Despite a steady rise in commodity prices across the country, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the headline inflation rate further eased to 32.15 percent in August 2024 relative to the July 2024 headline inflation rate of 33.40 percent. The August 2024 headline inflation rate showed a decrease of 1.25 percent points […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has arrived in Minna, Niger’s capital, to meet with Ibrahim Babangida, the ex-head of state. Obasanjo arrived in Minna Sunday evening after felicitating Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin Kingdom, in Edo State, over his 90th birthday. The meeting with Babangida also had Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, and Aliyu […]

Say there’s only one Afenifere led by Pa Reuben Fasoranti Stop tarnishing Afenifere’s image The Yoruba Afenifere Youth Organization, YAYON, has dissociated the umbrella Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, from the scandal rocking the Labour Party, LP. It distanced the foremost group in Yorubaland from some Afenifere chieftains who worked for the LP during the last […]

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hon. Aliyu Muktar Betara on Thursday donated the sum of N100 million to support the victims of Maiduguri flood. Hon. Betara who represents Biu/Bayo/Shani and Kwaya Kusar Federal Constituency of Borno State donated to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State during an on-the-spot assessment of […]

An aerial view of houses submerged by flooding and residents giving information to officials of the National Emergency Management Agency in Maiduguri…on Tuesday. Photos: AFP On Thursday, residents of Maiduguri began to count losses as the water receded in some parts of the state, following the devastating flood after the collapse of the Alau Dam […]

Water yet to recede 40% of farmland washed away Governors are standing united in their support for victims of the devastating flooding in Maiduguri and Jere in Borno State. They pledged food support and hailed the Federal Government and Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum for immediately rising to the occasion, thereby mitigating the losses. As […]

This screenshot shows the aerial view of houses submerged under water in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024. Credit: Chima Onwe/Unocha The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the current trend of flooding indicated that 29 States and 172 Local Government Areas have been impacted; 1,048,312 people were affected; 625,239 were displaced, and 259 […]

Marketers of petroleum products in Nigeria have reportedly written to President Bola Tinubu to complain that the drop in price of Dangote Refinery’s diesel to N900 per litre, is negatively affecting their businesses. Devakumar Edwin, Vice President of Dangote Industries Limited, disclosed this on a Twitter Spaces session organized by Nairametrics. Edwin highlighted some of […]