FG moves to end open grazing, identifies 470 gazetted reserves
The Federal Government has identified 470 gazetted and legally protected grazing reserves for the rehabilitation and resettlement of pastoralists, as part of efforts to end the...
Author : Alake Uri
Coconut Revolution in Nigeria
Nigeria’s coconut industry is emerging as a new frontier for agribusiness, with local innovators transforming what was once considered waste into profitable products and employment...
Headline inflation rate in 3rd consecutive month rise, hits 15.93%
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has gone up again, the third consecutive month, in May 2026, hitting 15.93 percent. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, announced...
Kidnapped Kwara monarch dies in captivity after N18m ransom payment
The traditional ruler of Olayinka community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Salman Aweda, who was kidnapped from his palace by terrorists...
FirstBank hits N1bn daily disbursement on FirstAdvance
FirstBank Nigeria yesterday announced that FirstAdvance, its flagship salary backed digital loan product, has hit a milestone of N1 billion daily disbursement. The bank, in a...
FCMB Group’s profit rises 81% to N202bn
FCMB Group Plc has recorded an 81 per cent increase in its Profit Before Tax, PBT, which hit N202.1 billion in 2025 full financial year from...
Revenue from VAT, CIT falls 6% to N3.79trn in Q1’26
Revenue generated from Value Added Tax, VAT, and Company Income Tax, CIT, fell year-on-year (YoY) by 6.2 percent to N3.79 trillion in the first quarter...
FG auctions Lagos hotel, 3 properties forfeited by drug lords at N6.1bn
The Federal Government has auctioned a Lagos hotel and three other properties seized from drug kingpins by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and...
Air Force officers beat Lagos driver dead after minor crash
A 43-year-old commercial bus driver, Joseph Okpe, has died after he was allegedly beaten by a group of officers of the Nigerian Air Force following...
Troops rescue late General’s wife in Katsina offensive
Troops of the Nigerian Army, supported by the Nigerian Air Force, on Monday, rescued Mrs Amina Abubakar, the widow of the late Maj Gen Rabe...