A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, said on Saturday the 1999 Constitution would not adequately address the country’s economic predicaments and other challenges. Anyaoku...
CLAIM: A boy from Enugu state built a hydro metallic bomb. VERDICT: False FULL TEXT A Facebook Page, Arise Update Now, claimed in a post that...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has reacted to President Bola Tinubu’s jab, in which he advised labour unions to cease their demonstrations and hold off on...
The naira continued its recovery on the first day of March 2024 to trade at N1,595.25/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM (Official...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. ‘We are interested in better living conditions for Nigerians, not your job,’ NLC replies...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market ended the week with a N672 billion loss as the market tumbled again on Friday. This followed the dip in...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the licenses of 4,173 Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators in the country. The CBN’s Acting Director of Corporate...
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light on how staff shortages, infrastructural issues,...
The Nigerian government has slammed a $10 billion fine on the global cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance, saying the country has incurred massive losses due to the...
Reactions have continued to trail the decision of the administration of President Bola Tinubu to implement the report of the Oronsaye Committee on merging and scrapping...
The naira continued its recovery on the last day of February 2024 to trade at N1,595.11/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM (Official...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu condemns NLC protests, says labour union can’t fight him President Bola Ahmed Tinubu...
The Nigerian equities market on Thursday reversed the three-day losses as investors made N391 billion at the close of the day’s trading. This followed the rise...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dared the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), over its protests on the rising cost of living, saying that the Labour Union was...
The Senate has approved four nominees out of five from President Bola Tinubu to serve on the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria,...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party in the last general election, has warned that the sharp increase in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR)...
In a dramatic showing, the naira traded at a lower exchange rate at the parallel (black market window than the official window on Wednesday, February 28,...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, assured Nigerians that his administration would restructure the country as earlier promised, but noted that a good foundation must be...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Falana kicks against Tinubu’s planned implementation of Oronsanye Report, says it’s outdated While applause...
For the third consecutive day, the Nigerian equities market tumbled as poor performances by stocks like WAPCO, Nigerian Breweries, FCMB, and others cost investors N720 billion...
While applause has trailed the decision of President Bola Tinubu to a fully implement the 12-Year-old Steve Oronsanye-led committee’s report, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has...
Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, has stormed the National Secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), insisting to be given his certificate of...
Nigeria’s Plateau State has been a hotspot for violent attacks in the North Central of Nigeria. The state, despite being home to more than 40 ethnic...
The naira reversed the gains recorded on the first trading of the week on Monday, February 26, 2024 on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 as the local...
The Senate is considering sweeping reforms in the administration and function of the Central Bank of Nigeria by amending the CBN Act, 2007. Some of the...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. NLC suspends economic hardship protest The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its two-day...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its two-day protest all over the country. The Congress had on Tuesday led Nigerians out to protest the current...
Investors in the Nigerian capital market lost N733 billion after First Bank of Nigeria Holdings, Multiverse, MTN Nigeria, and others crashed during the day’s trading. After...
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised interest rates, from 18.75 percent to 22.75 percent. The MPC made the disclosure...
In a move to stabilize the naira and narrow the gap between the official and unofficial foreign exchange rates The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has...
On Monday, the 26th of April, 2024, the President of the Nigerian Senate was forced to, once again, eat his words and apologise for saying the...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, led protesters to the National Assembly complex on Tuesday, voicing their grievances regarding the high cost...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) produced two governorship candidates in last week’s governorship primary in Edo State. The same week, the former Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah...
The naira recovered on the first trading of the week on Monday, February 26, 2024 as the local currency appreciated to ₦1582.94/$1 data from the Nigerian...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Hardship: Protest goes on as Nigerian govt, labour meeting ends in deadlock A last-minute...
Investors at the Nigerian equities lost N51 billion at the close of trading on Monday. This followed the crash in the market capitalization to N55.81 trillion...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report on civil service reform. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris,...
As Nigerians continue to grapple with rising cost of living, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has charged the Federal Government to commence the immediate importation of...
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...