Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N144.67tn ($94.23bn) as of December 31, 2024, marking a 48.58 per cent increase from the N97.34tn ($108.23bn) recorded at the end of December 2023. The Debt Management Office disclosed this in its latest report on the nation’s debt profile released on Friday, April 4. The report also highlighted…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Friday said the new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Bayo Ojulari, has officially taken over the reins of the company from his predecessor, Mele Kyari. Olufemi Soneye, the chief corporate communications officer of NNPC Ltd, disclosed this in a statement on Friday evening. On Wednesday, President…
Sultry Nollywood actress Regina Chukwu has recounted a painful encounter she had with armed robbers during her stay at a hotel while she was working on a movie set. The fair-skinned thespian who relayed her experience on her YouTube channel said she lodged at the hotel with her colleague Akin Lewis, who convinced her to…
Former US President Barack Obama admitted he’s trying to dig out of a ‘deep deficit’ with his wife Michelle Obama amid divorce rumors. Obama made the statement when addressing Hamilton College students. Hamilton College’s President Steven Tepper asked the 63-year-old former president what he’d been up to. Obama said he’d mostly been working on the…
Former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, on Friday opened an account with Sterling Bank in Abuja, fulfilling his promise to support the lender’s recent decision to eliminate digital banking charges. In a post on X, he described the move as “a quiet revolution in a country where every naira counts.” Mr Chidoka, who was joined by…
