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The Federal Government has warned the country’s telecoms operators, including Airtel Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, Globacom and 9mobile, that they risk regulatory sanctions if they fail to urgently improve the quality of their services across the country. Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy Minister Bosun Tijani raised the alarm in a statement on Sunday, stressing that ongoing reforms in the sector were …

Footnotes for a homeland by Emman Usman Shehu; Topaz Books, Abuja, Nigeria; 2026; 120 pages He is among the most powerful voices who have refused to be deterred by Nigeria’s multifaceted calamities. Emman Usman Shehu deserves to take a well-deserved bow as an irrepressibly coherent poet who ruthlessly addresses the Nigerian project and the African condition. He showed the first …

Investors in the Nigerian equity market earned N440 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This follows a surge in the prices of shares such as Livestock Feeds, Daar Communications and CWG, among others, on the stock exchange floor. The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) index increased to 252,508.19 points from 252,411.67 points the previous day. After five hours of …

*Bank of Industry expands national reach, launches new financing for MSMEs and youth empowerment The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Industry, Dr. Olasupo Olusi, has described the media as Nigeria’s most important development partner, stressing that effective communication remains critical to national growth and institutional impact.Speaking during an interactive session with media partners in Lagos, Olusi said …

Post views: 36 By Silvernews Teams in the South East Region have intensified preparations for the South East Basketball Championship scheduled to take place in Ebonyi State from May 15 to 16, 2026. The league is expected to bring together top basketball talent from the five southeastern states in what stakeholders have described as a major step toward repositioning …

Zainab Abioye Mohammed Hayatu-deen, a presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, has unveiled a series of tough measures aimed at tackling terrorism, banditry and kidnapping across Nigeria if elected president. In a post shared on He said the country’s security crisis is deeply connected to its economic challenges, stressing that rising poverty, unemployment and violence continue to reinforce each …

Nigerians and their socio-political spaces evidently suffer from a rare acute fever called Peter Obi. It became a daily fever. The symptoms are immediate and of great impact. It manifests itself anytime and anywhere. Given its overwhelming spread across the country, millions of people have become its victims. The fever is unleashed on Nigerians in positive and negative ways. The …

The governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Abdulrahman Bashir Haske, has embarked on a statewide grassroots appreciation and engagement tour across the 21 local government areas (LGAs), aimed at strengthening citizen engagement and aligning the priorities of the leadership with the aspirations of the people.The five-day strategic tour, which began on Monday, May 11, 2026, …

Nigeria again failed to reach its crude oil production quota set by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after averaging 1.49 million barrels per day in April, below the benchmark of 1.5 million barrels per day. Figures from Nigeria’s Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission show that the country produced an average of 1,488,540 barrels of crude oil daily in …

Post views: 20 The House of Assembly designee for Irepodun/Ifelodun Constituency 2, Boluwatife Fayose, on Tuesday led his supporters to the re-election of Governor Biodun Oyebanji in Igede-Ekiti. The energetic young politician, who has led thousands of his supporters to support the governor’s ambition for a second term, has declared his full support ahead of the June 20 gubernatorial …