Naira-for-Crude: The Steady Progress
Arabinrin Aderonke Atoyebi The naira for crude policy is one of the smartest and most realistic steps taken to fix Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. It is not just about money. It is a well-planned effo...
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SDP suspends chairman Gabam over alleged multi-million naira scandal
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has suspended the party’s national chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, the national auditor, Nze Nnadi Clarkson, and the national youth leader, Uchechukwu Chukwuma. A statement by the party’s national publicity secretary, A...
Brazil’s vice President arrives Nigeria for high-level strategic talks
Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin @geraldoalckmin and his wife Maria Lúcia Alckmin touched down this morning at the Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, marking the comme...
Police officers charged with murder of Kenyan blogger
Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief ...
US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations of migrants
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homeland. By 6-3, the justices reversed a lo...
EFCC arrests former NNPC CFO Umar Ajiya over alleged $7.2bn refinery rehabilitation fraud
EFCC has arrested former NNPC CFO, former MD of Warri Refinery, over alleged $7.2bn fraud linked to refinery projects. A former Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (...
17 Chinese jailed for One year each for cyber-terrorism, internet fraud in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 23, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of 17 Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet...
Iran gave Qatar a heads up, The New York Times reports
Iran gave Qatar advanced notice that it was launching an attack on the U.S. base near Doha, three Iranian officials familiar with the plans told The New York Times. Iran’s retaliatory strike was mea...
Iran says it retaliated against U.S. forces in Iraq and Qatar
Iran’s armed forces said Monday they carried out missile strikes on U.S. military bases in Qatar and Iraq in response to the U.S. bombings against key Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend. A ...
Abuja remains safe for citizens and visitors alike says FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria has taken note of the latest security advisory issued by the Embassy of the United States, restricting its staff and their families from non-official travel to milita...
Fidelity MD, Onyeali-Ikpe urges women to embrace lifelong learning and collaboration for career success
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, OON, has encouraged women professionals to embrace continuous learning, courage, and collaboration as key ha...
Nigeria recapitalizes Bank of Agriculture with ₦1.5 Trillion, strengthens ECOWAS Food Security Collaboration
Nigeria has recapitalized the Bank of Agriculture with ₦1.5 trillion and invested over ₦200 billion in agricultural interventions to bolster food security and empower farmers. This includes the di...
I am concerned about the slow pace of ECOWAS Standby Force says Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep concern over the slow pace of activating the ECOWAS Standby Force and urged West African leaders to move swiftly from concept to reality in the collectiv...