EFCC arrests wanted society lady
Detectives from the EFCC on Tuesday arrested businesswoman Aisha Achimugu at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Achimugu was arrested around 5am shortly after her return from London. Achimugu had…
Panic As Hackers Steal ₦9.3 Billion Customer Funds From Union Bank
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc is scrambling to recover a staggering N9.3 billion stolen from customers’ accounts in a sophisticated fraud linked to a major system breach. The incident, which…
Okonjo-Iweala, Aig-Imoukhuede, Others Shower Tributes on Paschal Gabriel Dozie
Nigerian corporate leaders showered tributes on the founder of the defunct Diamond Bank, Dr. Paschal Gabriel Dozie (PGD) as they remembered his lifetime as one dedicated to service to humanity…
National Assembly pledges to support review of outdated laws
Patrick Ekpoh The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has pledged that the National Assembly will give the necessary legislative backing for the review of outdated laws to promote police reforms and…
EFCC begins investigation of $86,500; 305,150 Riyals Intercepted at Kano Airport
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said it has begun the investigation of $86,500 (Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars), 305,150( Three Hundred and five, One…
Uphold principles of transparency, equity in your duties- VP Shettima urges RMAFC members
Comfort Isaac Vice President Kashim Shettima has asked staff members of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to uphold the principles of transparency, equity and service excellence in…
Presidency: Democracy strong and alive in Nigeria
PRESS RELEASE Presidency: Democracy strong and alive in Nigeria We have read the alarming claims of disgruntled opposition figures, some partisan human rights crusaders and emergency defenders of democracy over…
The Excellent Spirit of Akwa Ibomites at the African Knockout Championship in Abuja
The electrifying energy of the African Knockout Championship (AKO), a mixed martial arts contest, recently filled the Abuja Velodrome, but the biggest win of the night wasn’t in the ring—it…
$220 million Tribunal ruling: WhatsApp warns of service disruption in Nigeria
Isaac Samuel Following the decision of Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal affirming the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (FCCPC) authority to sanction the WhatsApp LLC and its parent company,…
Lafarge Africa Celebrates Remarkable 2024 Financial Performance
Lafarge Africa Plc, a manufacturer of a range of cement brands, held its 66th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos on Friday. The AGM, attended by shareholders, board members, and…
Lagos: NDLEA Recovers N1.042billion Illicit Drug Consignments in Hotel
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that it recovered 417.3 kg of illicit drugs estimated to be worth N1,042,500,000 in an 80-room new hotel in Victoria Island,…
Prominent Akwa Ibom citizens Appeal to President Tinubu for Intervention on Key State Projects
The Akwa Ibom Unity Forum (AUF), a bipartisan coalition of prominent sons and daughters of Akwa Ibom State, has issued a heartfelt appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging federal…
Access Holdings shareholders meet May 15 to consider a ‘’resilient performance’’
By ETIM ETIM Shareholders of Access Holdings will meet in Lagos on May 15 to consider the group’s financial results for FY 2024 and review its expansion strategy for the…
Rivers PDP NASS caucus backs Tinubu for 2027
By Isaac Samuel Members of the Rivers State Caucus in the National Assembly have declared their full support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. The caucus,…
FG to Establish Textile Development Board, Approves $90bn Agribusiness, Livestock’s Development Plan
The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the establishment of a Cotton, Textile and Garment Development Board (CTGDB) to regulate activities in the sector. The CTGDB would be domiciled in…
In 2027, Tinubu Won’t Win; The Opposition Will Lose
By Farooq A. Kperogi If economic health, social vitality, and the raw pulse of public opinion were the only indicators relied upon to prognosticate the chances of President Bola Ahmed…
Insecurity: 20 abducted in the sea
Patrick Ekpoh Akwa Ibom State Police command has confirmed the abduction of about 20 passengers including a comedian who popularly known as General Odey along the Cross River Water ways…
NAPTIP seeks collaboration to tackle rising human trafficking cases in A-Ibom
Patrick Ekpoh The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Uyo Zonal command has called for collaboration and synergy with relevant stakeholders, including the Akwa Ibom State government to…
Senate President Akpabio leads NIGERIA’s Delegation to Pope Francis Funeral
Press Release STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT: SENATE PRESIDENT AKPABIO LEADS NIGERIA’S DELEGATION TO POPE FRANCIS’ FUNERAL President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the…
Ibas finally appears before reps, apologises, seeks more time to brief lawmakers
By Isaac Samuel Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), Friday made his long-awaited appearance before the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on the State of Emergency in Rivers…
World Bank appoints Aliko Dangote to Elite Group
…Tasks him to drive Investment and job creations in emerging economies The President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has been appointed to the World Bank’s Private…
Can Nigeria Afford Another Failed Census?
By Marcel Okeke President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took a major step towards the realization of the proposed national population and housing census by inaugurating an eight-man high-level committee led by…
LCCI: Drastic action needed to reduce Nigeria’s value, cost of public borrowing
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for drastic actions to reduce Nigeria’s value and cost of public borrowing. The LCCI stated these yesterday in a public…
What happens if Gov. Umo Eno defects to APC?
