Members of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw the circular directing financial institutions to commence implementation of...
Political economist, Professor Pat Utomi, has said that the political system in the country has failed and that the current parties cannot deliver the new Nigeria...
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....
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....
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) will arraign the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and three others for alleged N2. 7 billion fraud...
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...
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...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, alleged yesterday that the upper legislative chamber was poorly renovated. Recall that the National Assembly had undergone...
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...
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 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....
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 Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a warning to the Federal Government to reverse the 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy imposed by the...
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, last week alleged that the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, withdrew $720,000 from...
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under Nuhu Ribadu is set to rake in about N415bn monthly from the 0.5% cybersecurity levy on all...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, rebounded on Monday, May 6, 2024 to trade at N1,354.21/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) has shown....
Following the enactment of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) (amendment) Act 2024 the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered deposit money banks in the country...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. State Police: Lagos Assembly faults IGP Egbetokun’s position, says it’s unacceptable The Lagos State...
By: Babajide Okeowo Investors in the Nigerian equities market started the trading week with a loss of N499bn. This follows the tumble in the share prices...
The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, condemned the position of the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun on establishment of state police, saying he did...
The Edo State House of Assembly was plunged into crisis on Monday following the suspension of three lawmakers by the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku. The suspended members,...
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has reduced the electricity tariff payable by its Band A customers to N206.80 per kilowatt-hour. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission...
Investors in the Nigerian capital market are currently experiencing a boom after a run of bearish sentiment. At the end of trading on Friday May 3,...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Atiku links Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to Tinubu, Chagoury business relationship A former Vice President...
A former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has linked the expedited execution of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dissociate itself from a report circulating in sections of the media claiming it has released a full list...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike...
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has once again, attacked the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. LP guber candidate, Akpata, ‘attacks’ Edo Gov Obaseki over selective swearing-in of judges The...
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has launched a scathing attack on Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki for the delayed...
CLAIM: Imo State has the second-highest Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) after Lagos. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT An X user, @Chuc_kki recently claimed that Imo State has...
In a vote of confidence for recent economic policies, global rating agency Fitch has revised Nigeria’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) outlook to “Positive” from...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. SERAP, NGE urge Nigerian govt, govs to ‘stop using repressive laws to target journalists,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The raging controversies surrounding the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is yet to abate, especially the strong criticisms of the project by the candidate of the Labour Party...
CLAIM: A Lagos judge, Dr Ishola Adeyemi irecently dissolved a marriage and married the woman afterwards. VERDICT: Old Video FULL TEXT A video has gone viral...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Umahi accuses Obi of inciting Igbos, uninformed people against Tinubu’s govt Minister of Works,...