The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on Tuesday raided Utako Market in Abuja, sealing several shops over alleged deceptive sales of local rice re-bagged and sold as popular foreign brands. The operation, which was carried out with the support of police officers and other security personnel, targeted traders allegedly […]

Eighteen-year-old Osariemen Unuigbe, daughter of Nigerian immigrants from Edo State, has secured admission offers from six Ivy League universities in the United States, including Harvard and Yale, in recognition of her academic excellence. Unuigbe, the daughter of Dr. Augustine Unuigbe and Dr. (Mrs.) Florence Unuigbe attributed the recognition to her […]

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, has alleged that the New Nigeria Peoples Party is ‘dead’. He also claimed that the NNPP leader, former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, would join the ruling party. Ganduje said this in Abuja on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by […]

Nigeria controversial singer, Badmus Okikiola popularly called Portable, on Tuesday, escaped re-arrest over another petition against him. Portable regained freedom after veteran fuji musician, Okunola Saheed, popularly called Osupa, withdrew his petition. Osupa had petitioned the police accusing Portable of criminal defamation, criminal intimidation, inciting public disturbance and cyberstalking. Acting […]

Across the country, Nigerians are gradually adapting to making virtual payments for goods and services while moving away from a cash-dependent economy. Still, this shift is coming at a cost — at least N2.654 billion. In 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced several policies intended to stabilise the […]

Veteran Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem’s protest track, “Tell Your Papa,” has recorded a remarkable milestone despite being banned by the National Broadcasting Commission. The song, which criticises President Bola Tinubu’s administration, has gathered the attention of several Nigerians and has been making waves on social media. According to the statistics […]

Mohammed Monguno, senator representing Borno north, says any government that fails to guarantee the safety of its citizens does not deserve to remain in power. Speaking to News Central in Maiduguri after a security meeting, Monguno, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said the gathering was convened to […]

The former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has disclosed that the current political coalition by some former governors against President Bola Tinubu may not work, even as he disclosed that five of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP are already on their way to joining ruling party, APC. During a recent […]

Twenty-one governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have met with former President Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna and begged him not to dump President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party that made him president ahead of the 2027 elections. LEADERSHIP gathered that the APC governors met former President Buhari in […]

The ministry of finance says the federal government has officially flagged off the 125-kilometre (km) Benin-Asaba superhighway project in Edo state. In a statement on Sunday, Mohammed Manga, the ministry’s director-general of information and public relations, said the dual-carriageway, solar-lit road, is expected to drive economic growth and connectivity in […]