Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N440 billion during the just-concluded trading week at the Nigerian Xchange (NGX). Ripples Nigeria reports that investors recorded a profit of N110 billion the previous week. In the just-ended trading week, the equities market gained in only two of the five trading sessions and lost N440 billion in…
The United Nations Refugee Agency has raised fresh concerns over a rising number of Sudanese refugees fleeing toward Europe, citing worsening humanitarian conditions and dwindling aid support in the region.  According to the UN, more than a thousand Sudanese have either reached or attempted to reach Europe in the first months of 2025 alone. …
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has scheduled the state council election for July 12. Tope Ojo, LASIEC’s head of public affairs, made this announcement on Friday in Lagos. He said the election for 57 council chairmanship positions and 376 councillor seats will take place on 12 July. If necessary, a re-run will occur…
I remember a time when airport security was so tight little old ladies were getting padded down for weapons and everyone had to take their shoes off to prove they didn’t have flammable liquids inside them. But something really seems to have changed now that we have the second visitor from the U.S. arriving in…
The police in Ekiti state have arrested and detained an officer who allegedly stabbed a man in his family home in the Ise-Ekiti area of Ekiti State. Â The daughter of the victim had shared several videos online, crying out for justice for her father. Â According to the young lady, the officer serves as…
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Friday said that the nation’s crude oil reserves stood at 37.28 billion barrels (bb) as of 1 January 2025. The commission also said Nigeria’s gas reserves hit 210.54 trillion Cubic Feet (tcf) as of the same date. Gbenga Komolafe, the NUPRC’s chief executive, who stated this said…
