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Lawmakers clash over emergency rule in Rivers

Nigeria, March 19 -- Two female members of the House of Representatives, Marie Ebikake and Blessing Amadi, on Wednesday, engaged in a heated argument over the declaration of a state of emergency in Ri... Read More


No explosion at Port Harcourt refinery - NNPC

Nigeria, March 19 -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Wednesday dismissed reports of an explosion at the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) in Rivers State. In a state... Read More


Tinubu swears in Ibok-Ete Ibas as Rivers sole administrator

Nigeria, March 19 -- President Bola Tinubu has sworn in as the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas. Mr Ibas was inaugurated at a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa at about 3 p.m.... Read More


Businesses, households predict inflation reduction - CBN survey

Nigeria, March 19 -- A recent survey by the Central Bank of Nigeria reveals that businesses and households anticipate a gradual easing of inflation over the next six months. The Inflation Expectation... Read More


Why insurance industry must join the voluntary phase of IFRS S1 & S2 adoption, By Innocent Okwuosa

Nigeria, March 19 -- In furtherance of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria and the Nigerian Integrated Reporting Committee (NIRC) for the adv... Read More


INTERVIEW: Fubara is stable, there's high military presence in Rivers Government House - Official

Nigeria, March 19 -- PT: Where's Governor Fubara and his family right now? JOHNSON: I left the governor at about 2 a.m. today (Wednesday, 19 March). He was still in the Government House. PT: What is... Read More


Fuel price hike looms as Dangote stops sale of petroleum products in Naira

Nigeria, March 19 -- Dangote refinery on Wednesday announced the temporary suspension of sales of petroleum products in Naira. The company, in a statement signed by its management, said the decision ... Read More


Mohbad's dad rejects court's ruling on Naira Marley's innocence, seeks nullification

Nigeria, March 19 -- Joseph Aloba, the father of late Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has approached the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja to challenge the legal advice issu... Read More


Patch-patch politics and the unraveling of Tinubu's rule, By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu

Nigeria, March 19 -- Bola Ahmed Tinubu is what I call a "patch-patch president;" a leader who stumbled into power not through any remarkable political strategy or personal merit, but because the oppos... Read More


Osun govt rejects APC's call for state of emergency

Nigeria, March 19 -- The Osun State government has strongly criticised Ajibola Basiru, the national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for requesting President Bola Tinubu to declare a ... Read More