President Bola Tinubu and French President Emmanuel Macron met over a private lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday, strengthening diplomatic ties between both nations. The meeting, described as a “working private lunch,” was confirmed by Tinubu’s Special…
Renowned economist, Professor Akpan Ekpo, has raised fresh concerns over Nigeria’s growing debt under President Bola Tinubu, warning that the borrowings so far lack visible justification. Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Wednesday, Ekpo said he has yet to…
In a shocking twist, six kidnapped victims have been freed by their captors after their families paid a staggering ₦60 million ransom. The release took place yesterday, September 9, 2025, after the ransom was picked up at UBA Bank, Akpakpava…
Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has announced he has resumed public engagements. This is coming days after he had announced he will be taking a short medical break. Obi had announced the brief…
The Federal Government has moved to calm growing tension over the controversial 5 per cent Petroleum Products Tax, saying there are no immediate plans to enforce the policy. Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, gave the…
Former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has weighed in on the ongoing tussle between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate leadership as her six-month suspension edges to its supposed expiration. In a post shared on social media, Sani expressed concern that…
It was a day of sorrow and solemn respect in Bauchi as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) buried two of its gallant officers who were ambushed and k!lled in Okpella, Edo State. The fallen men, ASCII Abdullahi…
For years, communities in Katsina have lived through killings, displacement, and the destruction of their livelihoods. Now, the state government has openly admitted it is in “active negotiations” with the bandits responsible for the terror. Governor Umar Radda, who had…
By Idris Ahmed Usman The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has once again demonstrated that it is not only a custodian of academic standards but also a forward-looking institution committed to modernizing education in West Africa. Its recent announcement that…
By Erasmus Ikhide FOR want of appropriate coinage, the passing of Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase on the 31st of August, 2025 without mincing words, compounded my eternal mystery over the last 73 days. I had lost my immediate elder sibling,…
