Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has arrested 19 suspected internet fraudsters in both Akwa Ibom and Cross River States. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale disclosed…
Comfort Isaac The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, CP Baba Azare, has assured adequate security in the state ahead of the grand reception of Gov Umo Eno to…
Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has uncovered over N9.4 trillion in unpaid financial obligations owed to the Federation Account by several oil and gas companies…
As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the banking system, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced time-bound measures for a small number of banks still completing their transition…
The PZ Cussons Plc has sold its 50 per cent stake in PZ Wilmar to Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) for $70 million. The sale, which would enable Wilmar to hold…
President Tinubu directs security agencies to arrest killers in Benue, advises Gov. Alia to set up peace committee President Bola Tinubu has directed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun,…
Comfort Isaac The former speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other former members of the Assembly have been arrested by the operatives of…
The ThinkBusiness Africa has advised the federal government to evolve a balanced approach for Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) that should prioritise enforcement of existing regulations than focusing on increasing the tax…
Says it marks a new shift The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has declared that The chamber said that the latest inflation report marked “a positive, albeit modest,…
By Assam E. Assam, SAN In the evolving political landscape of Akwa Ibom State, recent developments have reignited debates about party loyalty, political identity, and the future of governance in…
The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Dr. Tayo Aduloju, has declared that “Nigeria urgently requires a new digital economy resilience analytics tool to support institutional preparedness”…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tuesday, performed the ground-breaking ceremony for a new annex of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja. The president described the project…
Isaac Samuel The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected a notification from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regarding its planned 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for June…
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the federal government to realign its reforms policies to avoid hurting the growth of the private sector. The Director General of…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for urgent constitutional reforms to overhaul Nigeria’s national security architecture. The President stated that the current framework is no longer sufficient to…
Benue State Government has confirmed the arrest of 33 persons from northern Nigeria who attempted to take residence in a private property at Gyado Villa after arriving Makurdi in two…
… SHIFTS SCHEDULED OFFICIAL VISIT TO KADUNA President Bola Tinubu has rescheduled his official visit to Kaduna State. Instead, he will travel to Benue State on Wednesday, June 18, 2025,…
By Comfort Isaac Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 16, 2025, arraigned a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, before Justice…
By ETIM ETIM The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security brought an untold embarrassment and shame on Nigerians last week through an internal memo which summoned its senior staff…
By ETIM ETIM President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, APC governors; National Chairman and other bigwigs are expected in Uyo on Saturday, June 21, to formally receive Gov. Umo…
Isaac Samuel Less than two years to the 2027 general election, Nigeria’s opposition parties are once again caught in the familiar quagmire of coordination failure. Despite growing public frustration with…
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, June 13, 2025 arraigned the duo of Halima Buba and Innocent Mbagwu before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal…
The World Economic Forum’s “Global Gender Gap Report 2025” has declared that it would take 123 years to close the global gender gap. The report, which was released yesterday in…
By Marcel Okeke In what looks like a propaganda blitz, several online and hardcopy publications have in recent times been carrying a report that Nigeria’s economy attracted huge foreign portfolio…
Comfort Isaac As Nigeria celebrates June 12 as its Democracy Day, the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has eulogized past leaders in the state for upholding the…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, announced the conferment of posthumous and national honours on key figures in Nigeria’s pro-democracy struggle, including Kudirat Abiola, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, and…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dismissed speculations that his administration is plotting to turn Nigeria into a one-party state. The President said such an idea is neither desirable…
THURSDAY, 12TH JUNE 2025 Protocol: With profound honour, I stand before this joint session of our National Assembly; a parliament that embodies the will of the Nigerian people. 2. Today,…
Isaac Samuel Security was visibly heightened at the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Thursday ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s scheduled address to a joint session of the National…
By ETIM ETIM FCT Minister Nyesome Wike spent a whopping N39 billion to renovate the International Conference Centre in Abuja and renamed it Bola Tinubu International Conference Center in continuation…
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Richard M. Mills, has tasked Nigerian government on engendering business friendly regulatory and investment climate to boost investments in line with the United…
Isaac Samuel Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has accused officials of the suspended administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of withholding key financial records, which he said…
By ETIM ETIM With just six months to the end of the tenure of the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Prof. Nyaudo Ndaeyo, the race for the…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for his infrastructural drive urging him not to be distracted by “busybodies…
By ETIM ETIM Elder statesman, Chief Nduese Essien, has just issued a well-written press statement on the recent defection of Gov. Eno to APC, and I think I should contribute…
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended the federal government for relaunching the National Talent Export Programme (NATEP) with the target of creating one million jobs in five years…
By Reuben Abati Nigerians woke up to the delightful news, Monday morning, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, currently on Sallah vacation in Lagos, had decided, following entreaties from interested and…
Isaac Samuel Former First Lady, Maryam Abacha, has faulted former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), over his claims in his autobiography that blamed her late husband, General Sani Abacha,…
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will address a Special Joint Sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday, June 12, 2025, as part of events commemorating Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Spokesman,…
Isaac Samuel Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has declared that his actions during the Nigerian Civil War were never motivated by ethnic hatred, particularly against the Igbo…
By FEMI ADESINA It is not the end. Not yet. But it was the beginning of the end. President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Nigeria’s Dr Akinwumi Adesina, was hosting…
By ETIM ETIM The defection of Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State from PDP to APC on Friday was not a surprise, after all. I first got wind wind…
Isaac Samuel Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has raised alarm over what he described as the direct complicity of top Nigerian politicians in fueling insecurity in the country,…
Comfort Isaac The commissioner for Special Duty and Ibom Deepsea Port, Akwa Ibom state, Comrade Ini Ememobong has resigned his appointment following governor Umo Eno’s defection from Peoples Democratic Party…
By Marcel Okeke Apart from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s amorphous ‘Renewed Hope’ mantra, it looks obvious that there has not been any discernible overarching economic blueprint by his administration. This…
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has revealed that Africa has over $4 trillion of domestic savings in banking assets, institutional funds and reserves. The revelation was contained in the AFC’s 2025…
Comfort Isaac The Director general of the Nigerian Automotive Design and Development Council Mr. Oluwemimo Osanipin said Nigeria will soon begin the production of plastic automotive components. Osanipin who disclosed…
Comfort Isaac The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Akwa Ibom State university branch, on Wednesday, June 4, begun an indefinite strike. This came following prolonged dispute in salaries, allowances and…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno on Wednesday continued his empowerment drive, with the financial grants of 250 million naira and vehicle donations to 540 beneficiaries from Ikot Abasi,…
Oando PLC posted a robust audited full year (FY) 2024 financial results by growing its revenue by 44 percent to N4.1trillion compared to N2.9 trillion in FY 2023. In the…
