Nigeria News
BREAKING: NNPP’s Abba Yusuf wins Kano guber election
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has defeated the All Progressive Party to win Saturday’s governorship election in Kano State. Abba Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP was declared the winner with 1,019,602 votes against his closest rival, APC’s candidate, Nasir Gawuna, who polled 890,705 votes. The Independent National Electoral Commission Returning officer, Prof Ahmad Doko […]
‘It shall never be well with enemies of Nigeria’ – LP’s Kenneth Okonkwo
Kenneth Okonkwo, one of the spokespersons for Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the February 25 election, has vowed that it shall never be well with the enemies of Nigeria. Okonkwo made the declaration in a post via his Twitter handle on Sunday. Okonkwo, a veteran Nollywood actor, was reacting to a […]
Lagos guber: Despite xenophobic attacks, police only arrested one Igbo man – Sowore cries out
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore has slammed Nigerian security agencies over their performance in the 2023 governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections. The police and other security agencies have been accused of working against the voters during the February 25 and March 18 elections. Sowore wondered why those […]
Kaduna: Bandits kill chief Imam’s senior wife after 2 million Naira ransom
Bandits have shot dead the senior wife of the Chief Imam of Nomadic Central Mosque in Rugan Ardo, Isyaka Adamu. Mrs. Hulaira Hussaini Ardo, was shot dead after the bandits collected 2 million Naira as ransom. bandits had on February 11, 2023, Kidnapped four wives of Malam Husaaini Ardo, at Rugan Ardo in Kagarko LGA, […]
BREAKING: Kano imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew as tension rises
The Kano State government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew with a view to avoiding a breakdown of law and order following tensions generated from the collation of results of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Mallam Muhammad Garba, said this in a […]
Sanwo-Olu, Makinde, Abiodun, AbdulRazaq, Buni, others win
•APC wins Katsina, Gombe, set for victory in Borno, Benue as PDP takes A’Ibom •Kwankwaso, Ganduje’s men in tight race, Rhodes-Vivour rejects Lagos results •Oyo, Lagos Speakers re-elected, APC takes 22 Ondo seats, PDP, 25 in Osun The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), […]
Rivers gov candidates protest, allege intimidation by Wike
Governorship candidates of some political parties in Rivers State on Friday stormed the state police headquarters, protesting alleged intimidation by Governor Nyesom Wike ahead of Saturday’s election. The candidates are Senator Magnus Abe of the Social Democratic Party, Tonye Cole, All Progressives Congress; Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, Accord; and Tonte Ibraye of the African Democratic Congress. […]
Guber poll: Over two million Ogun voters to determine Abiodun, Adebutu, Otegbeye’s fate
No fewer than two million residents of Ogun State are expected to vote in today’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 2,688,305 persons registered to vote in Ogun State. The voters are expected to file out from 8am on Saturday to choose who would lead them for […]
Buhari sad over death of 300 people in Malawi
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was saddened to see the devastation caused by mudslides from Cyclone Freddy and floods, which left more than 300 people dead in Malawi. Reacting to the record-breaking storm that came with devastating landslides in the Southeastern African state of Malawi, Buhari conveyed Nigeria’s condolences to his counterpart, President […]
35-year-old man nabbed with gun in Osun
A 35-year-old man, Tunde Abidoye has been arrested by the operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps. Abidoye was arrested with a single barrel gun in Ile Ogbo, Ayedire local government of Osun State on Friday following a complaint lodged at the Ayedire Command of the security outfit. The complaint was that Abidoye was unleashing terror on […]
Business News
Interswitch CEO wins entrepreneur award
The Chief Executive Officer/Founder of Interswitch Limited, Mr Mitchell Elegbe, was on Friday named the overall winner in the Master Entrepreneur Category of the 2023 Ernst &Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in West Africa. A statement said the Founder/Chief Analyst, Nairametrics Financial Advocate Limited, Ugodre Obi-Chukwu, beat other finalists to clinch the Emerging Category […]
Currency in circulation now N982bn – CBN
The currency in circulation in the country dipped by a 235.03 per cent to N982.09bn at the end of February from N3.29tn at the end of October 2022, on the back of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Figures obtained from the CBN revealed that N2.3tn was mopped up from circulation […]
NGX fines 16 firms N779m for market offences
The Nigerian Exchange Limited has sanctioned 16 companies for various market infractions in three years, Specifically, the NGX imposed the sum of N779.5m fine on LASACO Assurance Plc, Presco Plc, Ardova Plc, C&I Leasing Plc, and 12 other listed companies on the bourse between 2020 and 2022. The sanctions bothered on the failure of the […]
FG rakes in N10tn VAT under Buhari – NBS
The Federal Government has raked in N10.1tn from the collection of Value Added Tax under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). This comes against the backdrop of the advice by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, that the incoming government should increase the VAT from the current 7.5 per cent to […]
Rising poverty may hinder SDGs achievement, says ECA boss
The acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr Antonio Pedro, has said the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals may be hanging if poverty in Africa continues to increase. The ECA boss, speaking in a statement issued by the Communications Session of the UN agency, said growing poverty could also affect the […]
MTN to merge finance subsidiaries
MTN Nigeria has proposed the merger of its two finance subsidiaries – Momo Payment Service Bank Limited and Yello Digital Financial Services Limited. This was revealed in its proposed resolutions for its 2023 Annual General Meeting scheduled to hold in April. The company said that the proposed merger will “hold the Payment Service Bank license […]
FG gives subsidies to mini-grid developers
The federal government has announced plans to award subsidies to mini-grid developers for the deployment of solar power mini-grids to 150 underserved and unserved electricity sites across seven states. The government announced this in a statement issued by the Rural Electrification Agency on Friday. It noted the deployment of the mini-grids would be driven by […]
CBN cashless policy destroyed businesses — Group
A group, Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs, has said the new naira/cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria has destroyed many businesses. In an open letter to the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and signed by the President of AYE, Dr Summy Smart-Francis, he lamented that the policies made it extremely difficult for individuals and businesses to […]
Unions protest airport concession, sue minister, FAAN
Aviation workers’ unions have dragged the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to court over the planned concession of major airports across the country, The workers’ unions comprising Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria; National Union of Air Transport Employees; Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals and the […]
NCC, stakeholders hold talks on data depletion
The Nigerian Communication Commission on Thursday announced plans to introduce measures to curb data depletion and ensure that telecom subscribers get value for their money. The commission noted that data depletion was one of the most prevalent complaints received from telecom consumers. The Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer, NCC, Prof Umar Danbata said this […]