Nigeria’s headline inflation eased to 16.05 per cent in October relative to 18.02 per cent in September 2025, according to the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The statistics office disclosed this in its monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Monday, November 17. This is the seventh consecutive time headline …
Toyota is recalling 126,691 Tundra and Lexus vehicles in the United States after discovering manufacturing debris that could cause engine stalling, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Thursday. The NHTSA said a remedy is currently being developed and will be applied to affected vehicles once available. Toyota will notify owners when …
Filling stations in Abuja have lowered petrol prices following the federal government’s suspension of a planned 15% import duty on petrol and diesel. On Friday, Ranoil and Empire stations reduced prices to N940 and N949 per litre, down from N955, representing a drop of N6 to N15 per litre. Chinedu Ukadike, spokesperson for the Independent …
Oliver Alawuba, the group managing director/chief executive officer of United Bank for Africa (UBA), says the bank has been strategic in financing critical projects across African countries for developmental purposes and other continents more broadly. He hinted at this while delivering a keynote speech at the UAE-Chad Trade & Investment Forum in Abu Dhabi, United …
By Osita Chidoka Any law enforcement officer, in uniform or plain clothes, represents the President and the sovereignty of the Nigerian state. To abuse such an officer is to diminish the authority of the Republic itself. Minister Nyesom Wike’s decision to personally enforce a directive at a disputed site was a fundamental misstep. In constitutional …
Protesters on Tuesday besieged the National Assembly in Abuja, calling on the Senate to immediately confirm President Bola Tinubu’s nominee for Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Engr. Abdullahi Ramat. The demonstrators, who comprised Ramat’s supporters, members of civil society organisations and human rights activists, marched around the complex with placards bearing inscriptions …
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, over alleged money laundering to January 29 and 30, 2026, for continuation of the hearing. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the proceedings on Tuesday to enable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's (EFCC) seventh prosecution witness, Mr Olomotame Egoro, …
On November 10, 1995, the Nigerian military regime of General Sani Abacha executed Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues, now remembered worldwide as the Ogoni Nine, after a trial that was widely condemned as a travesty of justice. Saro-Wiwa and others were involved in non-violent protest and advocacy for the Ogoni people, a minority …
The United Nations has raised fresh concerns over the alarming rise in illicit firearms worldwide, warning that more than one billion illegal weapons are now in circulation, with many of them increasingly sophisticated and digitally produced. Adedeji Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative for UN Disarmament Affairs, disclosed the figure while briefing the UN Security …
Former Governors of Bayelsa and Rivers States, Senator Seriake Dickson and Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, have raised the alarm over the growing threat that electoral malpractice poses to Nigeria’s democracy as the 2027 general election draws close. Speaking at the fifth anniversary lecture of First Daily Newspaper held in Abuja on Monday, the two leaders …
