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Here are the top 10 stories throughout the country. 1. Ripplesmetrics: Benue descent: Sixteen years of increasing violence Violence tracking data in the state of the benue from 2009 to 2025 shows a stable and destroying escalation. What began as a sporadic conflict incident had turned into a wide attack in almost all parts of the country, leaving the death …

Investors in the Nigerian equity market lost the N135 billion at the close of trade on Wednesday. This follows a decrease in stock prices such as Deap Capital Management & Trust, Legend Internet, and Wapic Insurance, among others, on the trading floor. The Benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) fell to 140,716.10 points from 140,929.60 points recorded on the previous day. After …

The presidential candidate from the Labor Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has denied the picture showing him with American President Donald Trump and Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the “MC Oluomo” Akinsi. Obi describes the pictures shared on several social media platforms and news blogs as fake and manipulated. The former …

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Nigerian Central Bank (MPC) has reduced the interest rate by 50 basis points, from 27.5 percent in July to 27 percent. The Committee also reduces the cash reserve requirements to 45 percent for commercial banks and maintains a merchant bank by 16 percent. This decision follows the constant pressure of critical stakeholders such as …

MPs who represented Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uuduaghan, finally returned to his office in the National Assembly after his office was reopened by Sergeant-Di-in the Red Room on Tuesday morning. The senator who was fought suspended for six months in March after his dispute with the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio for the seating settings, …

Investors in the Nigerian equity market lost N326 billion at the close of trade on Tuesday. This follows a decrease in stock prices such as Dangote Sugar, Wema Bank, and Secure Electronic Technology, among others, on the trading floor. The Benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) fell to 140,929.60 points from 141,498.44 points recorded on the previous day. After five hours of …

On a scorching Tuesday afternoon at the entrance of Obafemi Awolowo University, where Town-Gboro buses regularly drop off and pick up students and staff, a group of teenagers, aged between 11 and 17, darted between passersby, pleading for alms. The children were Kudus Ayomide, Ayomide Olabosun, Ezekiel Fajemila, Olabosun Daniel, and Toheeb Akinpelu. “Uncle, please help me—give me anything you …

Here are the top 10 stories throughout the country. 1. Tinubu held a closed meeting without notice with the Governor of Fubara In developments that have triggered speculation in all political circles, Bola President Ahmed Tinubu on Monday night held a closed meeting with the Governor of the State Rivers, Sir Siminaayi Fubara, at the President’s Villa in Abuja. Read …

Investors in the Nigerian equity market lost the N220 billion at the close of trade on Monday. This follows the decline in stock prices, Mcnichols PLC, Ikeja Hotels PLC, and FTN Cocoa, among others, on the trading floor. The Benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) fell to 141,498.44 points from 141,845.34 points recorded on the previous day. After five hours of trading …

In a development that has triggered speculation in all political circles, Bola President Ahmed Tinubu on Monday night held a closed meeting with the Governor of the State Rivers, Sir Siminaayi Fubara, at the President’s Villa in Abuja. Governor Fubara arrived at Aso Rock around 6:20 pm, wearing a traditional white kaftan and black hat, but the details of the …