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EU invests €37m to boost solar, hydropower projects in Nigeria

The European Union (EU) has disclosed plans to invest €37 million to boost the solar and hydropower sectors in Nigeria. Ambassador Samuela Isopi,...

Davido questions his choice of music career, says footballers enjoy better fame

Nigerian music sensation David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has recently raised eyebrows by openly questioning his career path, expressing a hint of...

Nigeria To Benefit From $50m UN Food Grant

Nigeria will benefit from a $50 million grant donated to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) by the Government of Japan to...

Reopen Investigation Into Dele Giwa’s Murder, Court Orders FG’s Attorney General

Thirty-eight years after, a Federal High Court in Abuja, in a landmark ruling, has directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister...

Hoarding, Price fixing: FG begins clampdown, seals popular store in Abuja

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed a popular supermarket, Sahad Store, located in the Garki area of Abuja. The...

Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison

Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, the prison service said....

Just in: S’Court dismisses FG’s appeal of false declaration against Orubebe

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the nullification of a judgement that convicted Godsday Orubebe, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, over...

Just In: Mega Super Store in Abuja, Sealed by FCCPC over Price Hike

The Federal Competition and Consumers Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed off the popular Sahad Stores Limited located in Area 11, Garki, Abuja, The...

CBN stops dollar cash payments for BTA, PTA

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will no longer allow dollar cash payments for Business Travel Allowance (BTA) and...

Not settling down early in life, my greatest regret – Timini Egbuson

Actor Timini Egbuson, a prominent figure in Nigeria’s film industry, opened up about the biggest regret that lingers in his heart. The actor...

Food security: Farmers to receive 15,000 irrigable hectares of land

In a bid to tackle rising food prices, the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has disclosed that 15,000 hectares of irrigable land...

Nigeria’s inflation hits 29.90%, food inflation ‘quickens’ again to 35.4%

Nigeria’s annual inflation rate climbed further to a near 28-year high of 29.9% in January 2024, up from 28.9% in December and above...

#RevolutionNow Protest: FG Discontinues Sowore, Bakare’s trial

The Federal Government has discontinued the trial of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr. Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant,...

NUPRC to relocate staff, some units from Abuja to Lagos

In its bid to deliver efficient service, the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has started the process of relocating certain departments to Lagos....

FIFA rankings: Super Eagles jump to 28th best team in the world

Nigeria’s men’s football team, the Super Eagles, have moved up 14 places in the latest FIFA ranking, climbing from 42nd to 28th in...

Households cut spending as UK economy slips into recession

Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK has slipped into a technical recession after the economy...