President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the appointment of former House of Representatives Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, as the chairman of the newly established National Credit Guarantee Company Limited (NCGC).…
Isaac Samuel Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised the alarm over Nigeria’s growing debt profile under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Atiku, who was the presidential candidate…
Comfort Isaac Akwa Ibom State Police command says its operatives have busted a criminal hideout in Ibesikpo Asutan local government area of the state and arrested some suspected cultists. The…
PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU’S STATEMENT ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ADMINISTRATION ON MAY 29, 2025 Fellow Nigerians, as we mark the second anniversary of our administration, I salute your resilience…
View From Abroad Nigeria’s shock therapy: Why President Tinubu should press on By FT Editorial Board For years, Nigeria has been not so much a sleeping giant as a comatose…
By Yusuf Bangura I’m saddened to learn about Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s death—one of the greats of African literature. The Nobel prize eluded him, but he shaped the minds of many…
A member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Jacob Mark, has explained that the party deferred decision on its national secretary in order…
Comfort Isaac. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has secured the conviction and sentence of a social media influencer, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, arraigned before Justice Simone Amobeda…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has mandated four of its standing committees to investigate alleged unethical practices surrounding the disbursement of student loans under the Nigerian Education Loan Fund…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed additional people to fill vacancies in the governing councils of some Federal Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education. The new appointees and their institutions…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has commended the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, for its strategic policies and efforts to stabilise the Naira and turn around…
The BudgIT has itemized some of the crazy Insertions in the 2025 federal government’s budget, which revealed that the National Assembly 1,477 streetlights for N393.29 billion. It said that with…
Says 20,000 Customers to receive Prepaid Meters Within One Month Aba Power, Nigeria’s 12th electricity distribution company (DisCo), today started rolling out the second phase of its massive meter installation.…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been briefed by the South East Development Commission (SEDC) concerning its vision to catalyse a $200 billion economy in the South-east geo-political zone. The Managing…
The United Capital Asset Management Limited (UCAM) will roll out its N1 billion Children Investment Fund (CIF) today at a minimum of N5 million per subscriber through Initial Public Offer…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday asked the National Assembly to approve $21.5 billion and €2.2 billion in fresh external loans to finance key infrastructure projects across Nigeria…
This week, Dr. Tunji Alausa held an in-depth meeting with Professor Stephen Jarvis, Provost of the University of Birmingham (UoB), and his team at the university’s main campus in the…
By Reuben Abati Octopuses are considered by biologists to be very crafty, clever, cephalopods, who have multiple brains and three hearts, and can easily manoeuvre their ways around even the…
The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Mr. Dele Kelvin Oye, has tasked the federal government on overhauling and strengthening Nigeria’s…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has withdrawn a proposed amendment to the Electoral Act that would have made voting compulsory for all eligible Nigerians and imposed penalties, including possible…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, has declared peace and unity as the greatest enablers of progress under his administration, asserting that without the prevailing atmosphere of harmony,…
By ETIM ETIM The decision of the Umo Eno administration to complete the long-abandoned 200-room hotel and a 5,000-capacity convention centre at the Tropicana complex in Uyo is a clear…
May 8, 2025 Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy? Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be. Most…
Happiness Uduk, an Associate Professor of English Studies, University of Uyo, was elected the first female Financial Secretary of ASUU in April 2025. It is the first time a woman…
By Inyang U. Dorben Polytechnic, Abuja, one of Nigeria’s leading private polytechnics, marked a significant milestone as it celebrated its 30th anniversary while also matriculating over 600 new students for…
By Isaac Samuel A new data released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday has put Nigeria as the second-largest source of long-term migrants to the United…
Isaac Samuel Governors of Plateau and Nasarawa states, Caleb Mutfwang and Abdullahi Sule, have opposed calls for the scrapping of State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs), insisting that what the commissions…
President Bola Tinubu urged the new NNPC board to consolidate the gains of the ongoing economic reforms, which have attracted commendations for the resilience and competitiveness of the Nigerian economy.…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed deep concerns regarding the unwholesome treatment of its members by some commercial banks in Nigeria regarding unmet foreign exchange (Forex) forward obligations.…
Marcel Okeke Without any fear of contradiction, stocks trading (activity) on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) in the first quarter 2025 resulted to a monumental capital flight…
Isaac Samuel Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has dismissed allegations that he secretly met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Rome…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed deeply felt concern and worry about the continued decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate…
The Director General/Chief Executive, Standards Organisation (SON) Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, has disclosed that the federal government is making heavy investments toward the development metrology services in Nigeria. Okeke disclosed…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said it has handed over 753 units of houses recovered by the Commission at Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District,…
The NGX equity market capitalization dropped by N7.893 billion on Monday, May 19. The market opened at N68.953 trillion but closed at N68.945 trillion. Also, the NGX All-Share Index (NGX-ASI)…
The BudgIT has alleged that 11,122 projects valued at N6.93 trillion were inserted by the National Assembly into the 2025 federal government’s budget. The BudgIT’s breakdown of the alleged insertions…
Isaac Samuel New details have emerged about the key issues expected to shape discussions at the upcoming national political summit convened by The Patriots, under the leadership of former Commonwealth…
Isaac Samuel In the heart of Nigeria’s bustling democracy, a storm brews quiet but fierce. The National Assembly, that grand chamber of laws and ambitions, is poised to reshape the…
Comfort Isaac As the realisation of Ibom Deep Seaport and the larger Ibom Industrial City, ICC, is on top gear, the Akwa Ibom State government has urged its citizens to…
The federal government has declared that the revised National Employment Policy (NEP) would create an enabling environment for productive and employment intensive growth in Nigeria. This was made known in…
A former Governor of Kano State, Senatot Kwankwaso, has made it crystal clear that he would rather quit politics entirely than return to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Kwankwaso…
By ETIM ETIM Grumbling about banks’ profit is a favourite Nigerian pastime that gets louder and louder in the first quarter of the year when their financial performance for the…
Cadbury Nigeria Plc has announced a profit of N5.98 billion for the first quarter of 2025, following the approval of the unaudited financial statements of the Company by its Board…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Africa could banish abject poverty and hunger with education, good governance and political leadership within 15 years. Obasanjo said that the continent, including…
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…
