Last week, President Bola Tinubu suspended the controversial 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic banking transactions. One other story from the seat of power, Aso Rock villa,...
MTNN, AirtelAfri, Julius Berger, and Custodian Insurance topped the list of stocks to watch in the new week. The Nigerian capital market closed lower for the...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Soludo sacks all Anambra LG Transition Committee Chairmen Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State...
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has ordered the immediate sacking of all the Transition Committee Chairmen in the 21 local government areas of the state....
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s 36 governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike...
The Presidency has dismissed the rumoured merger of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and other opposition parties to form a mega force...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. NEWS REVIEW: Atiku’s shift on zoning: A calculated move or genuine party loyalty? In...
The pan- Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere on Saturday decried the escalating insecurity in the country and renewed its call for state police as solution to the...
In a recent interview with the BBC Hausa Service, former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, made a surprising declaration. He...
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, last week blamed the current wave of banditry and terrorism on the country’s neglect of education. The same...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, recovered slightly against the dollar on Friday May 17, 2024 to trade at N1, 497/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Mass Weddings: Women Affairs Minister withdraws suit against Niger Speaker Minister of Women Affairs,...
Investors in the Nigerian stock market lost N17 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This followed the dip in the value of Transcorp Hotel,...
Nigeria’s pension funds are intended for strategic investments, not to directly finance infrastructure projects, according to Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of...
The quest by Nigeria to have state police received a boost on Thursday when the Speakers of the Houses of Assembly across 36 states in the...
The Nigerian currency, the naira slumped again against the dollar on Thursday May 16, 2024 to trade at N1,533/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. C’River assembly to probe ‘frivolous loans, ghost industries’ of Ayade’s govt The Cross River...
In a move aimed at speeding up the justice delivery process, the Nigerian House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed a bill that would increase the number...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, issued a veiled warning to his political opponents. According to him, the political crisis in the state was meant...
The three tiers of government on Thursday shared the sum of N1.1 trillion as revenue allocation for April. The Director of Press and Public Relations in...
The Cross River State House of Assembly has vowed to probe the immediate past administration of the former state governor, Ben Ayade. The Speaker of the...
Emirates Airline has disclosed that it will resume services to Nigeria from October 1, 2024, operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai. This development was...
A compilation of data gathered on the 2024 budget for various states in Nigeria has shown that N840.1 billion has been approved as expenditure for 35...
The Nigerian currency, the naira reversed the recent depreciation against the dollar on Wednesday May 15, 2024 to trade at N1, 459/$1 data from the Nigerian...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Emefiele arraigned, pleads not guilty to printing N684m notes with N18.96bn Godwin Emefiele, the...
The Nigerian equities market recorded third consecutive losses this week as investors dropped N73 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed the dip...
The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that in April 2024, the headline inflation rate increased by 0.49% points to 33.69% from 33.20% in March...
Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pleaded not guilty to the allegation of approving the printing of N684.5...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) after a marathon meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday unveiled 21 major policy initiatives. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on...
Reno Omokri, the former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has dropped another clanger on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election,...
The Nigerian currency, the naira continued its slump against the dollar on Tuesday May 14, 2024 to trade at N1,520/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. EFCC files fresh charges against Emefiele over printing of Naira notes The Economic and...
The trading losses continued for the second day running as investors lost N132 billion at the end of trading on Tuesday. This followed the dip in...
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the implementation of the 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy after criticism trailed the announcement. The Minister of information, Mohammed Idris, confirmed this...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh charges against the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over an...
In an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero on Tuesday emphasized the distinction between the Labour Party...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to implement a performance-based salary scheme for civil servants. This new system, targeted for launch in 2025, aims...
There is no respite yet for the Nigerian currency, the naira as it continued its depreciation against the dollar on Monday May 13, 2024 to trade...
Former Niger Delta militant and founder of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples’ Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has weighed in on the current political crisis rocking...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu orders MDAs to buy only CNG vehicles President Bola Tinubu on Monday issued...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday issued a directive to all government ministries, departments and agencies to end the purchase of petrol-powered vehicles and go for compressed natural...
By: Babajide Okeowo Another trading week began on Monday May 13, 2024 with investors incurring a loss of N296bn. This follows a dip in the value...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday, visited visited former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki...
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Monday, reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party and its governorship...
KPMG Nigeria has become the latest high-profile organization to kick against the recently introduced cybersecurity levy imposed by the Federal Government. The global Audit, Tax and...
A political firestorm has erupted in Rivers State following allegations by Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to Governor Similaye Fubara, that he was offered money...
After a temporary reprieve, the bears returned to the equities market last week as investors lost N761.40 billion. It would be recalled that the market tumbled...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. LP alleges Enugu govt awarded N100b contract to 4-day-old company The Enugu State chapter...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, said the country is not difficult to govern despite its complexities. He declared that governance is easy when leaders are...
The Enugu State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has alleged that the Enugu State Government awarded a contract worth N100 billion to a 4-day-old company....