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The African Centre for Energy Governance and Accountability (ACEGA) has commended President Bola Tinubu for what it described as “groundbreaking and well-coordinated reforms” in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. In a…

“When interest rates go up, people feel it not in the bank, but in their kitchen.” Says Nafisah Bello, Development Economist, Dakar. In Lagos,…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said the power of prayer over the nation has kept the nation saying, “Some say, ‘You’ve been praying and fasting — where is the…

The Lagos State Government has announced plans to reintroduce the suspended monthly environmental sanitation exercise as part of a broader strategy to promote a cleaner, safer, and flood-free Lagos. The Commissioner…

The Afenifere, under the leadership of Oba Oladipo Olaitan, has declared that Nigerians have been subjected to harrowing pain and anguish in the two years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The pan-Yoruba…

Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on media and information strategy to President Bola Tinubu, says Nigerians will soon experience a reduction in the cost of living, as the effects of the administration’s economic reforms…

BUA Group and Hadiza Bala Usman, former managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), are locked in fresh spat over the termination of a Rivers port concession deal. The dispute started following an…

At least nine residents are feared dead following the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) at a bus stop in Mairari village, located in Guzamala LGA of Borno state. The blast occurred around 11am on…

The skyrocketing cost of living in Nigeria has plunged many citizens into deep poverty, leading a growing number of Nigerians to abandon their pets as they can no…

…Search Continues by Local Divers Two more corpses have been recovered from the devastating flood that struck Mokwa last Thursday, bringing the official death toll to 153, according to a statement from the Niger…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over the “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged…

A commercial bus loaded with traders returning from Orie Orba Market in Udenu Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State was hijacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Saturday evening around 7 p.m. along the Owukpa–Orokam…

The recent move by the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, to present a 30-kilometre segment of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as a completed and commission-worthy project has drawn sharp criticism from the…

Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, says Rotimi Amaechi demonstrated courage by refusing to step down for President Bola Tinubu during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary contest of 2022. Soyinka…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the President Bola Tinubu administration is weaponising poverty against Nigerians. Abubakar spoke on Saturday at a public lecture to mark the 60th birthday anniversary of…

Umo Eno, governor of Akwa Ibom, has blamed “political detractors” for his daughter’s outburst against him. A video of Jane Ufot, daughter of Eno, seemingly accusing her dad of “sacrificing” Patience, her…

A former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasiru El-rufai has querried the current leadership structure in Nigeria, noting that the country has been taken over by urban bandits. El-rufai made the disclosure in Abuja…

Over the past 50 years, the naira’s buying power has evaporated. In 1973, ₦100 could buy multiple bags of rice in Nigeria. Today, in 2025, it can barely…

Godwin Emefiele, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, is now facing eight fresh charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Linda Ochugbua, Digital Sales Manager at BusinessDay, has been named one of the “50 Most Valuable Personalities…

Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), to withdraw the criminal charges filed against Natasha…

President Bola Tinubu has described Gilbert Chagoury, the Lebanese-Nigerian businessman, as his “partner in daring”. The president praised the businessman on Saturday during the inauguration of the phase one, section…

Nentawe Yilwatda, the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty reduction, says the federal government is using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify poor Nigerians residing in urban slums. Speaking on Arise…

A group, the Benue Democratic Ambassadors, BEDA, has raised alarm over the spate of attacks in Benue state by armed herdsmen, saying over 20 out of the 23 Local Government Areas, LGAs of the state have been taken over…