Comfort Isaac Senate President, Godswill Akpabio said political parties may no longer count in Akwa Ibom State come 2027 general elections as they would collapse in support of credible candidates…
Isaac Samuel A former presidential candidate and professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, has revealed that efforts are underway to assemble 500 lawyers to defend him against a suit filed…
By Marcel Okeke A recent report that Nigeria’s non-oil exports hit US$1.7 billion in the first quarter 2025, marking a significant increase of almost 25 per cent compared to the…
Isaac Samuel The Minister of Education, Dr. Olatunji Alausa, has called on the National Assembly to exercise restraint in the passage of bills seeking to establish new federal tertiary institutions.…
Isaac Samuel A bill proposing to make voting compulsory for all eligible Nigerians scaled second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday. Titled “A Bill for an Act to…
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 Command, Lagos, AIG Fayoade Adegoke, has allayed fears that the influx of northerners into Lagos and other parts of southern Nigeria posed…
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has projected that the price of cocoa in the international commodity market would remain high in 2025. This projection is contained in “Afreximbank Research…
By Tony Onyima, Ph.D. The 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), sparked public outcry over widespread failures, leading to a rare…
Comfort Isaac Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Sylvanus Edet Akpan, Auditor of Ubotex Limited, Uyo and Akaninyene Enefiok…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the technical error that disrupted the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) leading to mass failure among candidates nationwide.…
– Gov. Umo Eno’s Two Hours of Vision and Detail at ARISE Resort By Aniekan Umanah ———————————— Dateline :Tuesday, May 13, 2025. It had already been a day of solemn…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Committee on National Planning and Economic Development has cautioned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) against the unintended consequences of maintaining high interest rates…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 presented the Ninth and last Prosecution Witness, PW9, Ape Sunday against the former governor of Benue…
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has projected that the price of cocoa in the international commodity market would remain high in 2025. This projection is contained in “Afreximbank Research…
Comfort Isaac The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed June 27, 2025, to deliver judgment in a suit instituted against the National Assembly by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan challenging…
By Anietie Ekong Lately, there has been an upsurge of politically motivated and unwarranted attacks on the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio using several guises camouflaged as serving public…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to provide for rotation of the offices of the president and vice president among…
The Equipment Leasing Association of Nigerian (ELAN) has announced that the Nigerian leasing industry recorded N5.16 trillion transactions in 2024, which represented a growth of 23.2 per cent against N4.19…
by Reuben Abati When the latest wave of defections began in March 2025, marked by the high profile exit of Mallam Nasir El Rufai from the All Progressives Congress (APC),…
Only two airports out of 33 airports are profitable in Nigeria. This was declared by the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, in his presentation…
Isaac Samuel Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has disclosed that no fewer than 1,059 bills have been presented on the floor of the Green Chamber since…
The NESG-Stanbic IBTC Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) for the month of April 2025 has identified power shortages, high commercial lease and limited access to finance as major challenges to business…
Comfort Isaac Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Rosemary Oghoghorie Dugbo of the Federal High Court Calabar have convicted and sentenced nine fraudsters to jail. The convicts are: Nsofor Charles Ochiabutor, Aneikan…
Isaac Samuel The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has dismissed rumours that he had been removed from office, saying he is still in charge of the…
Isaac Samuel Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has confirmed reports that suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara recently visited him in the company of two governors…
Isaac Samuel The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against repeating the strategic errors and internal divisions that led to…
…says Church Prophesied his reign as Governor in 1980 It was celebration galore at the Apostolic Church, Nigeria, Maboju Assembly, Lagos when several dignitaries including top government officials, private sector…
Comfort Isaac Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has declared her support for the reelection bid of President Bola Tinubu at the 2027 general elections. She also expressed willingness to…
The MTN Nigeria has declared its commitment “to protecting our planet by achieving net zero emissions by 2040,” adding that it attained 11 per cent reduction in fuel consumption in…
By Farooq A. Kperogi In the aftermath of Pope Francis’ death, many Africans on the continent and in the diaspora wondered if the Catholic Church would, for a change, elect…
By ETIM ETIM This month marks the half-term mark for Gov. Umo Eno and the other 27 state chief executives who took office in May 2023; and it is important…
By Fredrick Nwabufo In botanical terms, inclusive leadership is like a flower, in which beauty proceeds from the anatomy of each petal or the leaves of its corolla. It takes…
Comfort Isaac President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent the names of nine appointees for the South West, North Central, and South South Development Commissions to the Senate for confirmation. This…
It was another rain of empowerments as 677 people in Itu and Ibiono Ibom local government areas smiled home with cash, working kits and vehicles at the ongoing Town Square…
Isaac samuel The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi…
By ETIM ETIM It feels so surreal that I am writing Aniefiok’s eulogy. Ani and I were born in the same year –just four months apart; grew up in the…
The Chairman of Geometric Power Limited, Professor Bart Nnaji has stated that Nigerian youth have a great opportunity to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to prosper. Nnaji, a former Minister of…
Marcel Okeke Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the other day, approved a new initiative to revise and enforce procurement rules that prioritize Nigerian-made…
Isaac Samuel The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has stated that, contrary to allegations of diversion of funds meant for the students loan scheme, its records have shown a transparent…
Destiny Young| 7/05/2025 Recent events in the Nigerian Senate have left many Nigerians both bewildered and concerned. The sexual harassment allegations levelled against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria’s new public procurement policy directive that emphasised patronage of Made-in-Nigeria goods and services. MAN also said that…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Tuesday engaged in fiery debates as lawmakers from insurgency-ravaged regions issued stark warnings about Nigeria’s deteriorating security situation, lamenting fresh attacks by Boko…
The Atiku Media Office notes with utter contempt the disparaging remarks made by Mr. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Policy Communication, during a recent interview…
*** Sets up Committee on Rivers State The Nigerian Senate resumed plenary on May 6, 2025, after a month-long break to enable the Senators to celebrate Eid El-Fitr and Easter…
The Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, will make a bid today to buy over the Umuahia ringed fence of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in order to provide…
Isaac Samuel Six members of the House of Representatives from Delta State on Tuesday announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).…
By Comfort Isaac EFCC has finally given reasons for the arrest of Martins Innocent Otse, popularly known as Very Dark Man, VDM. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale in a statement on…
Central Securities Clearing System PLC (CSCS), has announced the launch of *7270#, its Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code service, which would go live on May 8, 2025. The USSD…
Isaac Samuel Barring any last-minute changes, both chambers of the National Assembly will resume plenary sessions on Tuesday, May 6. The Senators and House of Representative members commenced their latest…
Financial experts and stakeholders in the Nigerian agribusiness value chain have called for financial products that would attract long term funding from the capital market for the Nigerian agricultural value…
