The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has said the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu have started yielding positive results across various sectors despite the increasing hardship and rising costs of living in the country. Mr Jibrin said this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, on Tuesday. He…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned a suit filed by the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) against the federal and state governments till May 29. The Supreme Court had on July 11, 2024, granted financial autonomy to the 774 local government areas in the country. However, ALGON…
The suspended Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Abayomi Fasina, has refused to relinquish control to the newly appointed Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Samuel Olubunmi Shittu, despite a clear directive from the university’s Governing Council. Fasina was suspended on Monday following allegations of sexual harassment made by a senior university official, Engineer Folasade Adebayo….
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 rise in the country’s inflation rate, from 23.18% back in February 2025 to 24.23% in March 2025, reflected a major increase in the rising commodity and energy costs in the last…
For the third consecutive year, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria hosted a pre-award reception in honour of the 17th Headies, reputed as Nigeria’s biggest and most prestigious music awards show in the country. Guests including creative industry leaders and policymakers, nominated artists, alumni of U.S. government exchange programmes, representatives of U.S. businesses in Nigeria, and…
