Nigeria’s GDP rate grew by 3.84% in Q4 2024, says NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) rate grew by 3.84 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024. In its GDP report…
FCCPC summons MultiChoice over hike in DStv, GOtv subscription rates
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria to explain the company’s intended hike in DStv and GOtv subscription rates. Ondaje Ijagwu, FCCPC director, corporate…
Court remands three Lagos assembly workers for ‘assaulting’ DSS officials
The federal high court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of three workers of the state house of assembly for allegedly assaulting officials of the Department of State…
Natasha Akpoti files N100bn defamation suit against Akpabio
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi central, has filed a N100 billion defamation suit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. In the suit filed at the federal capital territory (FCT)…
Rewane backs CBN’s $8bn spend to support undervalued naira
Renowned economist and CEO of Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, has backed the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) decision to use $8 billion to stabilize the naira, describing the…
Lagos Assembly speaker Meranda may step down as Akande panel shortlists seven
The speakership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly might be resolved soon as the intervention of heavyweights in the All Progressives Congress may be leading to a headway.…
Ribadu replies el-Rufai: I’ve never discussed running for president in 2031
Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), has asked the public to disregard Nasir el-Rufai’s comments against him. During an interview on Arise TV on February 24, el-Rufai, former…
Emefiele asks judge to recuse self from 4.5bn fraud trial
Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has requested that Rahman Oshodi, the judge of an Ikeja special offences court, recuse himself from his…
‘IBB threatened to sack national assembly for insisting on June 12’ — Olusegun Adeniyi’s book chronicles crisis
Olusegun Adeniyi, ace author and columnist, has recounted how Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), retired general and former military president, threatened to sack the two political parties as well as…
US backs Russia to reject UN resolution condemning attack on Ukraine
The United States voted against a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution naming Russia as the aggressor in the Ukraine conflict. The stark divergence in diplomatic approaches saw the…
