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Nigeria’s 2026 reset: Governance, not promises, will decide our future

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Yahaya Bello: Kogi paid tax consultant N1.1bn in 8 months, EFCC witness tells court

More money for governors as FAAC disbursement rises 30% to N33trn

Sule Lamido’s son loses Supreme Court bid to overturn $40,000 forfeiture

SEC raises minimum capital requirements for operators, sets June 30 deadline

How motorists can avoid traffic fines as cameras go live in Lagos

NRS to Nigerians: VAT is taken from bank service charges, not transfers

News

Nigeria’s 2026 reset: Governance, not promises, will decide our future

Opinion

Yahaya Bello: Kogi paid tax consultant N1.1bn in 8 months, EFCC witness tells court

Law and Courts

More money for governors as FAAC disbursement rises 30% to N33trn

Public Finance

Sule Lamido’s son loses Supreme Court bid to overturn $40,000 forfeiture

Law and Courts

SEC raises minimum capital requirements for operators, sets June 30 deadline

Investment

How motorists can avoid traffic fines as cameras go live in Lagos

Infrastructure

NRS to Nigerians: VAT is taken from bank service charges, not transfers

Economy

Dangote Refinery’s petrol supply suddenly rises by 64% after Farouk Ahmed’s departure

Oil and Gas

Nigeria tops Sub-Saharan upstream investment league as regional spending slides

Oil and Gas

Economic Analysis

FCMB, Sterling, Alternative, Lotus, Keystone yet to meet CBN recapitalisation requirements

Banking and Finance Yakubu Ibrahim -

IN the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rolled out new recapitalisation requirements for deposit money banks. The guidelines...

Fidelity, Globus, Wema, Providus, Rand, Taj meet CBN recapitalisation requirements

NGX lists 3.156bn UBA shares to deepen liquidity, market capitalisation

Inside DCI Group, Washington-based lobbyist hired by Nigerian govt to woo Trump

Sixty-two former CBN staff reject bank’s bid to change suit process over ‘unlawful dismissal’

Business

Banking and Finance

Fidelity, Globus, Wema, Providus, Rand, Taj meet CBN recapitalisation requirements

Yakubu Ibrahim -

IN the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rolled out new recapitalisation rules mandating...

Banking and Finance

NGX lists 3.156bn UBA shares to deepen liquidity, market capitalisation

Stella Odiche -

THE Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has approved the listing of an additional 3.156 billion ordinary shares of United Bank...

NGX lists 3.156bn UBA shares to deepen liquidity, market capitalisation

Banking and Finance

Inside DCI Group, Washington-based lobbyist hired by Nigerian govt to woo Trump

Insurance and Pension

Sixty-two former CBN staff reject bank’s bid to change suit process over ‘unlawful dismissal’

Banking and Finance

Trump supplies Nigeria with key military materials to fight terrorism

Aviation

DSTV faces hard times as 2.7m customers cancel subscriptions, seek cheaper options

Telecoms

Fortis Global Insurance weighed down by Standard Alliance legacy issues as losses mount

Insurance and Pension

Interview

We want to make Nigeria’s industrial dream come true, says Nnoli, CEO, Zubnol Recycling

Interview Yakubu Ibrahim -

MR Chukwubuike Nnoli is not new in Nigeria’s entrepreneurship space. He founded Zubnol Ventures in 2011, which later metamorphosed into Zubnol Investment Limited. Currently, he...

Our court victory has ended blasphemy laws that fall short of legal certainty – Okedara

Kalu Aja to Tinubu: Give families cash to spend, waive taxes, import food

Big Investigations

How gold-for-arms trade fuels terror in Nigeria’s North-West (2)

Economy Post -

By Lami SADIQ As the vigilante commander in Zamfara, Rabiu Bawa knows the cost of defending such communities. “Just recently, I wanted to restructure my...

How gold-for-arms trade fuels terror in Nigeria’s North-West (1)

License imbroglio: Nigerian drivers trapped in FRSC broken system

Unlicensed investment platforms target Nigerians on Facebook, Instagram with AI-generated content and Meta Ads

Fact-Check

How Meta, Google Ads enable unlicensed health product campaigns exploiting Africans online (III)

From cure to con: How Africans seeking diabetes remedy are exploited on Facebook (II)

From cure to con: How Africans seeking diabetes remedy are exploited on Facebook (I)

Inside the coup that never happened: How social media fuelled false claims in Côte d’Ivoire

Government Business

Revenue and Expenditure

Civil Defence spends 96% of its budget on personnel despite rising insecurity

Odinaka Anudu -

THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) will spend 96 percent of its 2026 budget on personnel despite...

Akpabio’s NDDC forensic audit report remains unpublished more than 4 years later

SERAP to Tinubu: Release certified tax laws within 7 days or face court action

Nigeria’s governors moving billions of naira in security votes abroad – EFCC boss

Nigerians demand full investigation into ex-NMDPRA DG Ahmed’s tenure as Dangote shakes oil industry

Political Economy

Democracies

Two more Rivers’ lawmakers urge colleagues to halt Fubara’s impeachment

Stella Odiche -

Two additional lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly have appealed to their colleagues to halt the ongoing...

After Rivers political outings, Wike returns to approve promotion of over 2,000 FCTA, FCDA staff

Odili to Wike: Fubara is political leader of Rivers State

Obi queries Tinubu’s whereabouts amid growing insecurity, hunger

Wike’s camp intensifies plot to impeach Fubara next week

Education

Sciences

Eterna Plc begins N21.52bn rights issue to drive expansion, strengthen balance sheet

Stella Odiche -

ETERNA Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading integrated energy companies, has announced the official opening of its rights issue, marking...

Tinubu appoints Odusote as first female DG of Nigerian Law School

Technical Skills

CBN projects Nigeria’s external reserves to hit $51.04bn in 2026 as FX pressure eases

Economy

Nigeria’s academic union suspends strike after reaching compromise with govt

Education

Parents, students protest as ASUU begins two-week strike

Education

Environment

Polluton

Supreme Court sends Nestoil, Neconde case back to appeal court over legal representation dispute

Stella Odiche -

The Supreme Court in Abuja, sitting on Monday with a panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro, directed all...

Trump pulls U.S. out of 66 climate treaty groups and global bodies

Climate Change

IMF Africa boss Abebe Selassie set to retire in May

Environment

Netizens to Momodu: Obi can’t be Atiku’s VP in 2027

Climate Change

ISWAP to Christians: Spare your blood, convert to Islam or die

Forestry