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In Lebanon, economic meltdown worsens as inflation hits 215% in February

Inflation in Lebanon soared an annual 215 per cent in February as the country’s economic meltdown worsens and talks with the International Monetary...

CBN $200bn repatriation: Heritage Bank, LCFE explore opportunities in export revenue

As part of its support to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to raise $200 billion in foreign exchange repatriation from the non-oil...

Ukraine-Russia war: 193 Nigerians of the 2,357 evacuees test positive for COVID-19 – SGF Mustapha

No fewer than 193 Nigerians out of the 2,357 evacuated from the war-torn Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC)...

Buhari’s March 22 visit to Lagos airport: FAAN advises air travelers to report early 

All airport users especially travelers in Lagos have been advised by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to report at the airport...

NNPC frowns at Auditor General’s report of “missing” 22,929.84 litres of petrol, says lost to pipeline vandals

Following the queries by the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr Adolphus Aghughu, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) had...

N11trn electricity fund down the drain: SERAP urges probe by Buhari

With a staggering N11 trillion gone down the drain to provide electricity supply in the country since 1999 without an improvement, the Socio-Economic...

Closing, restricting civic space in Nigeria: Real threat to democracy, says Spaces for Change

The Executive Director, Spaces for Change (S4C), Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, has cautioned against closing and restricting the civic space in Nigeria, describing such a...

Fraudulent court injunction: Punish Ogunba (SAN), CSO tells Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Kunle Ogunba, is now under fire for allegedly deposing to false information in an affidavit for the...

Nigerian businessman abducted in South Africa, NUSA sends S.O.S. to Police

A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Alaba Jolayemi,  a.k.a “The Don’’, has been kidnapped in the country. Jolayemi reportedly went missing...

Power outage, diesel price hike, frightening food inflation, Elumelu laments state of the nation

Nigerian economist, businessman, and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, has lamented the current parlous state of the country’s economy. Elumelu, who bemoaned the worsening epileptic...

AGF Malami Says He Won’t Resign And Will Complete Tenure Gloriously

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN),  has defied calls for him to resign and indicated his resolve to...

2022 Electoral Act amendment request: FG mulls all options –  Malami 

Buhari had two weeks ago sent the Act back to the Senate to delete Section 84 (12) after his assent.

Spaces for Change at 10, recommits to championing citizens’ civic participation in governance, economic, environmental justice

  Raised from an online discussion forum on Facebook social networking site in May 2011, and now transformed to a highly-respected advocacy organization...

Yakasai says he is excited by NNPC boss’ deft handling of contaminated petrol, shortage

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd), Malam Mele Kyari, has received laudation from an elder statesman...

Lagos-Ibadan train runs out of diesel, stops abruptly in the bush

  An Ibadan-bound Lagos-Ibadan train on Thursday came to an abrupt halt after running out of diesel. The crew members unashamedly told passengers...

FG bans foreigners from buying farm produce, commodities directly from Nigerian farmers

  The Federal Government says it has banned foreigners from buying agricultural commodities and produce directly from Nigerian farmers. The ban which was...