By ETIM ETIM The defection of Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State to APC yesterday has heightened speculations that his counterpart in Akwa Ibom, Pastor Umo Eno will follow suit.…
Medical professionals Begin Indefinite Strike in Akwa Ibom
Patrick Ekpoh Affiliate bodies of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Akwa Ibom State chapter—including the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) and the Association of Specialists Medical and…
PRESS RELEASE: President Tinubu issues new directives on Security, says “Enough is Enough”
President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara states. The…
IMF Warns Countries to Guard Against Rising Public Debts
The IMF has sounded a warning to all countries over the surging public debts. This warning was issued on Wednesday by the Director, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department, Mr. Victor Gaspar.…
Africa: IMF Fears Reversal of Strong Policy Actions
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed fear that the strong policy actions that have been taken by governments in Africa to bring down inflation, stabilize public debt, and reduce…
Breaking: Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori dumps PDP, Delta now APC State
Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Senator James Manager announced…
BREAKING: President Tinubu meets Suspended Governor Fubara in London over Rivers political crisis
According to The Africa Report, the meeting took place in London last week, shortly after Tinubu left Paris. The meeting, it was learnt, was at the insistence of Governor Fubara,…
Tinubu returns to a Nation on edge
Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to Nigeria Monday night after a 19-day trip to France and the United Kingdom, stepping into a country that has grown increasingly anxious…
Pope Francis (1936 – 2025)
by Reuben Abati Pope Francis who died yesterday morning, April 21, at the age of 88 was a trailblazer in more than one respect and definitely one of the most…
Gov. Eno: I have fulfilled my promise to unite Akwa Ibom people
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to unity and reconciliation across the state, declaring that the sustenance of peace far outweighs any political interest.…
Expert: Trump Wants to Dismantle WTO
A Professor of Economics and former Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Mike Idi Obadan, has stated that the current tariff war, which…
Report: Manufacturing Investment Fell by 35. Percent in 2024
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in its “MAN Economic Review Second Half 2024,” has said that real manufacturing investment fell by 35.3 percent year-on-year to N658.81 billion in 2024.…
CPPE Kicks Against RMRDC’s Bill on 30% Processing of Local Raw Materials Before Export
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has kicked against the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) Bill currently before the National Assembly, which proposed that no…
Police rescue two day old baby sold by mother, grandmother for N800,000
Comfort Isaac Akwa Ibom State Police command said it has rescued a two day old baby allegedly sold by mother, Blessing Walter and grandmother Grace Walter in Oron local government…
Bakare: Nigeria Democracy Degenerating into Tyranny
The Serving Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has declared that Nigeria’s democracy is in a decent into tyranny under the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.…
Trump to downgrade diplomatic relations with Africa
By Edward Wong New York Times A draft White House executive order proposes a drastic restructuring of the State Department, including eliminating almost all of its Africa operations and shutting…
The wages of presidential subterfuge
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On the evening of 5 April 2012, the prime-time bulletin on the television news of the Malawi Broacasting Corporation (MBC), announced to the country that the…
Easter: EFCC chairman, Olukoyede charges christians on rededication to anti-graft values
Comfort Isaac The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has encouraged Christians to reflect on the lessons of Easter season and rededicate themselves…
In a stirring Easter message, Kukah asks Tinubu to rescue Nigerians from hunger, insecurity and anguish
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has asked President Tinubu to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians and restore hope and peace to the nation. In his 2025 Easter…
Murder: NPF completes extradition of Benjamin Best Nnayereugo alias “Killaboi” to face Charges.
As IGP Appreciates AGF, INTERPOL, Assures of Diligent Prosecution The Nigeria Police Force has successfully completed the extradition of Benjamin Best Nnayereugo, male, widely known as “Killaboi,” from Doha,…
Umo Eno, Tinubu and the 2027 election
By ETIM ETIM The most topical political issue this Easter weekend is Gov. Umo Eno’s public endorsement of President Tinubu for a second term and the discussions it’s generated across…
Sports Festival: Akwa Ibom govt sets up committee to review performance
Comfort Isaac Barely one week after the Niger Delta Sports Festival which was held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; the State Ministry of Sports has announced plans to set up…
NIIA Report: U S. Tariff Hike to Disadvantage SME Exporters, Hit Nigeria’s Macro-Economic Stability
A report by the Nigerian Institute of International Affair (NIIA) has declared that the hike in tariffs by the United States of America would hit Nigerian agricultural and manufacturing SMEs…
LCCI: U.S. Tariff War Threatens Nigeria’s N323.96 billon non-oil, non-energy exports to USA
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that the ongoing trade war between the United States of America and the rest of threat to Nigeria’s N323.96 billion…
Ambition vs. Strategy: Can the opposition overcome Its divisions before 2027?
Isaac Samuel When former Vice President Atiku Abubakar recently restated his conviction that only a broad-based coalition could defeat President Bola Tinubu in 2027, he was not merely issuing a…
GOV Eno doles out N260 million to 655 beneficiaries in Ikot Ekpene
…gets 2nd Term Nod from Senate President, Stakeholders A total of 655 entrepreneurs, including farmers and small-scale business owners in Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency, have received business support grants totaling…
PTDF laments continued retention of trained Nigerian scholars in foreign countries
Patrick Ekpoh Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has expressed concern that most of its trained personnel have failed to return to the country after they’ve completed their studies. The commonest…