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Access Holdings has chosen Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as its chairman. He had served as the pioneer CEO of Access Bank, the group’s commercial banking division before it evolved into a holding company. He and Herbert Wigwe […]

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Emmanuel Ogalla, says there has been no record of piracy on Nigerian territorial waters in the last two years. Mr Ogalla, a vice admiral, disclosed this on Wednesday in […]

The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has filed criminal charges against Mikano International Limited for alleged obstruction of justice. According to a statement by the Acting Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the commission, Adamu […]

Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi central, has resigned as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF). Ningi’s resignation comes after the senate suspended him for three months over the claim that the 2024 budget was […]

The Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyer, made this known during an interview with ARISE NEWS on […]

The Senate on Tuesday explained that the N3 trillion allegedly added to the 2024 budget was statutory transfers to first-line charge agencies of government not domiciled in the ministries. The Chairman of the Senate Committee […]

Protesters on Tuesday attacked a police station and set some cars on fire at the popular Wuse Market in Abuja, after a hawker was shot dead by security operatives. Witnesses said the hawker, who the […]

A Nigerian landlord said his tenants would have to pay more rent because there was an increase in cement prices. The landlord reportedly increased the rent on the apartments in his house, citing the skyrocketing […]

A few days after Nigeria’s First Lady, Remi Tinubu, advocated capital punishment for kidnappers, a minister has advocated a similar punishment for vandals of power infrastructure. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, om Monday, recommended […]

THE Federal Government, yesterday, issued a marching order, asking the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to withdraw licenses of non-performing electricity distribution companies, DISCOs. This is even as power generation dropped year-on-year, YoY, by 21 […]

Against the backdrop of the resurgence of the mass abduction of pupils, the Federal Government has said schools in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are at risk of attacks by bandits and […]

This represents a 41.5 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) increase compared to N448.76 billion spent in the corresponding period in 2022. Details of the cost show that the bulk of the expenditure was on diesel and […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded N794,000 as the new national minimum wage for workers in the South West geopolitical political zone. The labour union in the South West, through the chairperson of the Lagos […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will begin emergency distribution of grains to residents across the six Area Councils of the territory. FCT Minister of State, Mariya Mahmoud, made this known during a […]

Popular human rights activist and lawyer Deji Adeyanju has vowed to advocate for an increment in the salaries of Supreme Court Justices. Adeyanju vowed to use the instrumentality of the law to push for a […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, says he is “deeply concerned about the deteriorating electricity supply across the country” and has thus summoned the chief executives of three electricity companies to a “crucial meeting.” Mr […]

Lagos road users on Wednesday expressed their frustration over the closure of the Third Mainland Bridge after being trapped in traffic for hours. The Lagos State Government had on Tuesday said the Island-Iyana Oworo bound […]

The Night of Tributes for the late Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, continued in Lagos yesterday, with the leader of the Tijjaniyya movement and 14th Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi, captains […]

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Wale Edun, has said the N22.7tn printed by the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means overdraft for the Federal Government from 2015 to 2023, […]