Lagos State has cemented its position as one of Africa’s economic powerhouses, with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) hitting $259 billion based on purchasing power parity (PPP). This milestone places Lagos as the second-largest city economy on the continent. This was revealed during the official launch of the Lagos Economic Development Update (LEDU) 2025 on […]
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has disclosed that the number of prisoners on death row had risen from 3,590 in September 2024 to 3,688 in March 2025, representing a 2.73 percent increase or 98 prisoners within six months. The NCoS also sought strategic collaboration with the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services (DSS); Economic and […]
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubura (middle) addressing newsmen in front of Rivers State House of Assembly in Port Harcourt, yesterday. PHOTO: NAN Wike: Heaven will not fall if Fubara is impeached Fubara’ll face impeachment if he fails to resign, APC chair, Okocha insists Opposition lawmakers vow to resist plot to impeach Fubara IYC: We’ll go […]
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Banji Ayoola Mercifully, He allows them, the good, and the bad, to be princes; for a purpose. At various levels on earth, the Almighty Father, in His Wisdom permits both the good and the bad to rule over millions of their fellow human beings. To use the earthly power at their disposal to improve the […]
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For nearly a decade, Dr Betta Edu has steadfastly covered the school fees for every child in her ward, Adadama in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State which amounts to 23,659 scholarship so far. She does not pay fees alone, she religiously shares exercise books, school bags and sometimes provide reading tables and […]
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The Nigerian Senate has defended its decision to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before the Inter-Parliamentary Union, stating that her suspension was not related to allegations of sexual harassment but due to gross misconduct. Speaking before the IPU on Wednesday, the Chairperson of the House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Kafilat Ogbara, dismissed claims […]
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Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, on Wednesday recalled the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie, five weeks after he was suspended from office over alleged corruption. His recall followed the consideration by the governor of the report of an Investigative Panel set up by Government to investigate allegations of financial infractions against […]
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The House of Representatives has stripped the South West Development Commission of three percent of the total revenues derived yearly by the airports and seaports in the zone. It was gathered that the House will transmit the newly amended bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent today. This was part of the far reaching changes […]
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Police Inspector General, Kayode Egbetokun has redeployed 25 top officers to various strategic formations nationwide. Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said the affected officers included seven Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), and 18 Commissioners of Police (CPs) due […]
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Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal’s ruling that nullified the N20bn damages awarded to him against the Department of State Services and the Attorney General of the Federation. Igboho initially sued the AGF, the DSS, […]
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