Enugu ADC said South-East won’t support Tinubu, dismissing threats by Umahi, that the region could lose federal infrastructure projects

Ondo State African Democratic Congress (ADC) House of Representatives candidate, Omoniyi Akingunola, has showered encomiums on former Osun State Governor and prominent progressive leader, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola….

Gowon had reportedly concluded from the observation that “most of the bullets fired by the Nigerian army hit palm trees, not people”

Former Ondo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Engineer Ade Adetimehin, on Saturday led a large mobilisation of party members in solidarity with President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The Nigerian naira traded within a relatively stable range against the United States dollar on Monday, May 25, 2026, across both the official Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) and the parallel market.

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja The South East Development Commission has commenced the grand finale of the inaugural South East Venture Capital Program (SEVCP) in Enugu, marking the beginning of a broader strategy aimed at improving access to growth capital for businesses across the South East region. The event features 50 finalist ventures selected from over […]

By Emma Ujah The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has reaffirmed the apex bank’s commitment to orthodox monetary policy, transparency and evidence-based decision-making, warning against renewed calls for interventionist programmes. Speaking at the opening of the Monetary Policy Committee workshop in Abuja, Mr Cardoso said: “The ongoing reforms are critical to restoring […]

…We didn’t promise one-day approval — NSW By Efe Onodjae Importers and clearing agents have raised concerns over mounting demurrage costs at Nigerian seaports, blaming delays linked to the National Single Window (NSW) platform for prolonged cargo clearance processes. The National President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA, Lucky Amiwero, […]

By Adesina Wahab The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Southwest Zone-D, has expressed joy at the emergence of two student leaders from the zone as national officers at the recent national convention of the association in Abuja. The event held at the weekend. The two new national officers from the zone […]

•Provision for insurance removed in new NCAA regulation —  Experts By Rosemary Iwunze Indications have emerged that the Federal Government may shoulder the full financial burden arising from the recent fire incident at the international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, following the apparent absence of insurance cover for Nigerian airports. The airport is managed by […]

.Say reliance on subvention outdated. By Adesina Wahab The era of universities solely depending on their promoters for periodic subvention is over, as they now have to think of ways of getting revenue from other sources to be able to stay afloat. That was the submission of experts at a two-day Commonwealth Institute Universities Leaders […]

A senior commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has defected to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) after a journey that reportedly took him through South Sudan, India and Saudi Arabia before he appeared in Khartoum earlier this month.

By Peter Egwuatu  After the sustained rally recorded in the previous weeks of May 2026, profit-taking by investors last week have taken toll on the Nigerian stock market. Analysts noted that the profit-taking was mostly in major blue chip and mid-cap companies that had paid dividends to their shareholders. A review of activity on the Nigeria […]

By Suleiman A. Suleiman In the first instalment of this series last week, I made three points. First, I argued, against the grain, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent creation of a parallel Special Adviser on “Homeland Security” is not an administrative or operational adjustment. It is, I said, a purely political move that signals […]

LAGOS— OPERATIVES of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force have uncovered a major drug trafficking syndicate in Lagos, seizing suspected illicit drugs estimated at ₦7.8 billion and arresting several suspects, including the alleged kingpin, Eke Henry Ifeanyi.