The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that Nigeria’s inflation rate declined to 23.18 percent in February, from 24.48 percent reported in January 2025.NBS announced the decline in its February 2025 consumer price index (CPI) report on Monday.The bureau said the headline inflation rate in February rose marginally
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc reaffirmed its commitment to empowering communities last Friday as it delivered critical empowerment tools to 200 women in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).The initiative, part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts, sparked celebrations and gratitude, with beneficiaries praising the company for its continued support
The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, says the upper chamber will take up the issue of the Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS) Bill to ensure its passage into law without further delay. Jibrin stated this when the Commander-General of NFSS, Dr Joshua Osatimehin, and a team of top officers of the service visited
The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed that six people died in a multiple-vehicle accident on Saturday at Upper Iweka axis of Onitsha, the commercial hub of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer(CPRO), SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement on Sunday that the police had taken over the
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized large consignments of skunk, heroin, and other opioids in raids across Kano, Kwara, Kaduna, Taraba, Abia, Osun, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to news men on
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that he fully understands what Nigerians are going through but that the present economic reform is necessary to build a resilient country and guarantee our children’s future.The President said this Friday in Abuja when he received a delegation of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Professor Gabriel Ediale Osuide, an academic, pharmacist and public health icon, as he celebrates his 90th birthday on March 15.A distinguished scholar and institution builder, Prof. Osuide’s contributions to pharmaceutical education, drug regulation, and public health in Nigeria are unparalleled.His pioneering work in establishing
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over his comments on the Ijaw. The INC was reacting to alleged comments credited to Wike in which he said the Ijaw people ”were a minority of minorities in
The Police Command in Edo says it has rescued Reverend Father Philip Ekeli, who was kidnapped alongside Seminarian Peter Andrew in the state on March 3. CSP Moses Yamu, the command’s Public Relations Officer announced this in a statement in Benin on Friday. Yamu noted, however, that the seminarian tragically
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the owner of a Celestial Church of Christ, located at Ileri Oluwa Parish, Lagos State University (LASU) 2, Pastor Sunday Whepetoji Babaniyeh for the murder of Adedamola Ogunbode, a 28-year-old graduate of Lagos State University (LASU), who had been missing since January 16.Whepetoji