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Latest Consumer Price Index report released by the National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate marginally decreased to 15.91 percent in June 2026 from 15.93 percent in May. While the organized private sector OPS welcomed the slight decline, they warned that inflation remains in double digits, and prices are still too…
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Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has filed a lawsuit against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the alleged Director General of the Presidential Foreign Promotion Council, for alleged defamation. The suit was filed before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court. Gbajabiamila is demanding N10 billion in general damages, N5 billion for aggravated damages, and…
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Family of Mary Habila, the 26-year-old nurse who died at the country home of Ebonyi State Minister of Works, David Umahi, has petitioned an Ebonyi State court to halt the police investigation into her death and refused an autopsy on her body. In an affidavit filed on July 13, her father, Tanko Habila, stated that…
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Federal Government has dispatched a high-level delegation to Morocco to formalise a partnership aimed at developing Nigeria’s first National Agro-Productivity System to strengthen agricultural planning and food security. Led by Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Ibrahim Hadejia, the delegation will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with OCP Africa and Ground Truth Analytics…
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President Bola Tinubu will attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this September, marking his return to the global summit after a two-year absence, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, has confirmed. Ibrahim said Tinubu will address world leaders on Nigeria’s economic reforms and participate…
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The controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) deepened on Wednesday as the Nigerian Senate rejected, for the second time in a week, a request to investigate the controversial budget allocation to the agency, amid mounting accusations and political tensions. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Presidency traded blame over how…
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Mexico has formally asked U.S. state attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice to launch criminal investigations into the deaths of Mexican immigrants who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody or during enforcement operations. The request follows the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant, by an ICE agent in…
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Federal Government says it will conduct a nationwide household survey to determine the actual number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, saying current estimates are outdated. Speaking at the 2026 Annual Education Summit in Abuja, Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa said the survey, to be carried out in partnership with the National Bureau of Statistics…
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The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has announced a donation of 50 million naira to support five families affected by the recent abduction incident in Oriire local government area, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Akpabio made the announcement during plenary today Wednesday, explaining that N10 million would be allocated to each of the families of…
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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the successful applicants recruited as Police Constables following the completion of a nationwide exercise to hire 50,000 personnel. The commission issued a statement on Wednesday through its Head of Protocol and Public Relations, Torty Kalu, revealing that the recruitment was conducted in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force,…
