Nigeria’s headline inflation has dropped to 24.48 per cent year on year in January 2025. This is a sharp decline from the 34.80 per cent headline inflation recorded in December 2024. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Statistician-General of the Federation Adeyemi Adeniran announced this on Tuesday. He said the … [Read more…]
The Anambra State Government has dismissed rumors claiming that it authorized the arrest of women not wearing bras and pants. In a public notice, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, debunked the trending announcement made by a town crier in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area, stating that … [Read more…]
Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, a prominent figure in Nigerian politics and advocate for the Niger Delta, has died at the age of 97. Clark’s passing was confirmed in a statement issued by a family representative, Prof. C. C. Clark, on Tuesday. “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce the passing of Chief … [Read more…]
Lawmakers in the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday declared their support for Speaker Mojisola Meranda by passing a vote of confidence in her leadership. The decision came during a tense plenary session, which Meranda presided over under heavy security. The assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja, was thrown into confusion earlier in the day … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Air Force has reacted to the tragic incident of an airstrike which was targeted at bandits but was alleged to have mistakenly wiped out a family of six and one other person. The incident occurred at Yauni Hill, Zakka Ward of Safana Local Government Area, Katsina State, on Saturday. In a statement on … [Read more…]
The African Union (AU) has officially designated Nigeria as the Digital Trade Champion under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Digital Trade Protocol, citing the country’s leadership in digital enterprise and innovation. The endorsement came at the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which concluded on Sunday in … [Read more…]
Eight persons have died in an accident on Sunday, February 16, at Amala, Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area in Imo State. The tragic incident involved a Toyota Camry with registration number EPE 541 JO and a Hyundai Santa FE, AAA 212 CD with all eight occupants of both vehicles sadly losing their lives in the crash. … [Read more…]
Operatives from the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigeria Police have taken over the Lagos State House of Assembly, sealing off the offices of Speaker Mojisola Meranda, her deputy, and the House clerk. According to Vanguard, security personnel arrived in the early hours of Monday, occupying the Assembly complex in Alausa, Ikeja. Passersby were frisked, and … [Read more…]
The bid to consolidate the improved security of lives and property in Enugu has gathered momentum with well-meaning individuals and corporate bodies rallying over N3bn in donations to the Enugu State Security Trust Fund (ESSTF). The donations were made both physically and online during the fundraising dinner organised by the Fund at the Old Government … [Read more…]
My father was a professor, and we lived on the University of Nigeria campus in a house full of books; bougainvillea plants lined our driveway in splashes of purple. This was the small, gated world of my childhood: I went to the university primary school, the university children’s library, the university chapel for Sunday Mass. … [Read more…]
Justice A.O. Adeyemi of the Lagos State High Court Family/Probate Court in Ikeja, has dismissed the application filed by Christian Wigwe and Pastor Shyngle Wigwe, seeking the appointment of interim administrators in the estate of the late former Group Managing Director and CEO of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe. In a ruling delivered on February 6, … [Read more…]
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has officially released the results for the 2024 second series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE for private candidates. Notably, a total of 43,923 candidates, representing 67.55% of those who sat for the examination, scored credit and above in a minimum of five subjects. In a … [Read more…]