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Breaking: CBN Cuts Interest Rate to 26.5%

Nigeria’s apex bank has lowered its benchmark Monetary Policy Rate by half a percentage point, bringing it down from 27 per cent to...

REA Secures ECOWAS Grant, N100bln Lotus Bank Facility to Boost Rural Electrification

By Joycelyn Ellakeche Adah The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has strengthened its drive to expand electricity access across Nigeria through a strategic dual...

Breaking: Bayelsa Assembly Confirms Peter Akpe as New Deputy Governor

The Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Tuesday gave expeditious unanimous approval to the nomination of the Chief of Staff to the governor,...

Breaking: Ozekhome Cleared: Judge Strikes Out Forgery Suit as FG Withdraws

In a significant legal turn, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has withdrawn forgery charges against Senior Advocate of...

Nigeria is Out of the Woods – Tinubu, Vows State Police in National Rescue Plan

President Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria has emerged from economic uncertainty and morass, just as he pledged to establish state police to...

Breaking: Firefighters Battle Blaze at Lagos Airport Old Terminal

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed a fire incident at the old international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport...

FCT Poll Results: Like PDP, APC Considers Legal Action Over Gwagwalada Loss

Celebrating a near-total victory in the FCT polls, the APC has characterized the outcome as a “dress rehearsal” for 2027. The party won...

FCT Polls: PDP Heads to Court to Challenge APC’s Five-Council Victory

Following an APC sweep of five out of six chairmanship seats in the FCT Council polls, the PDP says it has assembled a...

El-Rufai Hits ICPC With ₦1bln Suit Over Abuja House Invasion

Former Kaduna Gov. Nasir El-Rufai has instituted a ₦1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences...

NASS Moves to Curb Electoral Fraud: INEC Officials Now Face Jail Terms for Misconduct

With the 2027 polls in view, the newly passed the Electoral Act, 2026, has Imposed a mix of stiff penalties and institutional safeguards...

GenCos Clarify Capacity Payments Dispute as Outstanding Debt Hits N6.2trn

By Joycelyn Ella’keche Adah The Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) has addressed what it terms “persistent misconceptions” regarding capacity payments, Power Purchase...

Gov. Aiyedatiwa’s Years of the Locusts

By Festus Adedayo Until last week’s bloody clash, governance in the Sunshine State of Ondo was the proverbial upholstery (timutimu) which shielded a...

Simi Breaks Silence: Singer Admits to Controversial Resurfaced Tweets

Following sustained online backlash over resurfaced social media posts, singer and mother, Simi, has finally addressed allegations stemming from tweets she shared more...

Cocaine Bust: Woman Fakes Pregnancy as Ivorian Trafficker Excretes 82 Wraps in Kano

The NDLEA has exposed “bizarre” smuggling tactics following the arrest of two traffickers attempting to move illicit drugs across Nigerian borders. In one...

Just In: APC Clinches Fifth Seat as Candidate Shekwolo Secures Kuje Chairmanship

Danjuma Shekwolo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the Kuje Area Council chairmanship seat in Saturday’s Federal...

Intruder with Shotgun Shot Dead at Trump’s Florida Resort

U.S. Secret Service agents fatally shot an armed intruder early Sunday morning after he breached the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago...