Nigeria’s inflation has fallen again, the sixth month in a row, down to 18.02 percent in September, its lowest level in more than three years. On paper, it looks like relief. But at Oyingbo Market in Lagos, where our correspondents visited, that story sounds different. Traders say they have seenContinue Reading
DR. DAYO MOBEREOLA Nigeria’s ambition to become Africa’s maritime powerhouse received a powerful boost as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, embarked on a historic visit that reignited global confidence in the nation’s blue economy vision. The visit — marked by high-level engagements, facility tours,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has urged the Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, CP Miller Dantawaye, and officers of the Nigeria Police Force to honour their oath to protect citizens and respect the constitutional right to peaceful assembly ahead of Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanuNow march.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Two police officers have been killed, while two others sustained injuries during a night attack on the Divisional Police Headquarters in Zonkwa, Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The gunmen also freed several inmates detained at the police station during the attack, which occurred on FridayContinue Reading
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described as misleading a report by an online publication insinuating that the cancellation of activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary was linked to an alleged attempted military coup. The report claimed that 16 military officers, ranging from the rank of Captain to Brigadier General, wereContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Zamfara Police Command has confirmed the killing of its five officers in an encounter with armed bandits in Gidan Giye village of Tsafe Local government Area, Zamfara State. A statement by the command public relations officer DSP Yazid Abubakar said the officers attached to the Operations DepartmentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In a powerful demonstration of patriotism and partnership for national peace, eminent businessman and philanthropist, Chief (Barr.) Success Obioma Akagburuonye, has donated a state-of-the-art Area Command Office to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogbor-Uvuru, Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. TheContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Army has vowed to take disciplinary action against a soldier accused of causing the death of a commercial bus driver in Ondo State. The Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, Ondo State, Major Njoka Irabor, disclosed this in a statement madeContinue Reading
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has clarified that no inmate approved for clemency under the recent exercise of President Bola Tinubu’s power of prerogative of mercy has been released from custody. The clarification comes amid widespread debate following President Tinubu’s recent exercise ofContinue Reading
World Food Programme (WFP), says about 673 million people or around eight per cent of the world population are not getting enough to eat and going hungry. The WFP, a UN food programme said export restrictions, tariffs and volatile commodity prices were destabilising food markets, making food less affordable andContinue Reading