Six banks in the country posted N3.41 trillion as profit after tax for 2024, up from the N2.1 trillion recorded in the 2023 financial year. This is despite diverse transaction and service complaints, customer dissatisfaction, and the country’s challenging economic situation. The figure represents a 62.38 per cent increase from the amount recorded during the…
Tinubu’s removal of fuel subsidy took Nigerians by surprise and immediately led to a spike in the cost of the commodity. The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS) has described the removal of fuel subsidy as “timely” and is asking Nigerians to endure the immediate hardship brought by the new measure. President Bola…
The police have asked Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan to cancel her planned Sallah rally in Kogi State’s Central Senatorial District. Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, stated this in a statement released on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP William Aya. According to the statement, Dantawaye said the rally goes against the state…
Many Muslims had a low-key Eid-el-Fitr celebration following the growing cost of living, which made it difficult for many to celebrate in their usual style. The surge in the prices of food, fuel, and transportation, along with ongoing security concerns, significantly affected the festive spirit across several parts of the country. In the northern part…
The Federal Government has advocated for internationally harmonised laws on cyber-enabled organised immigration crimes. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in London. Tunji-Ojo said he made the remark while addressing global leaders during the Border Security Summit on tackling organised immigration…
The suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured residents that the ongoing political crisis in the state will ultimately strengthen the people rather than weaken them. Fubara also said some people are bent on causing violence in the state in a bid to deny the people their means of livelihood, saying it will not…
A lightning strike has claimed the life of a young herder and 12 cows in Matuak Giwa, Bondon District, Moro’a Chiefdom, in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Village Head of Matuak Giwa, Simon Ayuba, confirmed the incident on Monday. Ayuba explained that the herder had been seeking shelter from the rain with…
President Bola Tinubu has approved an extension of the tenure of Kemi Nandap, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, through December 31, 2026. Mrs Nandap began her career in the Nigeria Immigration Service on October 9, 1989. President Tinubu appointed her as Comptroller-General on March 1, 2024, to serve till August 31, 2025….
French antitrust authorities handed Apple a 150-million-euro ($162-million) fine on Monday over its app tracking privacy feature, which is also under scrutiny in several other European countries. The watchdog said the way Apple implemented its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) software was “neither necessary nor proportionate to the company’s stated goal to protect user data” and…
A senior Hamas official on Monday called on supporters worldwide to pick up weapons and fight US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate more than two million Gazans to neighbouring countries such as Egypt and Jordan. “In the face of this sinister plan — one that combines massacres with starvation — anyone who can bear…
