The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the unemployment rate in Nigeria stood at 5.4 per cent in 2023. At the state level, Abia recorded the highest unemployment rate at 18.7 per cent, while Nasarawa had the lowest rate at 0.5 per cent. The NBS said this in...
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has further increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 50 basis points to 27.25 per cent from 26.75 per cent. The Governor of the CBN, Yemi Cardoso, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, while reading the...
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, sentenced three persons to death by hanging for the murder of Col. Anthony Okeyin, the Commandant, Nigeria Army Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan. The three convicts sentenced to death by hanging are Agada Solomon, Taiwo Adeniyi and Bibisoye Kehinde. Justice...
A former Presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, on Tuesday said he was not in agreement with Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s call for complete removal of subsidy. Okupe expressed the position in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that Dangote, owner of the 650,000 barrels...
The Nigerian Police has said six persons were arrested for various electoral offences during Saturday’s governorship election in Edo. Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of the election, Frank Mba, disclosed this in Benin, on Tuesday, at a news conference. “We have made a total of six arrests, and we...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Former Adamawa State Governorship candidate, Senator Aisha Dahiru (Binani) has paid a sympathy and condolences visit to Governor Babagana Zulum at the Government House Maiduguri on Tuesday. During her visit, she donated N50 million to the victims of the flood that ravaged Maiduguri and...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Nigeria Army Tuesday in Sokoto State commenced a workshop to strengthen battle winning mentality. The workshop organized by the Department of Army Transformation and Innovation has its theme as, “Optimizing Warrior Ethos In The Nigerian Army: A Panacea For Operational Effectiveness”, and aimed...
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, recused herself from the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Justice Nyako withdrew from the case following oral applications by Kanu and his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, upon resumed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Director of Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin, recently welcomed members of the North East Transitional Justice Network (NETJUN) to a one-day training session. The training aimed to develop an Advocacy Work Plan, which was held at Hajja Mangal...
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has described the emergence of Sen. Monday Okpebholo as governor-elect of Edo as a milestone for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akpabio in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Eseme Eyiboh, congratulated Okpebholo and his deputy,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended an ex-convict, Christian Ogbuji for importing 817 wraps of cocaine weighing 19.40kg with an estimated value of N4.6billion at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Monday,...
Some Electricity Consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have decried the transfer of their tariff to Band A while they were not having 20 hours power supply. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tuesday, the consumers who reside in Kubwa, Lugbe and environs...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off the distribution of relief items to victims of Maiduguri flood that affected nearly 2 million people. The flood occurred earlier this month following an overflow of water from Alau Dam. Initial reports indicate severe destruction...
The Leader of the Senate, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele says as the Senate resumes plenary, it would unearth the root causes of economic sabotage in the Petroleum Industry. Bamidele gave the assurance in a statement he signed on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the upper chamber is committed to unearthing...
The United States Chamber of Commerce has expressed its willingness to invest about 320 million dollars in mortgage refinancing and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by spokesperson of Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Mr Stanley Nkwocha. Ms Nisha Biswal, the Deputy Chief...
By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja- Kogi State House of Assembly has called for the immediate removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, over his unprofessional handling of the case against the immediate past Governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The legislators, during plenary...
Nigeria’s Vice-President Kashim Shettima is among the world leaders slated to address the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) at the UN headquarters in New York. UNGA 79 opened on Sept. 10, while the General Debate opens on Tuesday, Sept. 24, through Sept. Monday, Sept....
Opening the week’s trading, the Nigerian Exchange Ltd.(NGX)market capitalisation advanced by N79 billion or 0.14 per cent to close at N56.536 trillion, from an opening of N56.457 trillion. The All-share Index also added 0.14 per cent or 139 points, to close at 98,386.60 points, against 98,247.99 posted on Friday....
The Kogi House of Assembly on Monday reacted to the allegation of fraud against former Gov. Yahaya Bello, and declared that no money belonging the state was missing to that effect. “There is no money missing in Kogi coffers to warrant such accusation and prosecution,” the lawmakers said during...
The Borno Government, on Monday, said that only N4.4 billion of the N13.1 billion donations for victims of the Maiduguri flood was at hand. The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, disclosed this in Maiduguri, while giving an update at the Borno State Government Flood Disaster...