Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over the failure to disclose the details of any direct payments to the 774 local government councils in Nigeria including the amounts sent to each council.”SERAP’s suit followed a landmark judgment by the
..destroys 77,000kg skunk in Cross River, Edo forests, recovers 4,000kg skunk in Nasarawa The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized six million pills of opioids worth N6.5billion at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers and the Apapa seaport, Lagos. The agency listed the intercepted opiods
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says listed companies on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) declared N1.1 trillion in dividends to shareholders in 2024. The Director-General of SEC, Dr Emomotimi Agama, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Agama said that N1 trillion had already been paid to shareholders out
Prince Arthur Eze, the Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Oranto Petroleum, has described President Bola Tinubu as “God’s gift to Nigeria” and praised his leadership style, reform-driven governance, and commitment to national unity. In an upcoming State House documentary marking President Tinubu’s second anniversary in office, Eze said Tinubu exemplified
.Vows to fight until justice prevails Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of all previous agreements reached to resolve the lingering crisis in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, vowed to fight on until he got justice.
Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, driven by the Bola Tinubu administration’s new policy of local value addition and a tightened licensing regime, attracted over $800 million in processing projects last year.The sector also generated over ₦38 billion in revenue in 2024, up from just ₦6 billion the previous year, despite receiving
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed the concern of government and good people of the state over the Ilesha Correctional jailbreak in which 7 awaiting trial inmates escaped on Tuesday.Accordingly, Governor Adeleke has vowed that no amount of effort will be spared by his administration in teeming up
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has donated the state model college at Onijaganjagan, near Abeokuta, for the takeoff of the new Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences (FUMMSA), Abeokuta. The governor made the announcement at the official commissioning of capital projects at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Abeokuta
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded an unprecedented revenue of ₦1.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2025, more than double the ₦600 billion collected during the same period in 2023.Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi attributed this remarkable growth to transformative reforms under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged continued assistance to the Nigerian Navy and other security agencies operating in the Niger Delta region, assuring them of the Commission’s continued support and collaboration. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, stated this during a courtesy visit by the Chief of