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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow at 4.17 percent.…

President Bola Tinubu says his administration has prosecuted and convicted over 100 terrorist financiers in the past two years.  Tinubu spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the opening of the 2025 national anti-money…

Telco giant MTN Nigeria says the recent 50% tariff increase approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will help sustain the telecom industry and improve service delivery. In a statement on…

The management of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) has returned over N1 billion to the Federal Government representing unpaid salaries of staff members who are no longer with the hospital to seek…

FG okays licence for 10,000bpd refinery in Delta The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, through its retail outlets, yesterday increased the price of petrol from N965 to N990 per litre in the…

Greenland’s prime minister said Tuesday the Danish autonomous territory wanted to stake out its own future and did not want to become American, following US President Donald Trump’s renewed remarks about…

A Federal high court sitting in the Kaduna State capital has granted bail to Jimi Lawal, a former adviser to former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and three others arraigned on charges of alleged fraud. The…

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has rejected the Federal Government’s move to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from the current 7.5% to 10%, 12.5% and finally to 15% as proposed in one of the tax reform bills.…

A coalition of 18 Democratic states in the US has filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order…

Barely eight days after being granted pardon by Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, a former inmate, Sunday Omisakin, has been remanded in the Ilesa Correctional Facility for allegedly breaking into a house to steal a…

Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu yesterday said President Bola Tinubu is steering the economy in the right direction. He said the government was determined to stay the course on its…

…says FG won’t succumb to blackmail The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has accused construction giant Julius Berger (Nig.) Plc, of trying to blackmail the Federal Government and incite the public…

Ruben Amorim, Manchester United’s head coach, reportedly damaged a television screen in the dressing room during a heated rant at his players following their 3-1 loss to Brighton on Sunday. The defeat left United…

Controversial Nigerian rapper Darlington Achakpo, popularly known as Speed Darlington, has been released after spending two months in police custody. His lawyer announced the news on Instagram, expressing…

The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has alerted Nigerians to the outbreak of Anthrax, a zoonotic disease, in Zamfara. Ben…

Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive and former federal agent, is reportedly being considered for a prominent role in the U.S. government under the incoming Trump administration. Gambaryan, who served as Binance’s…

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has taken a former media aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, to…

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to enforce all relevant environmental laws to curb the rampant theft of manhole cover in the State. The lawmakers made this…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday vowed a strong response if Donald Trump slaps 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports, which the US president signaled could come as early as February. “Canada will…

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, on Tuesday, apprehended a member of the notorious “One-Chance” syndicate that operated on a yellow color painted commercial bus to rob unsuspecting passengers of their…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given President Bola Tinubu 48 hours to reverse the recent 50% telcos tariff hike. SERAP, in a statement, said failure to do so by the Tinubu…

Cristina Serra, wife of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, has spoken publicly for the first time since their split, saying she’s “feeling great.” Serra, a fashion entrepreneur and mother of three, was spotted…

President Donald Trump’s administration has removed Admiral Linda Fagan — the first woman to lead a US military service — as the head of the Coast Guard. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the…

Just two days after over 90 people were burnt to death in a tanker explosion that also left scores injured in Niger State, residents massed around another fallen truck in another community. The fresh incident occurred…