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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for an urgent enactment of a law to help checkmate organ harvesting and trafficking in the country. Obasanjo, according to a...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared its governorship primary election held in Edo State on Saturday as inconclusive following conflicting results with three different candidates...
The naira, Tuesday, February 20, 2024 recovered slightly as the local currency slumped to N1,551.24/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) window where...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Minister accuses cement makers of taking advantage of rise in dollar to inflate price...
For the second consecutive day, investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N729 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday. This followed the crash in...
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has accused cement manufacturers in the country of taking advantage of the rise in dollar against the naira...
Nigeria moved another inch closer to having state police on Tuesday, as the House of Representatives passed a bill for the establishment of state police for...
The Nigerian government has taken steps to address its mounting debt burden, announcing an audit of the N23 trillion Ways and Means debt and a planned...
A Special Assistant on Public Communication to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, on Monday, alleged that the refusal of the Federal Government to react to...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has backed the ongoing discussion on the creation of state police in...
The naira, Monday, February 19, 2024 continued its slump as the local currency slumped to N1,598.54/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) window...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. EFCC grills ex-Kwara governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed, for alleged N3bn fraud The Economic and Financial...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N1.8 trillion at the close of trading on Monday. This followed a decline in the market capitalization to N56.028...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday quizzed the former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed, for alleged misappropriation of N3 billion while in office....
President Bola Tinubu and governors of the 36 states last week resolved to look at the establishment of state police in the country. The same week,...
Senator Shehu Sani has raised concerns about the potential misuse of the proposed state police system in Nigeria. He made his fears known in an online...
CLAIM: A viral video purportedly shows a foreigner physically assaulting a Nigerian worker in Nigeria. VERDICT: Misleading FULL TEXT An X user, UCHECHUKWU (@Yucee), recently posted...
After a trading week characterized by four days of gaining and a day of loss, Seplat, Airtel Africa, Geregu, and Bua Foods are some of the...
The Presidency has described the attack by former Nigeria’s Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on the economic policies of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration as...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu’s forex policy responsible for poverty, hardship in the country – Atiku A former...
A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has blamed the forex policy of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the current poverty and economic hardship in...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that rising prices of fuel and other commodities could lead to social unrest in Nigeria. The bank also warned...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “promptly account...
Economic indices gathered by RipplesMetircs indicate that an average Nigerian spends more than he earned in 2023. This would mean that, if a working Nigerian earns...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has thrown its weight behind calls for the creation of a state policing system that will help in tackling insecurity in...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Idahosa wins APC governorship primary in Edo A governorship aspirant, Dennis Idahosa, on Saturday...
A governorship aspirant, Dennis Idahosa, on Saturday emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State. The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, announced...
In response to the surging cost of cement, Minister of Works David Umahi on Saturday summoned major cement manufacturers for a meeting. This development raises questions...
Carbon, One Credit Limited, MasterCard, Logidoo, Roam, Finom, Kema, Ilara Health, X, Unlearn.AI, are some of the names that made the headlines this week. Pan-African fintech...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has ignited a debate by publicly contradicting the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on the legality of using tax credits for...
The Naira continued its yoyo movement to close the week on a losing note; it declined against the US Dollar in the official market, data from...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Fraud claims mar Customs e-auction process as one person allegedly gets over 300 vehicles...
Investors at the Nigerian capital market went home with N887 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This followed the rise in the market capitalization...
Despite the deployment of technology by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to check fraud in the ongoing e-auction process, the process has been hit with fraud...
Nigerians have been told to brace up for fuel scarcity as the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has vowed to suspend operations from Monday,...
A prominent voice within the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised concerns about the party’s diminishing popularity, attributing it to policies under President Bola Tinubu that...
The Supreme Court on Friday, dismissed an appeal by the Federal Government seeking to overturn the decision of the Court of Appeal which had cleared former...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, in the 2023 general elections, has called for an audit of the accounts of the party amid...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, appreciated on Thursday, February 14, 2024 to N1,498.25/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) window where forex is...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Interpol arrests fleeing suspect in P&ID $9.6bn scam in Italy The International Criminal Police...
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested a Director of Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited, Mr. James Nolan, in Italy. Nolan, an Irish national,...
The Nigerian capital market investors went home with N329 billion at the close of trading on Thursday. This followed the rise in the market capitalization to...
President Bola Tinubu and and State Governors have reportedly agreed for the establishment of state police in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation,...
Ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) slated for February 26-27, 2024, fresh data from the National Bureau...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lamented that the amount of funds diverted by public office holders in the country can fund the education...