The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike on Friday said he has no apology for threatening “fire” in the states of governors that interfere in the crisis in Rivers State. Wike and Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers Read more…
Category: Policy
Petroleum products marketers across Nigeria have submitted a formal petition to President Bola Tinubu, calling for intervention in a growing conflict with Dangote Refinery over diesel pricing. The marketers are concerned that the recent significant drop in diesel prices at the Read more…
Former Senator Dino Melaye has been suspended from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over allegations of misconduct and anti-party activities. The decision to suspend Melaye was taken by the PDP exco in Ayetoro Gbede, Ward 1 after he reportedly refused Read more…
A Calabar-based human rights lawyer, Barr. Mba Ukweni (SAN), has asked the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, to withdraw soldiers of the 245 Battalion, Afi Barracks, Ikom local government area of Cross River State, from government-owned Read more…
Sweden will pay immigrants up to $34,000 to return to their home countries, Migration Minister Johan Forssell told reporters on Thursday. Forssell’s announcement comes amid a broader reversal of the Nordic nation’s once-liberal migration policy. Immigrants who voluntarily leave Sweden Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all Payment Service Providers to route all transactions from PoS terminals at merchant and agent locations — physical or electronic — through an approved CBN Payment Terminal Service Aggregator. It also issued a Read more…
A video showing a Metropolitan Police officer allegedly advising a group of Nigerian women not to report their husbands to the police but to “manage it” is now under investigation after resurfacing on social media, six years after it was Read more…
Israeli defense chief says a temporary truce with Hamas is possible. Ending the war is another story
Israel’s defense minister says the window is closing on an opportunity to reach a temporary cease-fire deal with the Hamas militant group that he believes could also bring calm to the country’s volatile northern border with Lebanon. Speaking to reporters, Yoav Gallant Read more…
In an unprecedented move aimed at strengthening the economy and advancing financial inclusion, the Federal Government has raised over $900million from its first-ever Domestic Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) US Dollar Bond issuance. The Debt Management Office (DMO) described the Read more…
Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday canvassed votes for the party’s candidate, Olumide Akpata. Obi, who joined the campaign trail at the LP Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Justice, Development and Peace Caritas (JDPC) of Nnewi Catholic Diocese on Wednesday played host to a colloquium of faith and religious leaders in Anambra State. The colloquium of religious and faith leaders was convoked on the Read more…
Nigeria’s crude oil production saw a slight increase from 1.307 million barrels per day (mbpd) in July to 1.352 mbpd in August, according to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in its September Monthly Oil Market Report. This Read more…