The 15 students abducted at the Qur’anic school located in Gidan Bakuso village of Gada local government area of Sokoto State have regained their freedom. According...
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has dared President Bola Tinubu to probe the administration of his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, instead of making...
Former spokesman for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council during the 2023 presidential election, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter...
Again, two critical government components, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) have released conflicting reports on the actual amount...
Despite recent accusations of budget padding, President Bola Tinubu assured the 10th Senate leadership on Thursday that the National Assembly’s integrity is unaffected. He declared that...
Sixteen Nigerian states have taken a concrete step towards establishing state-controlled police forces. These states submitted reports to the National Economic Council (NEC) this week, outlining...
The Nigerian currency, the naira continued its appreciation at the official market on Thursday, March 21, 2024 to close at ₦1,453.28/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Presidency to currency speculators: Drop your dollars to avoid tears The Presidency, on Thursday,...
The Presidency, on Thursday, warned forex speculators to discard their dollars, saying that the Naira will soon appreciate. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and...
Eight years after he was first charged to court on an 11-count charge bordering on money laundering and corruption, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
CLAIM: Former US President and second-time presidential aspirant, Donald Trump slams Nigerians for complaining about President Bola Tinubu’s administration. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT A video has...
The feud between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Labour Party (LP) seems to be growing deeper by the day, as LP National Chairman, Julius...
The Nigerian naira appreciated further at both the official and parallel market on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 to close at ₦1492.61/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Lawmakers okay increment in judges’ salaries, CJN to receive N5.39 million monthly With a...
Bearish sentiment continued on the floor of the Nigerian Xchange as the equities market suffered third consecutive day of losses as investors shed N167bn. This is...
With a total monthly package of N5.39 million for the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) the House of Representatives has passed a Bill for an Act...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ordered its members to commence picketing of all Labour party (LP) secretariats in states and local councils across the country...
The Federal Government (FG) has announced the uncovering of an alleged terrorism financing network. The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) identified 15 entities, including nine individuals...
The Nigerian naira appreciated further at the official market on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 to close at N1,560.57/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Nigerian security agencies know bandits’ hideouts —Sheikh Gumi Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi,...
For the second consecutive day, trading activities in the Nigerian Equities Market closed negative as investors lost N62.21 billion at the end of trading. This is...
Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has alleged that Nigerian security agencies know the hideouts of bandits in different forests in the North. Gumi who disclosed...
In a development likely to fuel further tension, a Nigerian court, on Tuesday, denied bail to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)....
Abdulrasheed Hammad reports on the health risks posed by Primary Health Care centers in Sokoto State as they resort to burning and burying of waste products...
The President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Shettima Yerima, has said that northerners also suffer the consequences of a flawed Nigerian constitution despite...
The Nigerian naira appreciated slightly at the official market to close at N1,597.34/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) has shown. This represents...
Nigerian university campuses are facing a wider shutdown as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has officially declared its support for the ongoing strike action by the...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. With 7,000 people kidnapped in last one year, Nigeria now among riskiest nations to...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market got the week off on a losing note as they recorded a loss of N238bn following poor performances by stocks...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday, announced that voice and data services affected by undersea cable cuts have been restored. This was disclosed in a...
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, has expressed deep concern over the escalating insecurity...
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has picked Hon. Dennis Idahosa as its deputy governorship candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election in...
Fresh controversies have emerged concerning the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between the Federal Ministry Of Transportation and MPH Rail Development (UK) Limited for the proposed Port...
With the local bourse in full swing of bull dominance by gaining in all the trading sessions of the previous week, investors must be in a...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. They won’t go unpunished, Tinubu vows to bring killers of soldiers in Delta to...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, vowed that the killers of Nigerian Army personnel who were on a peace mission in Delta State will not go...
The Senate, on Sunday, condoled with the military over the killing of the commanding officer of the 181 Battalion, two Army Majors, and 13 soldiers. The...
Former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla, has blamed the padding of budgets by Nigerian legislators on the excessive demands and undue pressure from the...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week —from the capital market to the...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to “urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers padded the 2024 budget by...
Leaders of the several Fulani groups in Nigeria have threatened to stop the sales of their livestocks across the country over alleged incessant attacks on their...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. NLC, Labour Party spar over planned national convention Tension is rising between the Nigeria...
On March 7, gunmen abducted 287 school children from the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary and Junior Secondary School, Kuriga, in Chikun Local Government Area of...
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, vowed to persist in his current war against corruption by tackling smugglers and cartels that benefitted from fuel subsidies. Tinubu made...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, Friday March 15, 2024 appreciated further against the American dollar to tumble to N1,602.75|$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange...
Stocks like JULIUS BERGER, GTCO, FBNH, MTNN, FLOURMILL boosted the equities market as investors made a profit of N581bn at the end of trading on Friday,...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Again, Power Minister says Nigerian govt can no longer afford subsidy on electricity Minister...
Nigeria’s headline inflation has moved up to 31.70 percent in February up from 29.90% in January 2024, latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics...
Minister for Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says Nigerians would be willing to pay higher amounts for electricity just as citizens of other West African countries like Guinea,...
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election Atiku Abubakar, has called for a comprehensive investigation into allegations...