The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has scheduled the state’s local government elections for 12 July. Mr. Tope Ojo, Head of Public Affairs at LASIEC, who made the announcement on Friday in Lagos, said that elections for 57 council chairmanship positions and 376 councillorship seats will be held on 12 July. A re-run, if […]
Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr Jim Ovia, CFR, has been admitted to the prestigious Freedom of the City of London in a ceremony held at the Mansion House on Monday, 7 April 2025. The historic honour, which dates back to the 13th century, is a symbolic recognition of individuals who have made […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has ordered the immediate and full implementation of the Naira-for-Crude initiative, reaffirming it as a strategic policy directive to support local refining and reduce foreign exchange dependence. The initiative, which had been suspended under the previous leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), is now back in effect, […]
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that the ongoing tariff war between the United States and China could slash bilateral trade in goods by as much as 80 percent, with damaging ripple effects for the global economy. Speaking on Wednesday, Okonjo-Iweala said escalating tensions between the world’s two […]
The Rivers State Government has announced the appointment of administrators for all 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state, as well as the reconstitution of several suspended boards of agencies, commissions, and parastatals. The appointments, which take effect from Monday, 7 April 2025, were approved by the Administrator of Rivers State, Retired Vice Admiral […]
The Federal Government has reiterated that its Naira-for-crude oil initiative remains in force and is a long-term policy, not a temporary arrangement. The move is aimed at fostering sustainable local refining and reducing the country’s reliance on foreign exchange in the oil sector. This clarification comes amid reports suggesting the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited […]
National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu has appealed to Nigerians to stop paying ransoms to kidnappers and bandits, warning that such payments only worsen the country’s security crisis. Ribadu made the remarks on Tuesday while receiving 60 kidnap victims rescued in military operations in Zangon Kataf, Southern Kaduna. The victims, including a senior civil servant […]
Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State has described the recent wave of killings in the state as genocidal and sponsored by terrorists, following attacks that have left over 50 people dead and thousands displaced in Bokkos Local Government Area. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today monitored in Lagos on Tuesday, a visibly upset Muftwang suggested […]
Chief Pascal Dozie, the renowned entrepreneur and founder of the now-defunct Diamond Bank Plc, has passed away at the age of 85. He died on Tuesday, 8 April 2025 — just one day before his 86th birthday. Born on 9 April 1939 in Egbu, Owerri, Imo State, Dozie established Diamond Bank before its merger with […]
Four individuals previously acquitted of involvement in the fire incident at the Rivers State House of Assembly have accused political figures of attempting to coerce them into implicating Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The men — Chime Ezebalike, Kenneth Kpasa, Oladele Lukman, and MacPherson Olumini — were discharged in […]
