The 62-year-old Hoyos was a key former mentor of Messi with Barcelona’s youth team more than two decades ago, and the Argentine pair have remained close ever since.

By Babajide Komolafe The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has commenced moves to formally conclude the liquidation of 89 defunct Microfinance Banks, MFBs, and Primary Mortgage Banks, PMBs, whose operations were successfully transferred to new owners under its Purchase and Assumption, P&A, framework. In a statement signed by its Head of Communication and Public Affairs, Hawwau […]

By Obas Esiedesa The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) yesterday said that Nigeria’s oil production rose by 4.2 per cent to 1.546 million barrels per day (mbpd) in March 2026, compared to 1.483 mbpd recorded in February. In its oil production status report released yesterday, the Commission said crude oil production (excluding condensate) increased by […]

According to him, the characterisation of Obi by the presidential spokesman was “baseless” and “insulting to millions of Nigerians” who view the former Anambra State governor as a credible political alternative.

By Elekwachi Chimezie In a society where children are highly valued and considered as products of “happy” marriage, the burden of infertility is considered very challenging to the couple, their family and friends, but appears worse on the women who are trying to conceive (TTC).  Among the factors that contribute to this burden of infertility […]

*Urges prudent use of oil windfall to rebuild buffers By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has indicated plans to provide up to $50 billion in financial support to Nigeria and other countries affected by the biting impact of the ongoing Middle East crisis. Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, disclosed this […]

It came as US officials discuss possible peace talks with Iran after US-Israeli strikes on Tehran on February 28 engulfed the Middle East in war.

By Yinka Kolawole Nigeria’s total public debt for federal and state governments rose by 10 percent, year-on-year, YoY to N159.27 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025 (Q4’25) compared to the N144.67 trillion recorded at the end of Q4’24, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has reported. According to DMO, the figure represents […]

Bwala argued that the ADC coalition lacks the political base needed to challenge the ruling party APC.

By Emeka Anaeto,  Business Editor World’s leading agricultural sector funding agency, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) , an arm of the United Nations, is set to boost discussions on Nigeria’s agric and food sector at the upcoming 2026 Vanguard Economic Discourse.   The 2026 edition of the Vanguard Economic Discourse is scheduled to hold next […]

Iran is scheduled to play its three Group G matches in the United States — two in Los Angeles, one in Seattle — with their base for the tournament in Tucson, Arizona.

•As CPPE cautions against monetary policy tightening By Yinka Kolawole & Elizabeth Adegbesan The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday, said the country’s headline inflation rate recorded the first increase in 12 months to 15.38 percent in March 2026 from 15.06 percent in February 2026. This indicates a halt in the downward trend recorded in the past […]

The Former Parliamentarians Forum has defended the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, dismissing recent calls for his removal as “misinformed and dangerously reductive.”

Nnaemeka said the figures, while ambitious, reflect the early fruits of structural reforms aligned with the economic vision of Bola Ahmed Tinubu under the Renewed Hope Agenda.

…commends President Tinubu for giving C’River special attention …we are expecting massive defections – Akiba By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR A pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) group, the Prince Is Coming Movement, has declared that opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), have lost relevance in Cross River State ahead of […]