archiveFebruary 24, 2024

  The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it has received a preliminary report from the United States’ National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the accident involving Airbus Helicopter EC130B4 that crashed and killed the former Access Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe and others. Going by LEADERSHIP reports,...

The Gombe Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, February 22, 2024 upheld the conviction of Alhaji Idris Yahaya, Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State. He was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment on Monday, March 13, 2023 by Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State...

Your Excellencies and Dear Colleagues, Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS Member-States; The President of the African Union Commission; The President of the ECOWAS Commission; The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS); Honourable Ministers and...

  President Bola Tinubu has appealed to the military juntas of Niger Republic, Burkina Faso and Mali to reconsider their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He gave the charge while addressing the ECOWAS extraordinary summit which held at the State House in Abuja on Saturday,...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a revised regulatory framework for Bureau De Change (BDC) operations to address excesses and enhance transparency in the foreign exchange market. As part of ongoing reforms, the CBN now mandates foreign exchange sellers to BDCs transacting $10,000 and above to declare their...

    Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of deceiving Nigerians with the poll report released on Friday. The 526-page report of the 2023 elections, formally released ahead of the first anniversary of the election, INEC explained...