The Anambra State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive governance and sustainable development with new policy decisions and project approvals aimed at tackling erosion, strengthening education, improving healthcare delivery and boosting the state’s economy. The government also approved contracts worth ₦640 million for key infrastructural projects designed to enhance social cohesion, stimulate economic growth […]
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has launched the CBN Naira Ambassadors Club, an initiative aimed at promoting the proper handling and preservation of Nigeria’s currency. The club, comprising students from secondary schools across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was inaugurated on Monday at the CBN headquarters in Abuja. Speaking at the […]
Global demand for lithium is set to more than quadruple by 2040, with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development projecting a 353 per cent increase between 2024 and the end of the next decade. The projection comes as a global shift to clean energy technologies intensifies pressure on critical mineral supply chains. The […]
The Federal Government has disclosed that local petrol production has increased from effectively zero in 2023 to about 48 million litres per day. Special Adviser to the President on Oil and Gas, Mrs. Olu Verheijen, disclosed this at the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce Energy Day 2026. A text of her presentation at the event, held […]
The federal government is considering the reinvigoration of the cashless policy as part of broader efforts to curb the rising wave of kidnappings and related criminal activities across the country. The consideration of strengthening the policy comes amid intensified efforts by security agencies to dismantle kidnapping syndicates and cut off their sources of funding, as […]
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is set to file a no-case submission in his alleged wiretapping trial, after the Department of State Services closed its case against him before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The DSS is prosecuting El-Rufai on an amended five-count charge bordering on alleged unlawful interception of communications […]
The Federal Government has presented Letters of Credence to four newly appointed Nigerian ambassadors and high commissioners, clearing them to assume diplomatic duties in Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea and Egypt.The presentation ceremony marks the final diplomatic requirement before the envoys officially take up their assignments in their respective host countries. With the issuance […]
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has received 177 Nigerian returnees from Libya, under the Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme. In a statement issued on Monday, NEMA said the returnees were received by its Lagos operations office in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI). The agency […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the remand of online publisher and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Mohammed Umar, in a short ruling, ordered Sowore to be kept in the correctional centre pending the hearing and determination of his motion for stay of […]
In a major regulatory move aimed at tightening oversight in the telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) have announced strict new compliance requirements for changes in the ownership structure of licensed communications companies. Effective immediately, any transfer of shares amounting to 10 per cent or more of a […]
