OWERRI—Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu, has urged the people of the South-East to use dialogue and peaceful means to address the recent imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu. Ojukwu made the remarks at the 14th edition of the Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Day celebration at the Ojukwu Memorial Library, Owerri, Imo […]

The House of Representatives has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate the escalating insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), despite the expenditure of $460 million on a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project financed through a Chinese loan.

After nearly three decades apart, the cultural bond between the Esan people of Edo State and the Kalabari of Rivers State was rekindled during a vibrant traditional marriage ceremony uniting both communities.

THE National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Ambassador Godknows Igali has said that the mandate and vision of the organisation

Hayab said the late scholar was one of the few clerics in the country whose teachings consistently promoted peace.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has revoked the 13-kilometre Apo to Karshi road awarded to Kakatar Engineering Ltd. Since 2011. FCT Minister Nyesom Wike disclosed this after inspecting ongoing road projects in Karu, Gishiri and the dualisation of the Outer Southern Expressway in Abuja on Thursday. Wike explained that the contract had been reawarded […]

President Tinubu had recently declared a security emergency following rising cases of banditry, kidnappings and rural attacks. 

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Edo State Government has intensified its campaign against substance abuse among the youth with a statewide campus sensitisation tour to tertiary institutions in the state. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Drug and Illicit Control to Governor Monday Okpebholo, Hon Andrew Efe who led the campaign tagged “Shine […]

Wema Bank Plc has posted a remarkable 316% surge in shareholders’ equity over the past two years, climbing to N491.02 billion from N118.30 billion strengthening its shock-absorbing capacity and positioning the bank for sustained growth in Nigeria’s increasingly competitive banking landscape.

By Bashir Bello KANO —The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has cautioned operators and manufacturers within the Kano Free Trade Zone against sharp practices and manufacturing of substandard products capable of undermining Nigeria’s global rating. The agency’s Coordinator in Kano, Kassim Ibrahim, made the call during a 2 – day investors/stakeholders […]

At the core of Nigeria’s sports-obsessed nation, Abia State is on the cusp of transforming its sports landscape. For years, insufficient funding has scuttled sports development in the State…

•Tier-2 banks lead rise in deposit •Two banks record decline By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor Top ten banks in Nigeria have accumulated N33.24 trillion in savings deposits in  the nine months ending September 2025, a 6.8 per cent increase from N31.13 trillion in the  same period of 2024. A breakdown of the financial statements of the banks […]

November drifts in softly, carrying echoes only the heart can hear—the tender memories of the much-beloved old gentleman, Ada Sanni Giwa Adeoti Adedoyin…

​The exchange rate between the British Pound (GBP) and the Nigerian Naira (NGN) remained relatively stable on Friday, November 28, 2025.

Major-General Elias Njoku (retd), Interim Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria, ALPSAN, has declared that despite the myriads of security challenges facing the country and the seeming free ride of bandits, terrorists, who engage in kidnappings and other attacks against innocent citizens, Nigeria was not ripe for private citizens to be allowed to bear arms for self protection.