Category: News

The African Fashion Designers Award (AFDA) has announced its 8th edition, themed “Fashion Bespoke Experience,” set to take place on November 16, 2025, at The Podium, Lekki, Lagos. This premier fashion showcase will bring together some of Africa’s most talented designers, models, and industry leaders in a vibrant celebration of the continent’s rich cultural heritage […]

United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday, announced a US-backed peace proposal aimed at ending the nearly two-year-old war in Gaza, warning Hamas that rejection of the plan would leave Israel with Washington’s full support to continue its military campaign. Speaking at a joint White House press conference, Trump […]

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has on Monday, issued an interim order stopping the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from continuing with its nationwide industrial action. PENGASSAN has embarked upon strike on Monday to protest the alleged sack of about 800 workers of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. […]

The Federal Government has cancelled the Independence Anniversary parade earlier scheduled to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. A statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation said the cancellation does not reduce the significance of the milestone anniversary. The statement signed […]

There was unrest at the Trade Fair International Market in Lagos on Monday as traders took to the streets to protest against what they described as unbearable hikes in shop rents, agent fees, and other charges imposed by market authorities. The demonstrators, in their hundreds, shut down sections of the market while chanting solidarity songs […]

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has screened 30 senior police officers who are due for promotion at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja on Monday. The officers included one assistant inspector general of police, two commissioners, eleven deputy commissioners, and 16 assistant commissioners out of the 17 invited for the exercise. The promotion examination […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ànd the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) have denied reports of the release of the witheld Osun State Local Government financial allocations to the chairmen and councillors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2022. The two agencies of government told […]

A female member of staff of ARISE News Channel, Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, has died following a case of armed robbery at her residence in Katampe District of Abuja on Monday morning. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Hadiza Usman-Ajayi on behalf of the management of ARISE News Channel on Monday evening. The statement […]

Two civil society organisations – Movement for Better Nation (MBN), and Good Governance Campaigners Network (GGCN), have dismissed allegations of corruption and underperformance against the Provost of Federal Cooperative College (FCCO), Oji River, Enugu State, Dr. Jude Ejikeme Obidiegwu, following investigations. The groups launched an inquiry after a report had mentioned the college in a […]

EnterpriseNGR, Nigeria’s foremost advocate for the Financial and Professional Services (FPS) sector has marked another milestone with the graduation of Cohorts IV and V of its flagship ‘Youth of Enterprise’ (YOE) Internship Initiative. The graduation ceremony, held on Thursday, September 25, 2025, carried the theme “Game Changers at Work: Innovate, Disrupt, Lead.” It spotlighted the […]