•Urges FG to rebuild fiscal buffers By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its growth forecast for Nigeria to 4.4 per cent in 2026, citing improved macroeconomic conditions and reform momentum. The Fund disclosed this in its January 2026 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update, titled, “Global Economy: Steady amid Divergent […]

Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, on Monday arrested a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, in Abuja. Malami was reportedly picked up in front of the Kuje Correctional Centre shortly after a visit to the facility. A video circulating on social media shows the former AGF […]

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— An Inspector of Police identified as Victor Okus, has shot two of his colleagues, following an altercation in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Although the cause of the shooting is still sketchy, it was gathered that the policemen attached to 17 Police Mobile Force, PMF, were on special duty at Intels, […]

Outrage erupted in Maiduguri on Monday after the All Progressives Congress, APC, excluded the photograph of Vice-President Kashim Shettima from a banner displayed at the North-East Zonal Public Hearing on the amendment of the party’s constitution.

“When I heard the rumour, I mobilised the police and other security forces to Kurmin Wali. We visited the church where the so-called kidnap was said to have occurred and found no trace of any incident,”

The Federal Government has revealed that 1.8 million Nigerians are currently in the digital skills pipeline of the Three Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme as it enters its scale-up phase, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, announced on Tuesday.

Hon. Chidi Obetta, member representing Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, has said South East stakeholders unanimously defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to strengthen the zone’s connection to the centre of governance.

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has announced plans to conduct bye-elections for affected local government areas in Lagos State, pledging to improve past performances and address voter apathy.

UNITED States President, Donald Trump, has tied his ambitions to annex Greenland to his unsuccessful bid for a Nobel Peace Prize, which he has long coveted.

Two middle-aged men died over the weekend in Odukpani, near Calabar, Cross River State, following a knife fight where both inflicted severe knife cuts on each other.