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2027 Elections: APC rejigs campaign council – Wike, Adeleke, Soludo named state coordinators

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has restructured and expanded its Presidential Campaign Council for...

Formula 1 confirms historic return to Africa with 10-year Rwanda deal

Formula 1 will return to the African continent for the first time in almost...

20 Killed as gunmen ambush traders and security convoy in Zamfara

At least 20 people, including eight security personnel, have been killed after heavily armed...

Subsidy windfall: Kaduna only state where social spending per head stalled

Kaduna State increased its spending far faster than its revenue after the petrol subsidy...

AfDB unveils finance agenda for biodiversity COP17

The African Development Bank plans to promote park bonds and other financing mechanisms to help African countries meet biodiversity targets at COP17.

Nigerian govt spent N0.7trn on projects in six months, paid N7.7trn in interest

Pluboard Series: The Subsidy Windfall Since President Bola Tinubu ended the petrol subsidy in May...

Interest payment on debt costs Africa $75bn yearly, UN says

African governments pay an estimated $75 billion annually in excess interest because of persistent...

Atiku dismisses Tinubu’s 30-day fuel discount as “election-laced” stunt

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has rejected the federal government's 30-day petrol discount at...

Weeks after Uber’s exit, Moove shuts down in Nigeria

Moove, a mobility company that finances vehicles for ride-hailing drivers, announced on Thursday that...

Elections near, Tinubu offers 30-day petrol discount after three years

The Tinubu administration says it will sell petrol at cost through NNPC Limited's filling...

Africa launches own credit rating agency to challenge Moody’s, S&P and Fitch

The African Union has launched the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA), the continent's first,...

20 kidnapped prospective NYSC members released after seven days

Twenty prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were abducted by...

India targets Nigerian soybeans in suspected tariff-evasion scheme

Indian customs authorities are investigating a surge in soybean imports labelled as coming from...

32 on board as Nigeria Air Force plane crashes in Ondo

A Nigerian Air Force aircraft carrying 32 people crashed on Monday near the Naval...

Etihad, Ibom Air strike deal to link five Nigerian cities

Travellers flying Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi will be able to connect to five...

Nigerian-born former US professor jailed for $921,000 student aid fraud

A Nigerian-born former university professor in Texas has been sentenced to 78 months in...

Gas crisis in Rivers’ Bille community turns deadly as warnings go unheeded

For almost a year, residents of Bille Kingdom in Rivers State have watched gas...

Atiku donates ₦20m to families of 37 miners who died in Civil Defence custody

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has donated ₦20 million to the families of 37...

“It’s wrong!”: Peter Obi speaks on OK Movement campaign council

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has formally disowned...

Zambezi basin gets $130m climate resilience programme

The eight countries sharing the Zambezi River Basin have agreed to coordinate efforts to...