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UBA Defies Headwinds, Posts Stellar N204bn Profit in First Quarter

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced robust financial results for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 31, 2025, maintaining the momentum recorded in 2024 with double-digit growth across all key performance indicators. According to its unaudited results released on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), the bank reported a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of […]

Hardship vs. Hope: PDP Frames 2027 as Battle Between Tinubu and the People

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the 2027 general elections as a contest not between political parties, but between President Bola Tinubu and the suffering of ordinary Nigerians. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday during the presentation of a Certificate of Return to the party’s Anambra State governorship candidate, Chief Jude Ezenwafor, PDP Acting National […]

NiMet Workers Suspend Strike After Meeting with Aviation Minister

Employees of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) have called off their strike action following the intervention of the Federal Government. The industrial action, which disrupted flight operations across the country on Thursday, was prompted by grievances over poor working conditions, non-implementation of the new national minimum wage, exclusion of some staff from past allowances, and […]

PDP Governors Ask NWC to Shift NEC Meeting to 13 March

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have called on the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to shift its forthcoming National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to 13 March 2025. The call was made in a communiqué issued in Asaba, Delta State, following a meeting attended by 12 PDP governors. The communiqué […]

New Face at the Table: Ibas Attends NEC Amid Rivers Political Upheaval

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, participated in the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting held on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This marked Ibas’ first appearance at the Council since his appointment by President Bola Tinubu in March 2025, following the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Vice President Kashim […]

Exodus in Delta: Oborevwori, Okowa Lead Mass Defection from PDP to APC

The Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his predecessor Ifeanyi Okowa, and a host of local government chairmen and party executives have defected en masse from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The move, announced after a meeting at Government House in Asaba, is expected to significantly alter political alignments […]

NNPCL Under Forensic Audit as Edun, Cardoso Defend Reforms in Washington

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has disclosed that a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is currently underway. Speaking at the Nigeria Investment Forum held on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., Edun said the audit aims to […]

Tinubu Orders Security Chiefs to End Killings, Restore Peace in Troubled States

President Bola Tinubu has ordered an immediate review of Nigeria’s national security approach, instructing security chiefs to take urgent steps to curb the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau, and Kwara states. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu condemned the recent wave of […]

Cardinals are expected to gather in Rome on Tuesday to finalise funeral arrangements for Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. The meeting will determine the exact timing of the burial, which traditionally takes place between four and six days after the death of a pope. Although deceased popes are […]

Jigawa Governor Warns Against Self-Defence, Says It Could Trigger Anarchy

As insecurity continues to escalate in parts of Nigeria, Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has cautioned against calls for citizens to resort to self-defence, warning that such a move could plunge the country into anarchy. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, on Monday, Governor Namadi responded to remarks by retired General […]

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