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The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policies, promising to address what he described as the President’s “economic illiteracy” if elected. Adebayo made the remarks on Thursday in Abuja after an interactive meeting with leaders of the Middle Belt Forum, where he outlined his […]
African e-commerce company Jumia, has secured $50 million in fresh equity from investors led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, giving the loss-making retailer additional financial firepower as it pushes towards profitability. IFC is investing $25 million, half of the total fundraising, while Axian, one of Jumia’s largest existing shareholders, and other […]
The Majority Leader of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Saleh Hodi Jibir, has resigned his seat to contest the chairmanship of Shira Local Government Area in the forthcoming council elections. Jibir, who represented Disina Constituency, announced his resignation during Wednesday’s plenary presided over by Speaker Abubakar Y. Suleiman. He had served as […]
Troops of Sector 4, Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), have foiled an attack on Nyerwai and Rayidi communities in Fan District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident occurred at about 11:05 p.m. on Wednesday, August 12, after troops stationed at Dorowa Babuje responded to reports of sporadic gunshots in the affected […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially directed its members to vote for Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, even after the Court of Appeal upheld the nomination of its own candidate, Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola. The party announced the decision on Thursday in a statement by […]
The Nigeria Law School called 41-year-old Rasheedat Adeshina to the bar on July 29, 2021 — capping a 26-year journey that began when she first set foot on a Nigerian university campus. Adeshina, who gained admission to the University of Ilorin in 1995 to study Industrial Chemistry, spent 14 years in court fighting […]
On August 14, 2008, a major milestone in modern diplomacy was reached when Nigeria officially transferred sovereignty of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. The ceremony in Calabar marked the final, peaceful resolution to a complex, decades-long territorial dispute over a strategic region in the Gulf of Guinea. The Bakassi Peninsula, comprising roughly 1,000 square kilometers […]
Former Inspector-General of Police and Social Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate in Nasarawa State, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, has flagged off an agricultural empowerment initiative targeting 2,800 farmers across the state to boost food production and enhance local livelihoods. The launch took place at the Esu Karu Palace in Karu Local Government Area, kicking off the first […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has declared its readiness to execute the amended Production Sharing Contract framework following the Federal Government’s sanction of a new incentive regime for deep offshore oil and gas developments. The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Bayo Ojulari, made this known through a post on his verified X […]
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, is set to headline the inaugural WeCare Leadership Conference slated for August 20, 2026, in Bauchi, focusing on youth innovation, ethical governance, and national development. Organized by the WeCare Centre for Community Awareness and Empowerment Initiative, the summit will center on the theme, […]
