The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Monday publicly disagreed with a recent statement by its leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, urging the Yoruba people to not participate...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to present its Certificate of Return to Edo State governorship candidate, Dr. Asuerinme Ighodalo, on Tuesday, according to a...
The planned strike of bakers in the country set to commence on Tuesday has suffered a setback, as a group of bakers, on Monday, kicked against...
The escalating cost of living in Nigeria has become a flashpoint, with the planned nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) facing contrasting messages from...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market endured another topsy-turvy trading week last week characterized by three days of bears and two days of bull with the...
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote; the Chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu; ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Governor of Anambra State Chukwuma...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Rivers APC chairman accuses Fubara of breaching peace deal Chairman of the All Progressives...
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers, Chief Tony Okocha has accused the state Governor, Siminialayi Fubara of delaying the implementation of the eight-point resolution...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, last week, accused the Federal Government of benefitting from the Naira depreciation against the Dollar. Two other...
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, last week, said he was not going back on the reforms his administration had embarked on to reposition the country for...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, Mali, Guinea The Economic Community of West African States...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday lifted some sanctions on Niger Republic, Mali and Guinea. The sub-regional body took the decision at...
The Labour Party in Edo State faces internal divisions as two factions within the party have announced rival candidates for the upcoming September 21st gubernatorial election....
OpenAI, IBM, The Cloud, Instagram, Basserah, nybl, Sawari Ventures, Xalts, Thiqa Tutoring, Exverse, Toast are some of the names that made the headlines this week. OpenAI,...
The naira slumped massively against the dollar on Friday, February 23, 2024 as the local currency declined to N1, 665.31/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday issued a statement through its Lagos Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Adelaja Odukoya, criticizing the government’s treatment of lecturers...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Hardship: Presidency claims efforts to ramp up food supply ongoing The presidency said on...
Investors in the Nigerian capital market went home with N464 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This followed the rise of market capitalization to...
A former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata, on Friday emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the...
Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held on Friday. Okpebholo emerged the party’s candidate for the...
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite, recently disclosed that the federal government, secured investment commitments worth $30 billion from foreign investors since it...
The yoyo movement of the naira continued on Thursday, February 22, 2024 as the local currency declined to N1571.31/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange...
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has lashed out at Senator Adams Oshiomhole, a former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Confusion as PDP produces Ighodalo and Shaibu as parallel governorship candidates in Edo A...
The three tiers of government on Thursday shared the sum of N1.15 trillion as revenue allocation for January. The Director of Press and Public Relations in...
For the third time this week, trading activities in the Nigerian equities market closed in the red as investors lost N67 billion after hours of trading...
A former chairman of Nigeria Breweries, Asue Ighodalo, on Thursday won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary for Edo State. The Chairman of the Edo...
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...
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 Special Adviser on Information & Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the...
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 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....