•Wike (2nd right) and his G5 members The Peoples Democratic Party National Disciplinary Committee has received reports on alleged anti-party activities of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and others from the National Working Committee. The committee, led by a former Foreign Affairs Minister, Tom Ikimi, was set up to addr...
•Nigerian Senate A performance report by OrderPaper, Nigeria’s parliamentary monitoring organisation, has revealed that 15 senators and 149 members of the House of Representatives did not sponsor any bills in the first year of the 10th National Assembly. The report, released in Abuja by Oke Epia, Executive Director of OrderPaper, highlighted a...
Smart DNA, a leading DNA testing centre in Lagos, has released its comprehensive 2024 report on DNA testing trends in Nigeria, covering July 2023 to June 2024. The report unveils several astonishing findings that shed light on societal dynamics, economic factors, and changing family structures in Nigeria. The report, which was made available i...
•CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso A report from the Central Bank of Nigeria has warned of more financial strain for Nigerians. The report noted that more Nigerians may rely on borrowing to cover increasing expenses over the next six months, reports The PUNCH. The report indicated that household expenditures will continue to rise through the remain...
•Bandits Nigerians paid N1.048 billion as ransom to kidnappers between July 2023 and June 2024, a report has shown. The report, released yesterday by the SBM Intelligence, showed that 7,568 people were kidnapped across the country within the period, reports Daily Trust. SBM Intelligence is an Africa-focused market/security intel gathering cons...
Domestic travellers paid 25 per cent more for air flights in July 2024, a new report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The bureau in its Transport Fare Watch Report for July said domestic air fare rose by 25 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to ₦98,561.74 in July 2024 from ₦78.775.74 in July […]
•Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPCL, Mele Kyari Executive and non-executive directors at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited received N2.59 billion as fees and expenses in the 2023 financial year. This figure indicates an increase of 214 per cent from N824m paid to the directors in 2022, reports The PUNCH. T...
•Electricity grid None of the four international bilateral customers being supplied by the power generation companies in the Nigerian electricity supply industry made payment against the cumulative invoice of $14.19 million issued by the market operator for services rendered in the first quarter of 2024. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Com...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved the request of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to use the 2023 dividends due to the federation to pay for petrol subsidy. The president also approved the suspension of the payment of 2024 interim dividends to the federation in order to augment the oil firm’s cash flow, [&hellip...
•Nurses A total of 3,173 Nigerian-trained nurses and midwives were licensed to practise in the United Kingdom in one year. This is according to the latest report on the number of nursing and midwifery professionals on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024, obtained exclusively from the council. [&hell...

