands apology, N25bn Embattled former Governor of the...
A former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, said on Wednesday that President Bola Tinubu did not support the zoning of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
The Senate has resolved to investigate the sudden increase in the price of cement by its producers in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a point...
At least one person died when a passenger ferry collided with a submerged shoreline concrete in Lagos State on Wednesday. The spokesperson for the Lagos State...
The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution will complete the process in 24 months. The Chairman of the Committee, Barau Jibrin, said this...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Gaga as the Executive Director of the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank. The Special Adviser on Media...
he Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday vowed to go ahead with the planned nationwide protest on the current economic hardship in the country. This followed...
The All Progressives Congress National Working Committee (APC) has removed the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as Chairman of the Governorship Elections Committee in Edo State....
The Federal Government has resolved to re-launch the direct cash transfers to 12 million households to address the current economic hardship in the country. The Minister...
The European Union has removed four countries from its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. The countries are – Bahamas, Belize, Seychelles, Turks and Caicos Islands. The...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested two suspected kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a...
The Nigerian equities market rebounded from two consecutive losses on Wednesday as investors made N165 billion at the end of the day’s trading. This followed the...
President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Musa Gusau has charged Nigerian referees to make conscious, deliberate efforts to change the running narratives of sheer incompetence....
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Kemi Nandap as the new Comptroller–General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Nandap will replace Mrs. Caroline Adepoju,...
The police on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of the Labour Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Abure was arrested by police in Edo State on Wednesday morning,...
A former head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd), on Wednesday urged Nigerians to give President Bola Tinubu’s administration more time to resolve the country’s various...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspect who claimed to be a pilot for alleged N1.02 billion fraud in Kaduna State. The...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Kelechi Ohiri as the Director-General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). This followed the adoption of the report of...
Police operatives on Wednesday arrested the Labour Party National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Edo State. Abure was arrested 48 hours before the party’s governorship primary in...
Popular Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham has taken to social media to respond to trolls who are criticisng her for supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The mother...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. IBM launches LinuxONE for SME market IBM has introduced...
In the face of the economic hardship experienced by many Nigerians, the Nigerian Senate has warned the Federal Government to desist from hiking electricity tariff under...
The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has clarified that its demands from the Federal Government will not lead to an increase in petrol prices....
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, has sentenced a pastor, Adewale Adelu, and five others to death by hanging after they were found guilty...
Police operatives in Adamawa State in collaboration with Hunters in Gombi Local Government Area (LGA), have arrested three suspected kidnappers, and rescued a 16-year-old female victim....
The Abia State government via the Department of Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment and Urban Renewal on Wednesday registered its concern over the recent...
President Macky Sall of Senegal has been accused of “ill will” by fifteen candidates in the country’s delayed presidential election. The candidates also noted that they...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again, for the umpteenth time, increased the rate for Customs duty exchange to N1,605.82/$1. This development is coming less...
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday, issued a public statement urging organized labor unions to reconsider their planned nationwide protest scheduled for February 27th...
Nigeria imported 11.94 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, during the first half of 2023, fresh data from the National Bureau...
Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has threatened to sue Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for allegedly making what he calls...
In a bid to make food available and fight against the rising cost of foodstuffs in the country, the Federal Government has finalised plans to release...
