•Shoe seller Bidemi Bello attends to a costumer while selling sandals at her stall in the Balogun Market Lining up, they receive some rice, dried beans and other basic foodstuffs, whose soaring prices have left millions in Nigeria facing a bleak Christmas. The temporary food distribution in the Church of the Assumption courtyard in the [&helli...
•Stolen crude oil The vice president, Kashim Shettima, and Nigerian governors have set up committees on crude oil theft and management as well as economic affairs. This decision was taken during the 138th meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) which was held virtually yesterday. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant ...
•Rep. Unyime Idem and Deputy Governor Akon Eyakenyi The crowd was as far as the eyes could see. It was a sea of heads everywhere you turned. Inside and outside the 12 massive domes of tents was probably the largest number of guests that this community had ever hosted. You could hardly find a space […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to sanction banks and Point of Sales (POS) operators found to be complicit in the current Naira scarcity crisis. The apex bank, in a statement yesterday, urged members of the public to report infractions, especially hoarding of Naira by Banks and POS operators, in their areas to […]
•Emefiele The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, illegally lodged billions of naira in no fewer than 593 bank accounts in the United States, United Kingdom, and China without the approval of the apex bank’s board of directors and the CBN Investment Committee. The Special Investigator on the CBN and Related Entities, Jim ...
Dangote Refinery has made a further move towards the commencement of production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of additional one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The fresh one million barrels of crude from the Shell terminal via the MT Otis owned by Tra...
Naturally, Nigerians ought to be basking in the euphoria of achieving a milestone in their current democratic journey which has spanned 24 years and still counting. This sense of joy is further accentuated by the fact that, for the first time, the country has ensured that the principles of democratic order are being firmly planted […]
The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) will commence a series of free-to-attend events for children during the Yuletide season. The events kick off with a ‘Play Date’ for children between the ages of five and 10, on December 22, 2023. It promises to be an exciting and fun-filled time for children to play, […]
•Cultists Two suspected cultists identified as Precious (aka Pere) and Chidiebere (aka B2K), on Wednesday, kidnapped a 14-year-old girl (name withheld), at about 10am, and took her to an apartment in a three storey building located at National Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where they gang-raped the teenager. It was gathere...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N202.48 in November 2022 to N648.93 in November 2023. NBS said this in its Petrol Price Watch for November 2023 released in Abuja yesterday. It stated that the November 2023 price of N648.93 represented a 220.49 per […]

