The outgoing World Bank Country Director, Dr. Shubham Chaudhari has commended Nigeria for its proactive measures and robust efforts in bracing up monetary policies and in...
Microsoft may have taken a business decision to shut down its African Development Centre (ADC) located in Ikoyi, Lagos, a development that will affect over 500...
After a two-week absence from the country, President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja early Wednesday, where he was greeted by top government officials. Tinubu’s diplomatic journey...
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), others on Tuesday faulted the timing of the newly imposed...
The Senate on Tuesday commenced a legislative process to revive and complete the $18.5 billion Abuja Centenary City project. This was sequel to the adoption of...
Nigeria’s troubled currency, the naira on Tuesday experienced a decline in both the official market and the parallel market. At the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEM)...
Amid the current scarcity of petrol and long queues at filling stations across the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has advised Nigerians against...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Tuesday disclosed that the era of collecting huge oil signature bonuses which impede the capacity of bid winners...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday clarified that 50 percent balance of the repatriated export proceeds could be used to settle financial obligations in the...
Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani has set up a machinery in motion to ensure the revival of the State Water Corporation to address the challenges potable...
The whereabouts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has taken center state, on social media, after Vice President Kashim Shetima canceled his trip to the United States...
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed members of the State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule to commence impeachment...
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku has made startling accusations against three lawmakers, alleging their involvement in diabolical acts, during a...
The Indian election marathon, divided into seven phases, has reached its third leg with voters from 11 states exercising their franchise to elect representatives for 93...
Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa following the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in the city of George, Western Cape province. The incident...
The US Consul General in Nigeria, Will Stevens, on Monday, stressed the need for Nigeria to diversify its economy from oil and gas and invest more...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, ordered the implementation of 0.5 percent levy on all electronic transactions value as part of efforts to contain...
The Bank of Industry (BoI), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have partnered to drive digital literacy in Nigeria....
The presidency, on Monday rebuked former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for attacking President Bola Tinubu and his son, Seyi, over allegations that their business affiliations...
The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and, in his sternest warning yet, told the former president that future gag order violations...
Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Monday received the first female Sandhurst-trained Nigerian Army officer, Second Leuitenant Oluchukwu Owowoh, after she completed her training,...
Hamas announced its acceptance Monday of an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel said the deal did not meet its “core demands” and that it was pushing...
Nigeria Vice President Kashim Shettima has cancelled his trip to Dallas-Texas in the United States where he was expected to represent President Bola Tinubu at the...
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will reclaim Ondo State from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the...
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu has said despite the difficult economic times, the federal government has ensured that funds are made...
The number of people who have died in Kenya’s floods has risen to at least 228, with 72 people currently reported missing and 164 injured. The...
Terrorists have reportedly killed six people and injured eight others in an attack on Ambe community in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna state.The injured were...
Following news that a new military base is set to be established in Nigeria, Nigeria’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bolaji Akinyemi has said the idea...
Nigerians on social have questioned the whereabouts of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The president was last seen, attending the World Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia, on...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has disclosed that the federal government’s total liability from the implementation of the pension increases in 2007 and 2010 as well...
Nigeria’s federal government has given assurances that current effort to rejuvenate local pharmaceutical industry will lead to lowering of cost of medicines in the country. It...
Panama’s former security minister, Jose Raul Mulino, emerged victorious in the country’s presidential election on Sunday, propelled to success by the backing of his former boss,...
Nigeria has acceded to the establishment agreement for the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development impact investment platform of the African Export-Import Bank...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has made good its threat to take legal action against governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory...
Indigenous oil and gas producer, Oando, has projected that it will double its production to 50,000 barrels per day of oil equivalent with the ‘imminent’ closure...
EXCERPT: NECA described fuel scarcity as a persistent issue impacting Nigeria’s productivity, urging swift government action to address the problem. Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), has...
African Centre for Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR) has accused the federal government of persecuting immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr...
Former Nigeria Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, accused President Bola Tinubu of conflict of interest, because his son, Seyi, was on the board of CDK Integrated...
Following the recent crackdown and demolition of illegal structures across Lagos State, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has reacted to...
Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday evening departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business...
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has won the Nigerian Union of Journalists’ Good Governance Award 2024 on education. At the event, which was tagged “NUJ Press...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have smashed an international drug syndicate with networks in parts of Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand. According...
The Korean Cultural Centre has revealed its intention to promote collaboration of Korean Pop (KPop) and Nigerian Afrobeats. This is aimed at cultural integration and promoting...
President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the pan-Igbo group has no intention to apologise for the 1966 coup as it was a...
London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, on Saturday, secured a record third term, dealing the Conservatives another damaging defeat in their worst local election results in recent...
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, Access Holdings Plc and five other banks have declared N1.13 trillion profit in the first quarter...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered the System Operator (SO), a department in the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to commence the capping of...
Top northern intelligentia have written to President Bola Tinubu, kicking against the relocation of United States and French military bases from the Sahel to Nigeria. In...
The Kano state government has debunked a media report that a journalist, working with the state-owned television station, attached to Government house was hit by a...
Ambassador of Palestine to Nigeria, Abdullah Shawesh has drawn global attention to emerging humanitarian crisis in war torn Gaza, stating that around 155,000 pregnant women and new mothers...
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has accused some government officials and security personnel of aiding banditry in the country, saying that banditry has become a...
Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre in Rivers State has raised an alarm to the pollution committed in the oil rich state by the Shell Petroleum Development...
Africans Rising movement is spearheading a campaign on Borderless Africa with massive marches organised in countries across the continent to promote the ideology. A statement at...
EXCERPT: Nigeria’s Court of Appeal has nullified police rules dismissing unmarried pregnant female officers, citing breach of constitutional rights. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja...
In a bid to quickly advance the close-out of the ongoing oil and gas reinvestment and divestment process in the country, totalling 26 blocks, the Nigerian...
The Minister of State for Environment, Iziaq Salako, on Friday, said the Federal Ministry of Works was given preliminary Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) certification...
The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Gaston Alfonso Browne, has commended Air Peace for the airline’s trail-blazing strides, especially the recent commencement of direct...
Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on Nigeria’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Positive from Stable and affirmed the IDR at ‘B-‘. In its...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Friday yanked off the control of the electricity sector Independent System Operator (ISO) from the Transmission Company of Nigeria...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has condoled with families and victims of the tanker fire incident that claimed lives and properties worth billions along the...
Former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has described the ongoing resignation by members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), especially in Imo and few...
A social entrepreneurship organisation, TOVA, has struck a new deal with an Israeli leading company for agricultural turn-key projects, Green 2000 and a religious institution, Christ...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, halted the execution of an order summoning the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola...
Elections in Nigeria came under heavy criticisms as reports presented by the Yiaga Africa and Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) on Friday, revealed that public trust...
Despite the constant threat posed to education by security challenges, the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has given assurance that the federal government will...
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has clamped down on unlicensed courier operators in Kaduna state.Many offices of the illegal operators were sealed off on Thursday by...
Nigeria President Bola Tinubu will soon inaugurate three critical gas infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and partners in Delta...
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, aired his views on Thursday, about the ongoing prosecution of high-profile corruption cases, by the economic and financial crimes commission, stating that...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle appears to be in deeper mess as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday promised to...
Liberian President Joseph Boakai has issued an executive order to establish the nation’s inaugural war crimes court, more than two decades after the conclusion of two...
Governors of the federation after a virtual meeting on Wednesday said they would review the report of the tripartite committee, when submitted and each state reached...
The Nigeria Police said on Thursday that operatives arrested the masterminds of the Abuja-Kaduna train bomb attack which led to the killing of many passengers and...
In the ongoing criminal trial involving former U.S. President Donald Trump, his defence team has adopted a strategy aimed at challenging the credibility of prosecution witnesses,...
Ahead of the 2024 World Sango Festival in Oyo State, the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, has inaugurated a ten-man organising committee....
The United Nations has said it will collaborate with the government of President Bola Tinubu to ensure the success of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in...
Former representative of the Rivers South-East senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe said he has settled his differences with the Minister of Federal...
Nigeria’s Federal Government has condemned the killing of 14-year-old Nigerian, Daniel Anjorin at school in Hainault, East London, United Kingdom. Daniel Anjorin was stabbed to death...
The French Government may likely continue in sponsoring the programme to end human trafficking in Nigeria and five other West Africa State. This was disclosed on...
Managing Director/Chief Executive, NDIC, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr. Bello Hassan, on Thursday announced an increase in maximum deposit insurance coverage levels for all licensed...
Former Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, yesterday, challenged President Bola Tinubu to match words with actions by sacking some ministers in...
ExxonMobil’s Nigerian petroleum assets sale to Nigeria’s Seplat could be approved in less than two weeks, the country’s oil regulator, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the government of President Bola Tinubu as he steers the ship of state through...
Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi has cautioned drivers and other road users against the consumption of hard drugs and other substances that could make them...
A new form of mpox has been detected in a mining town in Congo. Scientists say this new form spreads more easily among people. Over 4,500...
The stakeholders meeting organized by the ministry of works, to compensate property owners affected by the controversial Lagos- Calabar coastal road project, took a dramatic turn...
Law enforcement officers gathered in large numbers on the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on Wednesday night, preparing to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest...
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday that former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will face a retrial in New York, following the overturning of his...
The United Nations (UN) has stated that Nigeria continues to lag behind in achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, which focuses on peace, justice and strong...
Anambra workers yesterday expressed anger over the absence of the state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo at the worker’s day rally. Soludo was represented at the Alex...
A report by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has stated that the current “high gold prices offer African countries an opportunity to strengthen their reserve portfolios with...
Again, Nigeria’s crude oil output sank in April 2024, raising concerns that the upswing recorded in January and, to some extent, the second month of this...
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, celebrated his first May Day as president, assuring the organised labour that the issues that prevented the tripartite committee on minimum...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the government to implement policies that protect workers’ rights, improve working conditions, and provide a strong safety...
The United States military is planning to return to Chad within a month to discuss the revision of an agreement that will allow American troops to...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is moving to speed up the conclusion of regulatory oversight on the ongoing oil assets divestment by International Oil...
In celebrating workers day today, the federal government approved a salary increase of between 25 percent and 35 percent for civil servants, as well as an...
British authorities have commenced the detention of migrants as part of preparations to relocate them to Rwanda within the next nine to 11 weeks, the government...
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Lagos State, Ismail Adejumo, has revealed that the NLC and the trade Union Congress (TUC)...