Opposition voices yesterday challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Independence Day declaration that Nigeria has entered an “age of prosperity”, arguing that rising prices, insecurity and declining household purchasing power tell a different story. Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, accused the Tinubu administration of worsening the cost-of-living crisis and failing to […]
The Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority, in collaboration with security operatives, has impounded 20 cows in two separate enforcement operations in Ibadan over alleged open grazing, residential rearing and destruction of farm crops. OYRLEA, Justice Aderonke Aderemi (retd.) on X on Thursday, said the first operation was carried out at dawn on Wednesday, […]
Despite President Bola Tinubu’s directive that transportation fares should begin to fall from October 1 through the deployment of Compressed Natural Gas-powered buses, commuters across several states have continued to pay the same, and in some cases higher, fares. While some state governments have introduced subsidised or free CNG-powered transportation schemes, the initiatives remain limited […]
Four persons have been sentenced to death by the Edo State Special Criminal Court for their roles in the kidnapping of a woman at the Vegetable Market, off Airport Road in Benin City. Justice Aigbona Momodu handed down the sentences while delivering judgment on an 11-count charge involving kidnapping, conspiracy, armed robbery, cultism and unlawful […]
The National Assembly will soon deepen the digitisation of parliamentary records by translating Nigerian laws into Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba and other local languages to expand public access to legislative information. Executive Secretary, National Assembly Library Trust Fund, Mr Henry Nwawuba, disclosed this while declaring open the 2026 National Assembly Library Week on Monday in Abuja. […]
President Bola Tinubu has ended his working vacation in France and departed Paris for Lagos, where he is expected to hold strategic meetings with political leaders and associates ahead of the 2027 elections. Tinubu’s aircraft is expected to land at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, later on Tuesday, according to a statement issued on Tuesday […]
The National Universities Commission has approved 30 new programmes for the Federal University Dutse, including Artificial Intelligence, Law, Data Science, Medical Laboratory Science and Community Health. This was contained in a statement signed and made available to journalists on Tuesday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, by the Acting Director, Public Affairs, Federal University Dutse, […]
The Rivers State House of Assembly has backed the bill for the creation of state police in Nigeria. With its backing, the Assembly joined its counterparts in Osun and Edo in declaring support for the bill. Recall that the bill was sent to the state Houses of Assembly by the National Assembly for consideration after […]
A wide disparity in the ability of companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, to cover their debt obligations with cash has emerged, with some companies holding several times more cash than debt, while others have cash covering only a fraction of their outstanding borrowings. Analysts noted that the cash/debt position of some of […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja’s order directing the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to continue granting and renewing petroleum products import licences has opened a fresh battle over fuel imports as domestic refining capacity expands. The ruling has put the court’s decision in Abuja alongside a pending suit by Dangote Petroleum Refinery […]
