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The Nigerian naira recorded a significant appreciation against the US dollar, trading at N1,550 per dollar in the parallel foreign exchange (FX) market on Thursday, marking its strongest performance in seven months. This latest gain represents the naira’s best showing since July

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE Vice President Kashim Shettima has observed that Nigeria is witnessing a surge in reverse medical tourism, with patients from the United States and other countries thronging the nation’s hospitals to seek affordable and high-quality kidney transplants. The Vice

IBM, the American multinational technology giant, has reportedly announced plans to exit Nigeria, Ghana, and other key African markets, transferring its regional operations to MIBB, a subsidiary of the Midis Group. The move, which was revealed in a statement by the company,

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has called on President Bola Tinubu to release the embattled leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. The IPOB leader has been in detention since he was

The decomposing body of a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka, has been discovered on the 2nd Niger Bridge. Azuka’s body was discovered by a combined security team. The lawmaker representing Onitsha North Constituency 1 was kidnapped on

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disciplinary committee has invited a former governor of Benue State Samuel Ortom; Samuel Anyanwu, and others. This followed a meeting of the committee in Abuja on Wednesday where it “considered five (5) petitions received so far”.  It

The Independent National Electoral Commission has failed to present its witnesses before the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja. At the tribunal’s resumed sitting on Thursday, the electoral body didn’t field any witness to defend its declaration of the All Progressives

The federal government has repositioned the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) to revitalise the agricultural sector and strengthen the country’s economic growth and socioeconomic development. Presiding over a progress report meeting held in his office in Abuja, the Honourable Minister of Finance and

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, led two former governors in the former G-5 Governors’ Forum, Senators, and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to pay a condolence visit to the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, on

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, has described the federal government’s plan to resume oil exploration in Ogoni land as “premature.” Peterside made this assertion on Wednesday during an interview on Politics Today, a programme

A shocking case of corruption and criminal conspiracy has been uncovered at the Warri Correctional Centre, where some prison officials allegedly aided inmates—including a death row convict—to temporarily leave custody and engage in armed robbery operations in Benin City, Edo State. According

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe allegations that over N26 billion of public funds

An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has sentenced Olayiwola Oguntade, a former staff member of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to five years in prison for fraud. The conviction followed a prolonged legal battle after Oguntade was arraigned by

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is advising Civil Society Organisations to beam their searchlight on party primaries and focus attention on the buying of delegates, describing it as a “diabolical practice.” The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, raised the observations

President Bola Tinubu has raised the proposed 2025 budget from ₦49.7 trillion to ₦54.2 trillion, citing additional revenues generated by key government agencies. The President conveyed the budget adjustment in separate letters sent to both the Senate and the House of Representatives,