By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced plans to reposition its development finance strategy towards a market-based and sustainable framework to boost agricultural financing and attract greater private-sector investment. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed this at the National Stakeholder Roundtable on “Strengthening Agricultural Credit Guarantees for Inclusive and […]
MultiChoice Group has welcomed a directive by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) reaffirming regulations governing intellectual property rights and the retransmission of audiovisual content in Nigeria. The directive, issued on November 2, 2026, clarifies that access to another broadcasting operator’s signal does not automatically grant the right to retransmit or commercially redistribute its content. It […]
“To those who say subsidy is coming back, it’s a lie. Don’t let them lie to you again. It’s not going to come back. We cannot spend the future of our children today and feel that they will grow tomorrow. No, they have to be in school. We have to invest in their education. We have to invest in agriculture,” he said.
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an additional N30 billion for the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to procure and install free meters for unmetered customers, bringing total approvals under the Meter Acquisition Fund (MAF) scheme to N79 billion. The latest approval, which represents the third tranche of the […]
Segun Awosanya, popularly known as Segalink, has said that noise, mob pressure and ethnic sentiments should not determine who becomes Nigeria’s president
Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has warned President Bola Tinubu against committing Nigeria to a proposed $500 million World Bank loan shortly before the end of his current four-year tenure, arguing that no administration should saddle the country with fresh debt without adequate justification and public scrutiny.
At least 66 soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have been sentenced to death for cowardice, mutiny and disobeying orders following a military trial in the country’s conflict-hit eastern region, local media have reported.
“We will lower the cost of living. We will provide reliable power, not the whole privatisation that is not working. We will provide you with reliable power in this Nigeria,” he said.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday denounced a push to impeach him as a “farce” and defended his record leading the Iran war and other military operations under President Donald Trump.
“We have the arable land. We have the commitment. We have the people. We can feed ourselves, and we will bring the food prices down to the minimum,” he said.
Under the Electoral Act 2022, the Supreme Court held that IREV is a public viewing tool, not a legal collation system…cannot by itself invalidate election
The question of whether 25 per cent in Abuja is a separate, compulsory test went to the Supreme Court after the 2023 election. Atiku and Peter Obi argued that Tinubu of APC had failed it
Tinubu’s support was uneven. He got 231,591 votes in Rivers but only 90,183 in Delta, a drop of 141,408 votes between both neighbouring states
Kwankwaso of NNPP came third with 69,386 votes. Peter Obi, who ran on the Labour Party, LP, ticket, had just 6,376 votes
Technology share prices clawed back some of last week’s sharp losses on Monday, though gains were tempered by a plunge in Nvidia following a probe into its boss Jensen Huang over claims of an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
Tech executive Alice Huang is the woman accused of spying for China during an affair with Jensen Huang, head of US artificial intelligence chip titan Nvidia, according to media reports.
Chip giant Nvidia’s board announced Sunday it had opened a probe into chief executive and co-founder Jensen Huang after he acknowledged an affair with a woman US officials say was working for Chinese intelligence.
Fans of the violent “Grand Theft Auto” video game franchise are just two weeks away from getting their hands on the latest edition, which has taken almost a decade to make and has become the most expensive title in history.
Fifteen nursing students of Madonna University, Nigeria, have appealed to the university management to reverse their expulsion over a controversial TikTok video recorded during their community posting, pleading for another opportunity to complete their studies.
*Half of Nigeria’s Private Schools Are Invisible — FG By Elizabeth Osayande & Marvelous Allen LAGOS — The Federal Government has revealed that out of 110,000 private schools in Nigeria, only 57,000 have submitted their data to the national education database, making over half of private schools in the country invisible for planning and intervention […]
•Adeyemo wins car, house, cash in MTOY award By Adesina Wahab A teacher’s reward is in Heaven, goes the saying. However, it is while on earth that a teacher can work and there is nothing bad if he enjoys part of his reward while alive. To make teachers enjoy the reward of their sweat, a […]
By Ben Ngwakwe GOMBE: No fewer than 100 Senior Secondary one to three (SSS 1-3) students from five schools in Abuja and Gombe have been offered a three-year Scholarship by MATINAAH Care Foundation’s (MCF). All the vulnerable students now have their school fees settled from their SSS1 class to SSS3 class. Others in SSS2 and […]
