Access Bank PLC, one of the continent’s leading financial institutions, has demonstrated the capacity and willingness to drive the continent’s economic integration through its continent-wide reach

October 26, 2023, was the day the Supreme Court stamped its legal imprimatur on President Bola Tinubu’s election victory.

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin —Nine victims abducted by terrorists in Adanla community, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, are still being held in captivity after payment of N40 milliom ransom by the community. A relation of some of the abducted victims, who confided in journalists, yesterday, confirmed that N40 million contributed by members of […]

ABUJA — A budget defence session in the Senate was thrown into disarray on Wednesday when Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) abruptly walked out after clashing with the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Steel Development, Senator Patrick Ndubueze, over her right to continue questioning the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu. The disagreement […]

Operatives of the New Juaben South Municipal Police Command in Koforidua, Eastern Region of Ghana, have arrested 13 suspected commercial sex workers—12 Nigerians and one Ghanaian—during a special operation targeting prostitution and human trafficking.

The Nigerian Naira maintained its robust stance against the United States Dollar on Thursday, February 12, 2026, as the local currency hit a two-year high in the official market.

The Kwankwassiya movement and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have rejected a proposed United States visa ban and asset freeze on their leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, describing the move as unfair, politically motivated and based on “selective judgement” against an opposition figure in Nigeria.

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Nigerian Army has reinforced the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) with the deployment of the Chief of Army Staff Special Intervention Battalion XV, a unit recently trained under an intensive Special Forces programme. The development was disclosed on Wednesday in Makurdi by the Force Commander, OPWS, Major General […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has pledged to construct the Nyihemba-Tomataan-Mkem-Anwase-Abande road in Turan, Kwande Local Government Area, LGA, of the state as part of urgent measures to improve security and restore normalcy in communities recently attacked by bandits. The Governor who made the commitment during his […]

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa The National Secretary of the Ijaw National Congress, INC, Ebipamowei Wodu has submitted his interest/nomination form as he officially joins the race for the position of President. Wodu, who is one of the leading aspirant to succeed Professor Benjamin Okaba, was accompanied to the Ijaw House, the Secretariat of the INC […]

By Providence Ayanfeoluwa The Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC Bashir Wale Adeniyi, has commissioned the renovated Methodist Primary School, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, a 104-year-old institution restored under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme of the Nigeria Customs Service, Lilypond Export Command. The project was initiated by retired Comptroller Ajibola Odunsanya, former Area Controller of Lilypond Export Command, […]

…We were forced to scam Americans, Britons, others —Victims By Evelyn Usman & Favour Ulebor The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has rescued and repatriated 23 Nigerian youths trafficked to Thailand and other South-East Asian countries for forced cybercrime, raising fresh alarm over what it described as a dangerous new […]

By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor  There are indications that intra-Africa trade is now coming alive with stronger financial industry initiatives to integrate the continent’s economies.  It also appears that Nigeria’s banking industry is leading the charge with a total of 47 subsidiaries across the continent.  On the strength of this reach, continental trade is now getting the required […]

The Iresa-Adu community in Surulere Local Government Area, LGA, Oyo State, have installed a new Oba, after nearly eight years of awaiting approval for the coronation of the Aresa of Iresa-Adu, a first-class monarch and paramount ruler in the state.

President Bola Tinubu has been urged to appoint an Itsekiri son or daughter as the next administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.