President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated a high-powered Presidential Committee on the National Population and Housing Census, charging its members to deliver an interim report within three weeks and to prioritise the use of technology for credible and verifiable data. The inauguration ceremony at the State House in Abuja highlights the administration’s renewed dedication…
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has declared the removal of the re-instated Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, as illegal, unconstitutional, null, and void. In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, the court invalidated both the proceedings and resolutions of the Lagos State House of Assembly from January 13, 2025, during…
A high-level delegation from the World Bank, led by Ousmane Diagana, Vice President for Western and Central Africa, met on Monday with the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to reaffirm support for President Bola Tinubu’s economic reform agenda and development priorities. Diagana lauded Nigeria’s recent GDP growth of…
As predicted by economists, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 24.23% in March 2025, according to the official government data source, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The country’s inflation rate climbed from 23.18% in February 2025 to 24.23% in March 2025, highlighting a significant spike in the costs of commodities and energy over recent…
Nigeria’s External Debt Service to Hit $5.2bn in 2025, Fitch Warns Fitch Ratings has projected that Nigeria’s external debt servicing will rise to $5.2 billion in 2025, underscoring growing fiscal strain despite ongoing economic reforms. The global credit rating agency disclosed this in a commentary released on Friday, in which it upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign-currency…
Fubara Slams Police Over Crackdown on Anti-Emergency Rule Protesters in Rivers Suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has condemned the Nigeria Police for what he described as their heavy-handed response to peaceful demonstrators opposing the emergency rule in the state. Fubara’s criticism follows two separate protests by women groups in Rivers State. While demonstrators in…
Lagos Deputy Governor Raises Alarm Over N29m Electricity Bill, Slams ‘Crazy Billing’ The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, has expressed frustration over a massive spike in his electricity bill, which jumped from ₦2.7 million in March to ₦29 million in April. Speaking on Monday during a roundtable in Victoria Island between the Lagos…
President Tinubu Mourns Victims of Plateau Killings, Urges Lasting Peace President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the recent wave of violence in Plateau State, which has resulted in the deaths of more than 40 people. In a statement released on Monday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President…
Controversial Singer Portable Remanded in Kwara Prison Over Unmet Bail Conditions Controversial Nigerian singer, Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable, has been remanded at the Oke Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, after failing to meet the strict bail conditions set by an Upper Area Court. Portable was arraigned in court on…
PDP Governors Dismiss Merger Talks, Decry Worsening Insecurity in Nigeria Governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday firmly rejected rumors of a possible political merger ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a communique released after the PDP Governors’ Forum’s 4th meeting of 2025, held in Ibadan, Oyo State, the forum also…
