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Nigeria’s economy expanded by 3.89 per cent in real terms during the first quarter of the year, driven by a sharp rebound in agricultural output and sustained momentum in the services sector. Fresh data released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics shows a notable acceleration from the 3.13 per cent growth recorded during…
President Bola Tinubu secured his place on the 2027 presidential ballot by winning the All Progressives Congress nationwide direct primary election with 10.99 million votes. The National Primary Election Committee announced the landslide victory after counting ballots across the thirty-six states and the Federal Capital Territory. The incumbent comprehensively defeated his sole internal challenger, Stanley…
A 30-year-old schoolteacher and church choir master, Nathaniel Baiyegun, faces murder charges after allegedly kidnapping and killing his 16-year-old former student in Ogijo, Ogun State. Operatives from the Anti-Kidnapping Section of the Ogun State Police Command arrested the suspect following weeks of investigation into the disappearance of the teenager. The victim had approached her former…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. Aina will succeed Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose second term ends on 31 July 2026. At 39 years old, the computer engineering academic will become the youngest registrar to run the nation’s tertiary admissions body. The presidency…
The Nigeria Revenue Service has introduced a unified Taxpayer Identification system to replace the existing validation framework for all taxable entities. The new system creates a single database linking federal and sub-national revenue authorities. Backed by the Nigeria Tax Administration Act of 2025, the initiative makes the new identity mandatory for every taxable person nationwide….
Bandits have executed Michael Oyedokun, a mathematics teacher abducted from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The terrorists released a gruesome video on Sunday showing the educator being tied up and forced to speak before being beheaded. The footage, which circulated widely on Telegram on Monday morning, has…
The long-feared northern industry of mass school abductions has arrived in the South-West. A joint security force has trapped a gang of armed kidnappers within the Old Oyo National Park corridor. The gunmen had earlier launched a coordinated broad-daylight raid on three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The state government…
The All Progressives Congress has cleared its deck for the 2027 general elections by asserting strict party control over its legislative nominations. The ruling party conducted primaries across all 360 federal constituencies on Saturday, rewarding key loyalists while purging dissenters. Mudashiru Obasa, the powerful Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, successfully clinched a…
The public breakdown of a prominent television host’s marriage has exposed the fragile underbelly of celebrity culture in Lagos. Frank Edoho, known for hosting major broadcasting franchises, entered a fierce public dispute with his estranged wife, Sandra. The conflict moved from private legal channels to social media, drawing millions of spectators into their domestic affairs….
Aliko Dangote has renewed his legal war against the Nigerian government over fuel imports. The billionaire’s 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery filed a fresh lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to nullify import permits granted to marketers and the state oil company. The legal challenge targets the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The regulator…