A Chief Magistrate in the Rivers judiciary, Ejike King George, has voluntarily resigned from service, citing unease with the recent appointment of what he described as a “quasi-military administration” to oversee the state’s affairs. In a letter dated April 11,…
Nigeria’s external debt service has been projected to rise to $5.2bn this year, Fitch Ratings has said. The credit rating agency disclosed this in its latest rating action commentary published on Friday. The agency also cited a minor delay in…
Lagos State Deputy Governor – Dr. Obafemi Hamzat has raised concern over a sharp and unexplained hike in his official residence’s electricity bill from N2.7 million in March to a staggering N29 million in April. Hamzat, who spoke at a…
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Monday slightly cut its forecast for oil demand growth, citing the impact of US tariffs on the world economy. In its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) for April, the Secretariat now sees…
The Rivers State Government has expressed disappointment over the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to relocate its 2025 Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu and is demanding ₦300m from the body. The government described the reasons…
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has unveiled its vastly improved Point of Sale (POS) Terminal as well as the UBA MONI App to redefine the digital payment landscape and empowering small and medium-scale enterprises across Africa.…
The Presidency has expressed its dismay over the increasing number of billboards in certain cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and…
Nigerian singer and rapper Eedris Abdulkareem says he didn’t attack Seyi Tinubu with his new song, stressing that he only replied to a statement made by the entrepreneur that his father, President Bola Tinubu, is Nigeria’s best-ever president. The younger…
A U.S. District Court has directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to search for and release non-exempt records regarding an alleged criminal investigation involving Nigeria’s incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The ruling was…
The Presidency has observed, with dismay, the increasing number of billboards in some cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Worth noting is that some of these billboards with pictures of the…
A 24-year-old Nigerian man, Mercy Ojedeji, has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and unlawful use of fraudulent immigration documents to gain admission into a university in the United States. On Wednesday, April 9, Ojedeji admitted to fraudulently securing…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has destroyed heaps of illicit drugs weighing about 1.6 million kilograms of assorted illicit substances seized across Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo states, in what is still the largest volume of seizures…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged African governments to harness the continent’s annual US$95 billion in diaspora remittances towards supporting national health priorities. According to a statement released on Friday, taking advantage of the…
Bitcoin recovered, surging towards $84,000 on Saturday amidst trade war uncertainties between the United States and other countries. It rebounded from losses sustained earlier in the week. The price of Bitcoin dipped as low as $74,700 on Monday, fueled by…
The naira edged up slightly against the US dollar at the official foreign exchange market to close the week at N1,626.00/$1 on Friday. The gain is based on data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), when compared to…