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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Darius Ishaku, former governor of Taraba state, over an alleged N9.3 billion fraud. Sources told to TheCable that Ishaku is presently in custody of the commission […]

Patience Umo Eno, the first lady of Akwa Ibom state, has died after an illness. Ini Ememobong, the state commissioner for information, announced the first lady’s passing in a statement issued in the early hours […]

Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), will swear in 87 lawyers to the rank of senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on Monday. The elevation of the lawyers was approved at the 164th plenary […]

The federal government has suspended two officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) over bribery allegations involving Idris Okuneye, a popular crossdresser known as Bobrisky. The suspension of the officials was disclosed in a statement […]

TG Omori, the ailing Nigerian music video director, has assured fans that he will make a comeback in 2025. Omori, who has been battling kidney disease, underwent a transplant on August 26 at St. Nicholas […]

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says it is the right time for the Nigerian government to get rid of petrol subsidy in the country. Mr Dangote disclosed this while speaking in an interview […]

Illegal small-scale mining in Ghana is destroying the environment, making people ill, adding to water scarcity and damaging farmlands and crops such as cocoa. Galamsey, as it’s known locally, can also include large mining firms […]

Trial judge Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has withdrawn from continuing handling the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mrs Nyako recused […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says the electricity subsidy bill rose to N180.8 billion in September. NERC announced the electricity subsidy bill in its monthly supplementary order released on September 12. On April 3, […]

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised concerns that the Mpox outbreak in Africa remained uncontrolled, with rising cases reported in several countries. Jean Kaseya, Director General, Africa CDC, disclosed […]

In a stunning turn of events, a fierce late-night gun battle erupted Wednesday between operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and security details of both former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and […]

British consumer goods group PZ Cussons Plc is at the warm-up stage of completely or partially quitting operations in Africa, where Nigeria and Kenya are the main manufacturing hubs. The continent accounts for 28.7 per […]

Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, says Nigeria is “technically bankrupt” and that the federal government can no longer put a band-aid on the economy. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, Obaseki said […]

The federal government, states, and local governments in Nigeria shared a total of N1.203 trillion in revenue generated for August 2024, according to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC). The revenue distribution was announced following […]

Former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday morning honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, at their office in Abuja. A statement by the Director of his Media Office, […]

The federal government has donated 19 trucks of rice to Kano State as part of measures to reduce hunger. Maryam Shettima, a member of the committee inaugurated by the government to supervise the distribution to […]

A string of coups in the central Sahel continues to reverberate in West Africa. The central Sahel states of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger — all of which are now ruled by military juntas — […]

On September 15, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Company commenced the lifting of petrol from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery after prolonged negotiations on pricing mechanisms. At the close of loading on the aforementioned date, the […]

The Associated Press reports that a federal indictment was unsealed on Tuesday — a few hours after the rapper was arrested by officers with Homeland Security Investigations at the hotel where he was staying at […]