By Favour Ulebor, Abuja The Russian Embassy in Nigeria has reacted to claims linking a Nigerian citizen resident in Russia to the alleged funding of student protests in Edo State, calling for stronger legal cooperation between both countries to address any unlawful activities. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the embassy referred to comments […]

By Shina Abubakar Osogbo As the 2026 governorship election in Osun approaches, the youth wing of the former Governor Rauf Aregebesola’s caucus, Omoluabi Progressive, have returned to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The youth group, popularly known as the Blue Movement, led by a former Senior Special Assistant to ex governor Aregebesola, Mr Wale Alabi, […]

Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has described Nigeria’s personal income tax structure as unjust and unsustainable, revealing that about 96 per cent of personal income tax previously collected in the country came from low-income earners.

The remains of late Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, will be laid to rest on Jan. 30, says Gov. Douye Diri.

The United States government has paused visa processing for citizens of Nigeria and 74 other countries as it moves to tighten enforcement of public charge rules aimed at preventing migrants likely to depend on public benefits from entering the country.

–Urges African entrepreneurs to close ranks to fully harness continent’s huge potentials By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has lauded the transformative impact of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, on the global entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem that has raised over $1.5 billion dollars and created over 30,000 direct jobs […]

Garba stated this while speaking to newsmen on Wednesday at the stakeholders’ meeting for the phase II Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise in Gusau.

The federal government, Wednesday, cautioned against dormant oil blocks, with a stern warning that such licenses would be revoked.

Nigeria’s terms of trade declined slightly in the third quarter of 2025 as rising import costs outpaced gains in export prices, according to the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released on Wednesday.

The Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Petroleum Refinery, David Bird, said the company is committed to achieving a 1.4 million barrel per day (bpd) expansion of the plant within three years.