By Progress Godfrey ABUJA — The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has said that Nigeria’s economy is showing strong signs of recovery, with growth above four percent, inflation falling, and renewed interest from local and foreign investors. Oduwole said the country’s economic reforms, investment drive and global partnerships are reshaping Nigeria’s outlook […]

By Godwin Oritse The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in collaboration with the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and the World Bank Group (WBG), commenced the WCO Accelerated Trade Facilitation Programme as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen trade facilitation, enhance compliance, and deepen Customs modernisation in Nigeria. The programme is designed to review previously agreed objectives and […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said 6,422 insured depositors of 651 financial institutions were paid N3.31 billion in the first half of 2025 (H1’25). CBN disclosed this in its latest Financial Stability Report noting that the 651 financial institutions in liquidation comprises 50 Commercial Banks (CMBs), 546 Microfinance Banks (MFBs) and […]

… as compliance window closes By Progress Godfrey ABUJA — The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has begun enforcing regulations against Digital Money Lending (DML) operators that failed to regularise their status under the Digital, Electronic, Online and Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025 (DEON Regulations). Vanguard recalls that the FCCPC had set January 5, […]

•Unveils industry-wide war on e-fraud   •Internet banking fraud leads with N13.37bn, 4,507 cases   •Lagos tops with 63% fraud volumes   •3, 417 individuals on fraud watch list By Babajide Komolafe Losses to fraud in Nigerian financial institutions declined to N25.85 billion, 51 per cent year-on-year, from N52.26 billion in 2024. This comes as the Central Bank […]

Nigeria and other African countries will benefit from a €557m million humanitarian funding package in 2026 after the European Union unveiled an initial €1.9 billion aid budget.

Five soldiers have been killed when a Boko Haram suicide bomber rammed into a military convoy in the Timbuktu triangle in Borno State, while an unspecified number of troops were injured.

Among the featured contributors/collaborator was KAFAMO, a London-based fashion label founded and directed by Aderogba Alqawil. 

A calm but resolute protest by the Warri Indigenous Women Forum, yesterday, drew attention to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja, as the women accused the commission of carrying out a re-delineation exercise they say threatens the political survival of the Itsekiri people in Delta State.

The Olore in council, in Odigbo council area of Ondo state, has rejected the decision of the state government to appoint a regent in place of a substantive traditional ruler.

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— A 45-year-old man simply identified as Pascal has allegedly defiled male and female minors in Rivers State. It was learned that the vicitms (names withheld), were a 10-year-old boy and an 11-yr-old girl. It was gathered that the suspect had committed the act severally at Christ Apostolic Street, Mile 3 […]

Following the devastating inferno that gutted one commercial storey building at Computer Village, Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State, affected traders have sent a SOS to the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for financial support to assuage their losses.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa —Angry residents of Obunagha community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have apprehended a 40-year-old man for allegedly defiling and sodomising his 12-year-old step-daughter. The victim was reportedly rushed to Niger Delta University Hospital, Okolobiri, with severe injuries, including bleeding. It was learned that the suspect, identified as a […]

By Akpokona Omafuaire UGHELLI— THE people of Uwheru community, Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest to reject the reinstatement of the their suspended President-General, MacPherson Igbedi, by chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, without the knowledge of the community. The protesters armed with placards bearing inscriptions and a white coffin stained with […]

By Adesina Wahab In the era when some students rely on sitting for WASSCE, NECO and UTME examinations in “miracle centres” where candidates are helped to pass, Mr Salami Habeeb Folarin, who is the Best Graduating Student in Mechanical Engineering at the ongoing convocation ceremonies of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has emphasized the importance […]