archiveApril 24, 2023

‘Give Peter Obi his mandate’ – popular Nollywood actress speaks     Nollywood actress, Toni Tones, has said the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, should be given his ‘stolen mandate’. Peter Obi had claimed that he won the 2023 presidential election and vowed to prove it in court....

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has returned to Nigeria. Tinubu’s return was confirmed by his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga. He was said to have been received at the Abuja International Airport by the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima and some state governors. Tweeting about his arrival, Onanuga wrote: “Jagaban lands...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the average retail price of a litre of petrol has increased from N185.30 in March 2022 to N264.29 in March 2023. It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for March 2023 released in Abuja on Monday. It stated that...

In line with its mandate of deposit guaranty and reimbursement of depositors in the event of bank failure, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced verification of insured depositors of Peak Merchant Bank in-liquidation towards payment of their insured sums. According to a release signed by the Director, Communication...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that there were 222.6 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022. The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 million subscribers over the 195.5 million subscribers recorded at the end of 2021. The NBS stated the figures in its...

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, is expected to return to Nigeria on Monday, ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed in a statement that the president-elect will return to Abuja today after “a well-deserved” vacation in France. The president-elect’s plane is expected to land at the presidential...