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A business magnate, Ambassador Kinze Isaac Okonkwo, has noted that the wealth of experience of the Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has sufficiently prepared him to lead Ibadan land into a new era of peace, unity and prosperity. Okonkwo described the historic ascension of Oba Ladoja, scheduled to be installed as the 44th Olubadan of […]

Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has praised former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), for the creation of the state as it turned 38 on Tuesday, September 23. Governor Eno, in his statewide commemorative broadcast on Tuesday in Uyo, the State capital, also applauded the efforts of successive military and civilian governors […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced its benchmark interest rate from 27.5 percent to 27 percent, marking the first adjustment of the year. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced the decision on Tuesday at a press briefing in Abuja, following the conclusion of the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) 302nd meeting. Cardoso explained that the […]

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his unwavering support of the Programme’s education focused initiatives. Otuaro particularly commended the president over the recent deployment of 161 Niger Delta beneficiaries for postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom. The PAP’s administrator, who disclosed this in a […]

United States President Donald Trump will on Tuesday address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for the first time since 2020, in a speech the White House said will set out his “vision for the world” and take aim at “globalist institutions.” Trump is expected to speak at around 09:50 EDT, following Brazilian President Luiz […]

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, has disclosed that about ₦20 billion has so far been realised towards the completion of the National Library project. Senator Tinubu, who spoke at a lunch with State House correspondents to mark her 65th birthday on Tuesday at the presidential Villa, said the library project was her chosen legacy […]

Katsina State has recorded two cases of circulating variant polio virus in 2025, a decline from the 17 cases reported across eight local government areas of the state in 2024. Announcing the this at a media dialogue and mobilisation ahead of the October 2025 integrated Polio Vaccination Campaign in Katsina, UNICEF Chief Kano Field Officer, […]