The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has decried the reported plans by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to re-introduce the 4.0 per cent Free-on-Board Levy (FOB). It said that such…
IBEDC: Customers have brought digitalization into energy theft The Executive Vice Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr. Tunji Bello, has identified insufficient metering, billing inaccuracies…
Comfort Isaac One Olaniyan Gbenga Amos has been sentenced to sixty-three (63) years jail term for multiple investment fraud by Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court sitting…
293 indigenes of Ukanafun and Oruk Anam Local Government Areas smiled home on Tuesday with sundry support schemes ranging from cash grants to equipment for business support and vehicles. The…
by Reuben Abati I was abroad when the CBEX scandal broke: somehow, I tend to be out of town when Nigerians get into very serious trouble but it has been…
By ETIM ETIM Some twenty leaders of different political leanings and ethnic backgrounds in Akwa Ibom State have sent a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu reminding him of an…
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…
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…
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…
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Godswill Akpabio has pledged that the National Assembly will give the necessary legislative backing for the review of outdated laws to promote police reforms and…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
…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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
