Nigeria’s headline inflation rate moderated to 14.45 per cent in November 2025, marking a significant slowdown from the 16.05 per cent recorded in October 2025. This is according to the latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. This represents a decline of 1.6 percentage points month-on-month, indicating easing price pressures…
President Bola Tinubu has formally received two senators who recently joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), further strengthening the ruling party’s presence in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday evening led Senator Kaila Samaila Dahuwa of Bauchi North and Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe of Cross…
Mike Bamiloye has claimed that several pastors are currently enduring their marriages rather than enjoying them. In a post via social media, the founder of Mount Zion Faith Ministries International spoke about wives who make their marriages difficult. He said some pastors’ wives believe they can use their husbands’ spiritual calling to manipulate them. He…
A Nigerian national, Okezie Ogbata, has pleaded guilty in a Florida district court to defrauding more than 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans of over $6 million through a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. According to the US Department of Justice, the 36-year-old and his accomplices deceived victims by sending fraudulent letters claiming to be representatives of…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has addressed circulating rumours of a new increase in fuel prices, affirming that the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has not changed. NNPCL spokesperson Olufemi Soneye stated, “There is no increase in gasoline price that I am aware of,” countering speculation that prices had risen from…
The police in Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east, say they have arrested two suspects over alleged rape of two girls in separate incidents in the state. The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. How the incidents happened In one of the cases, Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police,…
Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, says it will be difficult for any future leader to succeed in Nigeria if President Bola Tinubu fails to deliver on his mandate. In an interview with TVC on Tuesday, Sani said Tinubu has a “historic opportunity” to reshape the destiny of the country, noting that Nigeria is…
President Bola Tinubu has urged Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders to match policies with actions for real impact on citizens. Tinubu spoke in Lagos on Wednesday during the commemorative ceremony marking ECOWAS’ 50th anniversary. He said the regional bloc is lagging in policy implementation and urged member states to turn plans into…
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday said that illegal and hidden activities like prostitution and drugs peddling will now be included in the calculation of the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP. In a report by Vanguard, the NBS has proposed 2019 as a new GDP base year and 2024 as new base year for…
Detectives from the Akwa Ibom State Police Command’s headquarters in Ikot Akpanabia, near Uyo, the state capital, have apprehended a fake medical doctor, identified as Sunday Okon Akpan, for allegedly performing an illegal abortion leading to the death of a 35-year-old lady, Blessing Sunday Etim. The spokesperson of the Akwa Ibom Police Command, Deputy Superintendent…