•Securities Exchange Commission headquarters, Abuja The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has alerted Nigerians to the activities of an online investment platform which is out to defraud Nigerians, called Value Growth Platform. In a statement signed by the management of the SEC, it was revealed that the platform is an investment platform th...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 145 deaths from Lassa fever in 2025, as the country continues to battle the viral hemorrhagic disease across 18 states. According to the latest situation report released today by the NCDC for epidemiological week 24 (June 9–15), the country recorded 766 confirmed cases ...
•Scene of the recent flood in Mokwa, Niger State No fewer than 220 people in Nigeria have been killed and over 8,000 displaced following a series of windstorm, rainstorm and flooding across Sokoto, Kaduna, Taraba, Cross River, Ekiti, Ogun, Niger and Imo states between March and June 2025. An analysis of reports as compiled by […]
•Checking Blood Pressure The federal government has raised concerns that many cases of hypertension in Nigeria remain undiagnosed, significantly contributing to the country’s growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Dr Salma Anas, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Health, made this known today in Abuja at the opening of the 25th ...
•World Refugee Day road walk in Abuja Nigeria has over 250,000 refugees in Libya, South Sudan, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and other parts of the world. Conversely, at least 135,000 refugees live in Nigeria, reports The Nation. Out of the 250,000 Nigerian refugees, 125,000 are resident in Cameroon. The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and...
•Bismarck Rewane and food stuffs The Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, says the President Bola Tinubu administration must be strategic with its borrowings in a way that benefits Nigerians. “We need to be very intentional, very strategic and focus on what we are borrowing for to generate revenue and to...
•Foreign Affairs minister, Yusuf Tuggar The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has stated that efforts are underway to commence the emergency evacuation of Nigerians in Israel and Iran in the wake of ongoing tension between the two countries. In a statement issued in Abuja today by the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, the...
•SEC Nigeria The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against investing in Zugacoin and Samzuga GPT. In a statement yesterday, the Commission flagged the duo as unauthorised crypto assets, adding that the promoters or issuers of Zugacoin and Samzuga GPT were not registered to operate in any capacity in the Nigerian ca...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused petroleum marketers of exploiting Nigerians through inflated fuel prices, insisting that Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) should currently be selling for between N700 and N750 per litre. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja today, PENGASSAN President, Comrad...
•Kayode Fayemi As Nigeria celebrated Democracy Day yesterday, a former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, said the country successfully got civilian rule in 1999 but has yet to get real democracy. He said that while the country got the right to reestablish the citizens’ right to vote for their leaders, efforts must now be […]

