President Bola Tinubu has said things are taking shape for the better, even though people may not like his government.He said amid the tough challenges in the country, his administration had made some progress, noting that there are better days ahead. The President, who was represented by the ...

Coronation Asset Management CEO, Mr. Aigbovbioise Aig-Imoukhuede, is set to bring his visionary insights to the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) in Casablanca, Morocco, on 9–10 December 2024. Mr. Aig-Imoukhuede will participate as a distinguished speaker on a strategic panel titled ...

At least a police officer and a member of Anambra State Vigilante Group (AVG) were wounded, Thursday, as gunmen clashed with joint security operatives at checkpoint in Ajali, Ọrumba North, Anambra state.The incident which occurred along Umuchu- Amesi-Uga Road led to setting the security vehicles ...

David Umahi, the Minister of Works and former Governor of Ebonyi State has opined that those criticizing the reform of President Bola Tinubu were doing that out of jealousy and should be considered enemies of Nigeria. The Minister made this remark on Friday while assuring that the ...

President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for some establishments. The establishments include the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development ...

The Martell Tower is set to unveil its exclusive auction on 7 December. At the heart of the evening will be the Martell Limited Edition Legacy Jewellery Cage, a rare artefact crafted with 574 blue sapphires sourced from Birmanie, 964 ...

The Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have urged commercial banks to come up with ideas that will grow the economy. The appeal was made by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the 2024 Annual Bankers’ Committee/CIBN Retreat held on Friday in Abuja. Represented by ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal of 18 senior officers and the demotion of 19 others. The officers were sanctioned due to various acts of misconduct. Head of Press and Public Relations at the ...

By Ogaga Ariemu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a salary increment for members of Nigeria’s armed forces. Bello Matawalle, minister of state for defence, disclosed this on Friday in a statement by the ministry’s spokesperson, Henshaw Ogubike. ...

By Seyi Babalola Afrobeats artist David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has declared that competent leadership is the critical missing component for Nigeria to fulfill its full potential. On the ‘Elevate Africa Convos’ podcast, Davido stated that Nigeria can thrive ...

Angela Onwuzoo The Lagos State Government said no fewer than 1.3 million residents have been enrolled in its health insurance scheme called Ilera Eko to reduce the burden of out-of-pocket payment for healthcare in the state. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Health Management Agency, Dr ...

Commissioner of Police, Abia State Police Command, Danladi Isa, on Thursday, held a strategic meeting with Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), and Tactical Team Commanders at the Officers’ Mess, Umuahia. He reiterated that a Special Monitoring Team has been ...

THE Emir of Ilorin and chairman of the Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has commended the appointment of an Arabic scholar, Dr AbdulKadir Salman, as one of the chief imams of the National Mosque, Abuja. In a statement to appreciate the appointment, ...

Waleed Abdullah, tsohon mai tsaron ragar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Saudiya, Al-Nassr, ya yi ikirarin cewa fitaccen ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa ƙasar Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo, yana sha’awar shiga addinin Musulunci. Da yake magana a wani shirin talabijin, Abdullah, wanda ya buga wa ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Federal Government has confirmed that it has commenced sacking workers with certificates from unaccredited private tertiary institutions in the Benin Republic and Togo. The Federal Government workers that are being dismissed ...

Human rights activist and founder of the #TakeItBack Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has mobilised a series of protests against the detention of Lagos-based lawyer and public affairs analyst, Dele Farotimi.Blueprint recalls that Faraotimi, a human rights activist was arrested by officers of the Ekiti ...

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Thursday, disclosed that it attended to 141 incidents across the state in November.The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement on Thursday, emphasised that the number of recorded incidents by the ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has insisted that the old Port Harcourt Refinery is up and running, with loading operations in full swing. The Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mr Mele Kyari, gave the confirmation at the inauguration of the NUPENG ...

The Senate on Wednesday, revised the bill aimed at prohibiting the export of maize, introducing a provision for a minimum one-year jail term for individuals convicted of exporting unprocessed maize in large quantities. The amended bill, originating from the House of ...

 35 women in business, who took part in the 2024 Access Bank’s womenpreneur pitch-a-ton competition, a flagship program by Access Bank W, have received several prizes.  In its sixth season, 120 women in business took part in the eight weeks of intensive training in conjunction with the ...

The Igbo Youths Progressive Forum (IYPF) has opposed the contentious Tax Reform Bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu administration. The group described the bills as anti-people, unjust, and a clear attack on equity and fairness in Nigeria, at a time when Nigerians were struggling ...

An EFCC witness in the trial of the immediate past governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed and his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu, over alleged mismanagement of public funds to the tune of N5.78billion,  on Wednesday,  Abubakar Hassan told the court that the Kwara State ...

Authorities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has revealed that the reports of investigations carried out on the air crashes that happened in the history of the force are now ready.It also disclosed that the force had acquired not less than 64 brand new aircraft in about 3 years, including ...

December 04, (THEWILL) – South Korean opposition parties have submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after lawmakers invalidated the controversial martial law he declared Monday night. THEWILL reports that President Yoon declared martial law, “To safeguard a liberal South ...

