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...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, Thursday March 14, 2024 appreciated against the American dollar to tumble to N1,608.98/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Port Harcourt refinery to deliver petrol in two weeks — Kyari Nigerians may witness...
The equities market continued its bullish streak on Thursday March 14, 2024 as investors gained N27bn following strong performances by stocks like ROYALEX, UNILEVER, TANTALIZER, UPDC...
Nigerians may witness some relief as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Mele Kyari, on Thursday, told the...
Gunmen, who kidnapped the Kaduna school children have contacted a spokesman for the families of the hostages, demanding a total of 1 billion naira for the...
The former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has opened up on the meaning of ‘budget padding’ and how...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday forwarded a letter to the Senate, seeking a repeal , and re-enactment of the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, otherwise...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, said that kidnappings in the city were stage-managed by unscrupulous elements who were out to...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, Wednesday March 13, 2024 reversed days of appreciation against the American dollar to tumble to N1,615.94|$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market enjoyed the third consecutive day of profit as they raked in a profit of N273bn at the end of trading...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Not a dime! Tinubu rules out payment of ransom to free kidnapped students The...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it would not pay “a dime” as ransom to secure the release of the over 280 pupils and teachers of...
In a move aligned with the recent ECOWAS summit decision, Nigeria has reopened its land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and lifted other...
Debate has reignited around transparency of the 2024 Appropriation Act after Senator Abdul Ningi’s claims of a missing N3.7 trillion was backed by a civil society...
The Nigerian House of Representatives has called on the National Security Advisor, Nuhu Ribadu to justify the N3.25 trillion allocated to the security sector in the...
The Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday launched a sweeping investigation into 107 private universities established in the past 15 years. This move comes in response to...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, Tuesday continued its recovery against the American dollar as it traded at N1,603.38|$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N836b in profits as stocks like UBA, MTNN, JBERGER, ACCESSCORP, and others soared on the floor of the Nigerian...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. 2024 Budget: Another N500m largesse for ‘senior Senators’ scandal rocks Senate The Senate, was...
The Senate, was on Tuesday, plunged into a rowdy session, as the Point of Order raised by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Olamilekan Adeola,...
In a move likely to raise eyebrows across the political landscape, the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, suspended Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central) for a...
A senator from Ogun State, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen Olamileken Adeola (Ogun West), on Tuesday, ignited controversy by calling for an open session to...
The forthcoming Edo State governorship election slated for September is promising to unfold a lot of drama and surprises for two major political parties in the...
