Legislative move by the Senate to compel the establishment of physical offices by social media platforms in Nigeria got significant acceleration on Thursday with support by most of the stakeholders during public hearing. The bill was sponsored by Senator Ned Nwoko. The bill, sponsored by Senator Ned Nwoko, is titled: “A bill for an Act…
Nigeria’s struggling revenue profile is set for a rise as Brent crude yesterday, rose above $100 a barrel for the first time in nearly two months, hitting $100.69 over escalating attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea deepen concerns that the Middle East supply crisis is spreading beyond the Strait of Hormuz. Nigeria’s 2026…
By Katherine Diakpomere The National Coordinator of the Tinubu Torch Bearers (TTB), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, has called on members of the group to intensify grassroots mobilisation in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in the 2027 general election. Speaking on the second day of the ongoing seminar for TTB zonal and state coordinators at…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has launched an investigation into a runway excursion involving an Enugu Air Embraer E170 aircraft at Benin Airport in Edo State. In a statement issued on Thursday, the bureau said the aircraft, operating as Flight 4264 with registration 5N-ENR from Lagos to Benin, overshot the end of Runway 05…
Republican Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert claimed Wednesday that the vote on a bill for $1.1 trillion for military funding closed while she was waiting to talk to Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Boebert agreed with Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie’s effort to strike Section 219 from the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act…
By Zainab Ibrahim Rafindadi Infrastructure is often reduced to concrete, asphalt and ceremonial ribbons. Yet its true value lies elsewhere: in the trader who reaches the market faster, the commuter who travels more safely, the investor who sees opportunity and the community that no longer feels forgotten. By that measure, Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s infrastructure…