Popular South Korean actor Park Min Jae has died at 32 following a cardiac arrest.The K-drama sensation according to report was travelling through China when he met his untimely death on November 29. His agency, in a heartfelt update shared on social media, revealed that his funeral rites are ...

Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Tuesday emerged as Namibia’s first female President after she was declared the winner of the Southern African nation’s disputed election. Nandi-Ndaitwah, who represented Namibia’s ruling party, the South West Africa People’s Organisation, ...

The Nigerian Senate has considered and passed the 2025/2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) forwarded to it by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The passage followed the consideration of a report presented by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on ...

The House of Representatives has issued a directive to President Bola Tinubu, urging him to mandate the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to unfreeze all accounts belonging to the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA) within a 72-hour timeframe. The resolution ...

By Ogaga Ariemu At least three states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, experienced epileptic economic activities on Monday as members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress declared industrial action in ...

Share0 From left… Former Governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Osheomhole; Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Benjamin Kalu; Minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Kinsley Chinda; ...

His Royal Highness, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has underscored the need for actions to be taken by Nigerians with a view to placing national interest above sectional and personal interests.Achebe who metaphorically likened Nigeria to a cow, said if the citizens continued to milk ...

For four years, virtually all the country’s international airports operated without certification. Not that the airports were unsafe but they lacked many of the ingredients that make operating in the aerodromes very satisfactory. While these happened, many risks were taken or ...

By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja-The Inspector-General of Police, Dr Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the allegations of police culpability during the Aug. 1 #EndBadGovernance protests.The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on ...

  The Chief Executive Officer of Yoruba Gidi Online Television, Olakunle Fasugba, has been summoned by the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) at its Annex in Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos, over allegations of conspiracy, cyberbullying, serious threat to life, and forgery. ...

The United Kingdom (UK) has pledged a contribution of £1.98 billion to the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), in a bid to support countries with low-income economies. The UK’s £1.98 billion pledge to IDA21 represents ...

Barring any last-minute changes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will soon retire about 1,000 of its employees before the end of the year, investigations by Daily Trust have shown.Reliable sources at the apex bank’s headquarters revealed that the retirement would gulp over N50 billion in ...

A 59-year-old Nigerian businessman, Sylva Ezeokoli, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine concealed in his stomach. The arrest was made on Friday at the E-Arrival ...

    Its a judicial attack on Rivers people – Ankio Briggs       Emmanuel Nlewedum, Port Harcourt     A Coalition of all Rivers State Local Government Chairmanship Candidates in the October 5, 2024 Local Government Elections in the state, has reacted to the Abuja Federal High Court’s decision ...

A simple family matter that ordinarily would have been resolved amicably without any third party lingered for 10 years because of misinformation as those involved express their regrets. OGUNTADE ISMAILA reports.Before trouble ensued, for years, two relations, Abayomi Arodu and Oluwatoyin Osho, ...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has launched a new Licensing Framework for Application-to-Person (A2P) services, aimed at strengthening the structure and transparency within the country’s telecommunications industry.The announcement, made on Friday by Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Director ...

The Aare Atunluse of Awori Kingdom and the Chairman, Mapcotec Nigeria Limited, Aare (Surveyor) Dr. Segun Osifeso, has described President Bola Tinubu’s recent desire to look into the case of the minors arrested in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protest in August as one of the ...

… Rebuilding American Strength Will Take Buy-In at Home and Abroad—and From Trump Himself Predicting the incoming Trump administration’s China policy— and China’s likely response—is a guessing game. In his first term as president, Donald Trump’s transac­tional approach often differed ...

Yabacon Africa has announced that it will be empowering innovators by providing them with N1m grant to support their projects in the return of its flagship annual event, Yabacon Meet 2024. The event, which will come up at The Zone, Gbagada, Lagos, on December 7, 2024, with the theme: ...

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have triggered widespread workforce reductions in the tech industry throughout 2024. As companies restructured to integrate AI-driven efficiencies, nearly 100,000 employees were laid off, highlighting a seismic shift in workplace ...

The Ohaneze Ndi Igbo has stated that the only person they recognize as leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, not Simon Ekpa.The body also dismissed insinuations from some quarters that there has been leadership crisis within Ohaneze Ndi Igbo since the death of its ...

Onozure Dania The Lagos Division of Appeal Court, on Friday, nullified the conviction of the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Olufemi Olaleye, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece. Olaleye was discharged and acquitted by the appellate court ...

Brutalised by a military general and his boys over the right of way, an Abuja-based health worker, Vershima Mker, shares with AYOOLA OLASUPO how he sustained a head injury from the attack, his detention at the police station and the quest for ...

The Nigerian Army has released the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) founder, Fisayo Soyombo. The Acting Deputy Director of Public Relations, 6 Division of the Army, Danjuma Danjuma, had earlier on Friday announced the arrest of the investigative journalist alongside ...

Chris Maiyaki, Acting Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, says the commission will continue to encourage the establishment of more universities notwithstanding the criticism. Mr Maiyaki made the disclosure on Friday in his lecture at the 22nd convocation ceremony of ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has paid a condolence visit to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno over the demise of his wife, the late Patience Eno. The Vice President who arrived in the Akwa Ibom State capital Uyo on Friday, around 11:47 GMT, immediately proceeded to ...