By: Ganiyu Olayinka Dr Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said Northern Nigeria’s political understanding with President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections is “sacrosanct” and “non-negotiable,” and that the region will repay the administration’s development projects with large numbers of votes. He spoke on the sidelines of…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka The European Union’s Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, has said Nigeria probably has the largest number of people living below the poverty threshold of any country in the world. He called poverty one of the country’s biggest challenges. Mignot spoke in Abuja over the weekend at the 2026 International Day…
World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has linked the 2012 kidnapping of her mother to an investigation into an alleged $2.4 billion petrol subsidy fraud that she says she uncovered as Nigeria’s finance minister. By: Tunji Okunlola Her mother, Kamene Okonjo, was abducted from her home in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, in December 2012. In…
The Federal Ministry of Finance has pushed back against claims that the Federal Government’s interest payments reached 124 per cent of revenue in the first half of 2026. It called the conclusion misleading in a statement issued in Abuja on 18 October 2026. By: Tunji Okunlola The Ministry said the claim, which commentators drew from…
Former Ajax defender Frank de Boer has urged supporters to be patient with Nigerian striker Tolu Arokodare, saying the club should let him develop without heavy expectations. By: Yetty Aiyedogbon De Boer was reacting to the buzz around Arokodare at Ajax, where the forward has drawn attention since arriving. He said fans at the club…
Gunmen killed two police officers and injured three other people in an attack on the Uratta Police Station in Aba, Abia State, in the early hours of Saturday. The attackers set parts of the station and several vehicles on fire. By: Tunji Okunlola The attack reportedly began at about 2 a.m. and left the station…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced the death of its Ogun State Sector Commander, Corps Commander Oludare Ogunjobi, following a brief illness. By: Ganiyu Olayinka The Ogun State Sector Command announced his death in a statement issued on Sunday and signed by its Public Relations Officer, Chief Route Commander Afolabi Odunsi. The command…
Mustafa Chike-Obi, former chairman of Fidelity Bank, has said it costs Nigeria more than $10 billion a year to hold its foreign reserves, which he put at $52 billion to $53 billion. By: Ganiyu Olayinka He made the remarks on Thursday on Policy Without Politics, a podcast he co-hosts with Ken Ikpe, according to ClarityNewsNG,…
By: Tunji Okunlola Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Taiwo Oyedele has said investors are already betting on a second term for President Bola Tinubu and expect his economic reforms to continue. He argued that markets and the international community have largely dismissed the opposition as unserious. He spoke alongside Central Bank of…
Former Senegalese president Macky Sall has pulled out of the race to become UN secretary-general, following objections to his nomination and a dispute over how he secured the African Union’s backing. By: Tunji Okunlola In a post on X on Saturday, Sall said he decided on an informal vote on 16 October and consultations with…
