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Antony Blinken, United States secretary of state, has commended President Bola Tinubu’s leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Niger Republic crisis. Blinken spoke with the president via phone on Monday, according to a statement released by the US state department. “The Secretary commended President Tinubu’s leadership […]

Resolved. There are smarter people in government than ‘Mayowa Tijani; these people have the answers to the economic challenges the country is facing, they have the numbers up-to-the-minute to make decisions, and also have the political power to save the naira. What they may not have, however, is the absence of pressure, the lack […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it does not intend to increase the pump price of petrol as widely speculated. The national oil firm spoke in a post on X. “Dear esteemed customers, we at NNPC Retail value your patronage, and we do not have the intention to increase our […]

The Northern Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) says rice millers are shutting down operations in the commercial city of Kano due to the scarcity of paddy. Dalhatu Abubakar, the chamber’s chairman, told journalists on Monday, that the paddy scarcity would cause an increase in the price of finished rice. […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would mobilise its members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike if the current price of petrol increases. Joe Ajaero, president of the NLC, spoke on Monday at the African Trade Union alliance meeting in Abuja. On Sunday, oil marketers hinted that the pump price […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says new measures will be taken to stabilise the naira against the dollar. Folasodun Sonubi, acting governor of the CBN, spoke with journalists after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Monday. Sonubi said Tinubu was worried about the consistent fall of the naira […]

Two Nigerian brothers have been extradited to the United States to face prosecution over the alleged sexual extortion of numerous young men and teenage boys on social media. The suspects are Samuel Ogoshi, 22 and Samson Ogoshi, 20. The two brothers are residents of Lagos. In May, one of the suspects, Samuel, […]

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its MI-171 helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission has crashed in Niger state. Edward Gabkwet, the spokesperson of NAF, who announced the incident in a statement on Monday, said the helicopter crashed at about 1 pm near Chukuba village in Shiroro LGA of the state. Gabkwet […]

Tristate healthcare systems, a private hospital in Lagos, has reportedly performed Nigeria’s first minimally invasive heart surgery. A minimally invasive heart surgery involves making small cuts, called incisions, in the chest. The surgeon does not cut the breastbone as is the case with the traditional open-heart surgery, but reaches the heart by […]