Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 27.33% in October 2023, up from 26.72% in September. This 0.61% monthly increase reflects a 6.24% rise compared to October 2022’s rate of 21.09%. The...

The House of Representatives is stepping in to address the ongoing strikes by labour unions across the country. Speaker Tajudeen Abbas announced the National Assembly leadership will immediately intervene...

Douye Diri of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of Bayelsa’s hotly-contested governorship election held this past weekend. On Monday, Professor Faruq Kuta, the...

Usman Ododo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Kogi state governorship election. Ododo polled 446, 237 votes to defeat Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic...

Following a peace deal brokered on Sunday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, between the Management of Total Energies, operator of the NNPC/Total JV, the Petroleum and Natural...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the Imo State governorship election held this past weekend. According...

In its bid to build the capacity of youth towards making them employers of labour, the NNPC Foundation, in partnership with Kudimata Nigeria Limited, a financial education outfit, have trained the Batch...

On Friday, an appeal court sitting in Lagos upheld the election of Barrister Peter Mbah as the governor of Enugu State. The judgement was delivered by a three-man panel of the Appeal Court in a case filed...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed all of its branches nationwide to continue providing ample quantities of both old and newly designed bank notes to deposit money banks. The apex bank disclosed...

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the 2023 Supplementary Budget of 2.17 trillion naira into law at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Last week, after a third reading, the Senate and House of Representatives...

The NNPC/ Aiteo Joint venture has announced the introduction of Nembe Crude Oil Grade, a new crude oil grade into the international crude oil market. The announcement of the Nembe Crude Oil Blend, produced...

NNPC Ltd, Nigeria’s national oil company has dismissed claims by a non-government organisation that it owes the country huge sums of money in the form of unremitted revenue. Describing the NGO’s...

The leaders of Nigeria’s largest labor unions have announced a total nationwide strike starting next Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The joint decision comes after an emergency meeting of the National...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved its judgment in the high-profile appeal by Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf, seeking to overturn the recent tribunal decision that nullified his election. On September...

The authenticity of Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate has been confirmed by Justice Nyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. In a landmark judgment...

The organized labor unions of Nigeria have announced plans for a nationwide strike in response to the alleged assault and abduction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president, Joe Ajaero. The Nigeria...

The Senate and House of Representatives swiftly passed a N2.17 trillion 2023 supplementary budget on Thursday after President Bola Tinubu requested additional funds to address critical national priorities. The...

The Lagos State government has secured a $1.352 billion infrastructure investment deal with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Access Bank. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu signed the landmark...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial District election held earlier this year. The appellate court dismissed an...

Organizers of the popular ‘Warri Again Concert’ have filed a N2.3 billion lawsuit against Afropop star Davido and his record label Davido Music Worldwide Limited at the Effurun High Court in...