Category: News

Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has petitioned the Court of Appeal in Abuja to overturn a judgment granting the government full control of an estate in Abuja comprising 753 housing units. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had earlier obtained a court order to seize the estate, situated in the Lokogoma district […]

The presidency on Wednesday dispelled widespread misconceptions surrounding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent correspondence to the National Assembly regarding Nigeria’s 2025–2026 borrowing plan. Contrary to reports suggesting that the President is seeking to borrow a lump sum of $20 billion, the special assistant to the president on social media, Dada Olusegun, clarified that the communication […]

Nigeria, long known as Africa’s biggest importer of refined petroleum products, has ceded that position to South Africa, marking a dramatic shift in the continent’s energy landscape. The development follows the operational ramp-up of Aliko Dangote’s massive oil refinery, which began large-scale production in 2024 and is already reshaping trade flows across sub-Saharan Africa. The […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has unveiled its long-term vision to transform the organisation from an “ECOWAS of States” into an “ECOWAS of the People: Peace and Prosperity to All” by the year 2050. The plan aims to empower the region’s estimated 300 million citizens to take ownership of the vision and […]

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure the restructuring of Nigeria into a balanced federation, and allow state police in each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. It restated this longstanding call after a caucus meeting held at the Akure, Ondo State capital residence […]

The Afenifere Youth National Body has dissociated itself from one Eniola Ojajuni, who styles himself as the body’s leader. Besides, the body distanced itself from the claims by Ojajuni that he knew about 37 kidnapping locations in the Southwest and that four traditional rulers in Ondo State are backing the criminals. In a statement on […]

Suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has extended warm greetings and heartfelt wishes to children across the state in celebration of the 2025 Children’s Day. In his message to mark the occasion, Fubara described this year’s national theme, “tapping the untapped natural treasure,” as a powerful reminder of the immense and often overlooked potential that […]

Abubakar Dantsoho, managing director/CEO of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), (3rd Left); Aliko Dangote, president and GCEO of the Dangote Group, (3rd Right) another stakeholders on May 26, 2025, when the leadership of the Dangote Group visited the NPA headquarters in Marina, Lagos Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), says the company […]

Dele Momodu and President Bola Tinubu Ovation Magazine publisher,  Chief  Dele Momodu has commended President Bola Tinubu for stopping the takeover of the Peoples Democratic Party’s national secretariat in Abuja by the Nyesom Wike-led FCT ministry. The ministry had revoked and sealed the party’s headquarters and over 4,000 others over alleged non-payment of ground rents […]

Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the Federal Government has cleared over 200,000 unprocessed passport applications since he assumed office. He also also disclosed that N28 billion in old debts have been paid off, all without extra funding from the government. He made these announcements during the Access Bank Guest Lecture Series held in Lagos on […]