When President Bola Tinubu appointed Olawale Edun as Nigeria’s finance minister and coordinating minister of the economy in August 2023, many analysts wondered how he, alongside his colleagues in the fiscal and monetary authorities, would rejig an economy on the edge of total collapse. A few months before the appointment was announced, Tinubu had just … Read more

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has begun the export of petrol from the Port Harcourt Refinery to Dubai, shunning the local market. The Port Harcourt Refinery which began operations in November following rehabilitation shipped its first export of petroleum products to Dubai, with the company expected to load the cargo onboard the Wonder Star … Read more

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to initiate the process for a fresh election to fill the Ethiope East/Ethiope West Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives. The demand follows the defection of Hon. Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In … Read more

Activist Deji Adeyanju has criticized the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly acting as tools for influential individuals and politicians. Adeyanju made the statement in reaction to the arrest of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi on charges of defamation. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Friday, Adeyanju condemned Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Afe Babalola for … Read more

The Nigeria Police Force has filed additional charges against prominent human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi. The latest filing, submitted on Friday to the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, includes 12 new counts under the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015. The new charges reportedly aim to obstruct Farotimi’s bail application and prolong his … Read more

Six riffles hidden in sacks of Garri have been seized by the Nigeria Customs Service in a bush path between Oyo State and the Republic of Benin border. Mohammed Shuaibu, the coordinator of the Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 2 said the seizure was made during a routine patrol along the Okerete-Ododo bush path. According … Read more

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned the suspension of Muhuyi Magaji, Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), declaring the order by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) a violation of his right to a fair hearing. A three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Umaru Fadawu, ruled on … Read more

Despite the ongoing crisis among chieftains and political bigwigs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, the party has vowed to reclaim the state. The move by the party to secure Adamawa’s number one seat stems from the constitution of a reconciliation committee by the APC. The party assured that it would wrestle … Read more

Northern leaders, under the aegis of the League of Northern Democrats (LND), have set up a committee to review the four Tax Reform Bills presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. The tax reform bills have caused controversy in the country, with most people from the North insisting it will impoverish their region. … Read more

Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, has broken his silence on claims that his administration has increased the state’s external debt from $80 million in 2023 to $203 million in June 2024. Fubara has denied borrowing any funds for projects, challenging critics, including the Debt Management Office (DMO), to provide evidence of such loans. Speaking during … Read more