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Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. PDP insists Ighodalo as Edo governor candidate despite court ruling The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday that Asue Ighodalo remains its candidate in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.Read more 2. NLC condemns further electricity tariff hike, demands cancellation Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) condemns …

Investors in the Nigerian equity market lost N133 billion at the end of trading on Thursday. This follows the decline in the prices of stocks such as DAARCOMM, UPDCREDIT, and GUINEAINS among others on the trading floor today. After five hours of trading in the capital market, equity capitalization plunged to N56.6 trillion from N56.7 trillion posted by the exchange …

Our Model “Ranking Nigerian Governors” is a monthly publication by Ripples Nigeria dedicated to assessing the performance of Nigerian governors. Since our founding in August 2019, we have meticulously scrutinized the policy decisions, actions, and impacts — both positive and negative — of state governors on their citizens. Initially, we used a ranking system that highlighted the Top 5 and …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Lekki residents cry as floods hit them every year (Photo) Residents and visitors to Lagos’ upscale Lekki area have been left in shock after massive flooding hit the peninsula following four days of heavy rains that have isolated the expensive neighbourhood from the rest of the state. Read …

The Center for the Promotion of Sharia (CPS) has warned the Sokoto State Government not to tamper with the Sultanate Council as it would bring dire consequences. The CPS, while reacting to a bill passed by the House of State said to be aimed at stripping the Sultan of Sokoto of the power to appoint district heads without the permission …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Wedding guests feared dead when suicide bomber detonates bomb in Borno city Several guests at a wedding party were feared killed on Saturday when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Gwoza town, Borno State.Read more 2. Nigerian naira tumbles, joins cedi, pound as …

Several guests at a wedding party were feared killed on Saturday when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Gwoza town, Borno State. Many others also suffered serious injuries at the wedding venue in Tashan Mararaba in Gwoza town. One of the survivors told reporters that the bomber stormed the venue carrying a baby on his …

For the 2024 fiscal year, the Nigerian government has provided funding of N3,556 for the educational needs of every school child aged 5-17 years, based on data analysis by Ripples Metrics. The analysis is taken from the 2024 budget review of the Ministry of Education. In the 2024 budget approved by President Bola Tinubu, the Ministry of Education was allocated …

In many Benue State communities, women especially suffer from the absence and non availability of staff and medicine in the PHCs many of which have been abandoned and left to rot. MANASSEH MBACHII reports that child birth and survival is a harrowing experience for residents of these communities who continue to live with the pains of government’s neglect. Juliana Innocent …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has identified regulatory uncertainty, security concerns, and financial literacy as serious threats to the use of cryptocurrencies in the country. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the institution, Emomotimi Agama, at the 2024 Annual Conference of the Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He said the Nigerian …