At the close of trading, the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) market capitalisation appreciated by 0.15 per cent to N158.513 trillion, up from N158.278 trillion recorded in the previous session.

Nigeria’s drive to reform its policing system gathered fresh momentum on Friday as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other key stakeholders launched a renewed campaign to stamp out torture, arbitrary arrests and other human rights abuses by embedding rights-based policing into everyday law enforcement operations. The renewed push […]

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has condemned what he described as the increasing use of federal institutions to undermine governance in opposition-controlled states, insisting that the rule of law must take precedence over political interests. Makinde made the remarks in a statement shared on his official Facebook page, where he criticised the alleged freezing of […]

Nigeria has emerged as one of the new destinations for transnational cybercrime syndicates relocating from Southeast Asia following intensified crackdowns by regional governments, a new United Nations report has revealed. The report, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), warned that criminal organisations behind large-scale online fraud operations are increasingly moving […]

Reviewer: Professor Olu Obafemi Professor Iyorwuese Hagher’s A Portrait of Paradise arrives like a furious wind from the postcolonial tropics — prophetic, theatrical, grotesque, and morally wounded. It is the kind of African political novel that rejects the polite discipline of realism. Instead, it opts for excess, allegory, satire, lamentation, and visionary rage. In its […]

Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, has distanced himself from comments made by his aide, Ambrose Nwogwugwu, regarding Nigerian music star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, insisting that the remarks did not reflect his position ahead of the August 15 Osun State governorship election. Uzodimma, who chairs the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and the All […]

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has said structural reforms in the education sector are underway to The post Gombe gov constitutes committee to reform education sector appeared first on Tribune Online.

A court in Senegal has sentenced three TikTok influencers to prison and imposed fines on two of them for allegedly insulting President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a decision that has sparked criticism from free speech advocates. According to Reuters, the three men are affiliated with Feenal Digital, an online communications platform that produces content some observers […]

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned three individuals and two companies before the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, over the alleged theft and laundering of N652.18 million belonging to Petrocam Trading Nigeria Limited. The defendants — Jacob Acheneje Okolo, Yakubu Wisdom Onu Solomon, Issa Aloba […]

Canada’s economy added 75,000 jobs in July, pushing the unemployment rate down to 6.4 per cent, its lowest level in two years, as the labour market continued to show resilience despite ongoing trade tensions with the United States. Statistics Canada, in data released on Friday, said employment growth was evenly split between full-time and part-time […]

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded that President Bola Tinubu disclose the identities of government officials allegedly involved in the fraud surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC). Atiku said the interim report of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on […]

The governor disclosed that officials from the Office of Infrastructure had carried out an immediate assessment of the damaged bridge and confirmed that its structural integrity remains intact despite the attack.

President Bola Tinubu has approved a Federal Government delegation led by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to represent Nigeria at the maiden Nigeria Diaspora Investment Economic Conference in Toronto, Canada. The conference, themed: “Invest Nigeria, Thrive Abroad,” is scheduled to hold from August 12 to 15 and is aimed at strengthening Nigeria-Canada economic ties […]

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has disowned a fake document circulating on social media, falsely presented as an official announcement from the Board and allegedly signed by the Board Secretary, Major Gen. A. M. Jibrin (Rtd). The purported statement, which contains claims relating to recruitment and a presidential candidate announcement, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an Edo State-based man, Odigie Moses, over an alleged sextortion case involving an Indian woman. Moses was arrested in Ekpoma, Edo State, after allegedly posing as a spiritualist with healing powers, the anti-graft agency said in a statement issued on Friday. According to the EFCC, the […]