Reactions come as Edun says at World Economic Forum, ‘We’re going to rely less on borrowing’ Economists and financial analysts have lauded the Federal Government’s plan to cut down on borrowing while financing the 2026 budget deficit. LEADERSHIP reports that Read more…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised the alarm over what he described as the growing audacity of bandits operating across the country, lamenting that criminal groups continued to attack communities and take hostages with little resistance. Atiku, a chieftain Read more…
Envoys for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that their meeting in Davos on a possible future peace deal to end the Ukraine war had been “very positive” and “constructive”. The United States has Read more…
Major listed brewers in Nigeria generated a combined revenue of over N1.54tn from the sale of beer and other non-alcoholic drinks in the first nine months of 2025, indicating the estimated amount spent by Nigerians on brewery products during the Read more…
Kano State governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, has opened up on his Monday’s closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, a parley that political observers said may have paved the way for his much-rumoured defection from Read more…
Togolese authorities have extradited former Burkina Faso leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to Ouagadougou to face multiple criminal charges, including corruption, misappropriation of public funds, and money laundering. The statement said the extradition request was based on allegations of criminal diversion Read more…
The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) has condemned what it described as divisive and damaging statements by Professor Benjamin Okaba, President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), on the political crisis in Rivers State. In a statement signed by its Director Read more…
The trial of 46-year-old Adeniyi Kayode, the driver of the Lexus SUV involved in the road accident with heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua that claimed the lives of two of his friends, has been adjourned to February 25, 2026. Kayode Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Hoodlums have again invaded Lilu community in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State and made away with food stuffs including dogs, yam, fowls and goats. The community has been under constant attack from the unknown gunmen for the Read more…
President Donald Trump’s feud with NATO over his plans to take over Greenland has precipitated an existential crisis for the alliance that Russia is celebrating. On Saturday, Trump announced tariffs targeting NATO countries that deployed troops to the semi-autonomous Danish territory, until Read more…
Amid mounting speculation about a possible switch of allegiance, Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. The governor, dressed in his signature flowing white babanriga and a red Read more…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have uncovered an underground Boko Haram logistics storage facility stocked with medical supplies, fuel and other critical materials after overrunning several terrorist enclaves in the Timbuktu Triangle area of Borno State. The discovery followed a Read more…