For eight consecutive days, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index has remained frozen at 15, marking the longest streak in the danger zone since the FTX collapse in November 2022. November 2025 has been brutal. Bitcoin is down 30% from its all-time high, Ethereum sliced nearly in half from its peak, and altcoins bleeding 40–70%. …
Commotion broke out on Tuesday at the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, Watada Plaza, when police fired teargas to disperse supporters of two rival factions engaged in a heated confrontation. Trouble started after groups loyal to former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike and the newly constituted National Working Committee (NWC) …
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced an investigation into the physical confrontation between two high-profile social media personalities, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), and comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, aka Mr Jollof, while onboard a United Nigeria Airlines flight on Monday. The incident, which occurred on United Nigeria Airlines Flight UN0523 at Asaba …
President Bola Tinubu on Monday delivered a firm message on judicial integrity as he declared open the 2025 All Nigerian Judges’ Conference at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja. He cautioned that the Bench must never succumb to compromise, stressing that justice must remain beyond the reach of corrupt influences. “Justice must never be for sale, …
The Dangote Refinery has stated that the recent drop in pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol in Nigeria, by oil marketers was mainly driven by its reduction of gantry and coastal prices on November 6, not as a result of the suspension of the 15 per cent duty on imported …
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 …
