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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…

•Festering rift stands in the way of Saraki’s truce bid •Coalition shifts decision on platform by two weeks THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), once the dominant force in Nigerian politics, is now fighting for…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has advised second-term governors to be circumspect in selecting their successors. According to the Senate president, governors who settle for successors simply because they kneel…

The House of Representatives is considering a bill that seeks to impose a seven-year jail term or a N5m fine on anyone found guilty of giving or receiving bribes in workplaces across the country. The bill, sponsored…

The Dangote Petrochemical Refinery will receive at least five million barrels of imported crude oil within the four weeks of July. A report by Reuters said the import delivery consisted of US West Texas Intermediate…

At least 66 persons of Nigerian origin received Antiguan passports between January and June 2024, new reports from Antigua & Barbuda’s Citizenship-by-Investment Unit show. Through the programme’s headline $100,000…

President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with him. The president made the appeal at the inauguration of the completed Phase 1, Section 1 (30km by six lanes) of the 750km Lagos-Calabar Coastal…

The Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said he got to know what poverty truly is when he mounted the throne. Sanusi said this in a goodwill message at a public…

The Federal Government is shifting towards a self-financing infrastructure model that will see critical national assets, such as ports, highways, and solar power plants, concessioned to private operators, with…

The Federal government has declared that students in technical colleges, federal and state, will henceforth enjoy free education. The government explained that the package include free tuition, accommodation, and…

•Economy choked, needs urgent fiscal recalibration -Economists Nigeria may be groping into a debt trap if urgent fiscal and monetary recalibrations are…