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First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has reinforced its commitment to promoting arts, culture and heritage through its sponsorship of the 2026 Ojude Oba Festival, held in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The annual festival, which celebrates the Awujale of Ijebuland and showcases Yoruba cultural heritage through fashion, music, dance and traditional displays, was held on May 30, […]
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has directed all its branches nationwide to conclude church programmes by 8:00 p.m. and suspend vigils and overnight meetings until further notice, citing rising security concerns across the country. According to PUNCH, the directive was contained in an internal memo dated 5 June 2026 and […]
The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, has defended the cost of mobile data in the country, insisting that Nigeria remains one of the countries with the cheapest data rates globally despite the recent increase in telecom tariffs. Toriola made the remarks during the MTN Data Trial Conference held in Lagos on Saturday […]
Terrorist-controlled mining sites in Nigeria’s northwest have trapped thousands of villagers in a brutal system of forced labour, extortion and mass abductions, with armed groups seizing gold mines to fund a sprawling war economy. Among them is Saidu Modi, a farmer from a small village in Zamfara State who fled his home in […]
The Enugu East Senatorial Zone on Saturday endorsed President Bola Tinubu and Governor Peter Mbah for re-election in the 2027 general elections during a solidarity rally held at Okpara Square in Enugu. The endorsement was made at the “Ofu Obi Rally for Tinubu and Mbah,” where stakeholders from the senatorial zone also donated N300 million […]
Delta State has been ranked as the second-best governed state in Nigeria in the 2025 Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) Governance Performance Index, placing Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration among the top-performing state governments in the country. The latest ranking scored Delta State at 70 per cent, placing it second only to Kaduna […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday reaffirmed its support for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Mining Marshals, unveiling eight operational gun trucks to intensify the crackdown on illegal mining. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, issued the warning during the inauguration ceremony at the NSCDC National Headquarters in Abuja. […]
The Federal Government has said arrangements for the deployment of aircraft to evacuate Nigerians seeking to return from South Africa will commence after the completion of an ongoing screening and verification exercise. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed that the screening process, which began on Thursday and concludes on Friday, will determine the final number […]
One of Nigeria’s most closely watched corporate battles took a dramatic turn this week after the Supreme Court overturned orders that froze the assets of Nestoil Limited and Neconde Energy, handing a significant victory to oil entrepreneur Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi in a dispute involving more than $1.1 billion in alleged debt. The ruling represents […]
According to billionaire investor, Naguib Sawiris, Egypt’s vast mineral wealth is being squandered due to illicit mining operations, which are weakening investment and preventing the country from fully benefiting from its tremendous natural resources. Sawiris, who according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index is Egypt’s richest man and Africa’s sixth richest person, recently went to […]
