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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accompanied by his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, will depart Abuja on Tuesday, March 17, for a state visit to the United Kingdom as guests of Their Majesties, King Charles III and Queen Camilla. King Charles will host President Tinubu and his wife at Windsor Castle from Wednesday, March 18, to Thursday, March 19. The state visit is the first by a Nigerian leader in 37 years. “President Tinubu is also the first Nigerian leader to be hosted by the British monarch at Windsor Castle,” the Presidency disclosed in a statement on Monday evening. Nigeria and the…
The trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, his wife, Asabe Rakiya Bashir, and their son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, resumed on Monday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the family on an amended 16-count charge, alleging conspiracy, procuring, disguising, concealing, and laundering proceeds of unlawful activities totaling ₦8,713,923,759.49, in violation of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. During Monday’s proceedings, EFCC counsel J.S. Okutepa, SAN, called Daniel Simon Kwayil, a Union Bank compliance officer, as Prosecution Witness Two…
FIFA has sanctioned the Nigeria Football Federation and the Fédération Congolaise de Football Association over disciplinary breaches recorded during a 2026 World Cup qualifying match between the two nations, played on November 16, 2025. In its latest disciplinary overview for World Cup qualifying fixtures, the global football governing body confirmed that both federations were found guilty of separate offences linked to spectator behaviour during the encounter. Nigeria was penalised for failing to maintain proper order and security at the match after fans were reported to have thrown objects onto the field of play. The offence violated Articles 17 and 17.2.b…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Taiwo Oyedele as Nigeria’s new Minister of State for Finance at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Oyedele’s appointment follows his nomination by the president to replace Doris Uzoka-Anite, who was recently redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, marking her third portfolio since the beginning of the current administration. Before his nomination, Oyedele served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, where he played a significant role in the government’s efforts to restructure and modernise Nigeria’s tax system. The 50-year-old economist, accountant, and public policy expert…
Michael B. Jordan on Sunday won the Best Actor Oscar for playing twins confronted with pure evil in the vampire race fable Sinners — tortured fighters typical of the roles director Ryan Coogler has repeatedly created for him. Jordan built on the momentum he gained by winning the Screen Actors Guild Award two weeks earlier to claim an Academy Award on his first nomination. He beat Marty Supreme star Timothée Chalamet, who had been the frontrunner for most of Hollywood’s awards season, as well as Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent), and Ethan Hawke (Blue…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has flagged off the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, which was put on hold about ten years ago following a court order on movement restrictions. Speaking at the ceremony, Sanwo-Olu noted that the sanitation exercise will take place between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on the last Saturday of every month to keep the state clean. “I’m glad to share that the exercise will resume on Saturday, April 25, 2026, and will now hold on the last Saturday of every month from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.,” he said. He also…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, March 13, 2026, handed over a total sum of $225,895 (Two Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Ninety-Five United States Dollars) and ₦62,790,000 (Sixty-Two Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira) to foreign victims of fraud from the United States and South Africa. The handover ceremony was presided over by the Secretary to the Commission, Mohammed Hammajoda, and featured representatives of the victims’ nations, including the Assistant Law Enforcement Attaché of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Mike Fukuda, and the Acting High Commissioner of South Africa to Nigeria, Lindi…
The naira on Friday strengthened to close at ₦1,363.5 per dollar at the official foreign exchange market. The development followed a sharp depreciation at the start of the week, according to data tracked on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) website. The currency fell to ₦1,425 per dollar on Monday, down from ₦1,398 per dollar recorded the previous Friday. Monday’s drop marked its weakest closing level since January 12, 2026, when it last traded at the same rate. By Tuesday, the naira appreciated to ₦1,390.5 per dollar. Further gains were recorded on Wednesday, when the currency traded at ₦1,373.5 per…
Residents of Lagos on Friday took to the streets to express their frustration over persistent electricity outages, condemning the state’s power supply as “epileptic” and unsustainable for daily life and business activities. A video circulating on social media showed dozens of mainly young protesters marching through the Fadeyi area, holding placards and chanting for a consistent electricity supply. The demonstrators criticised what they described as the collapse of the nation’s power sector, stressing that erratic electricity is undermining livelihoods and making life increasingly difficult across Lagos. Placards displayed messages such as “No More Estimated Billing,” “No More Epileptic Power Supply,”…
A prosecution witness in the ongoing fraud trial involving former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi, on Thursday told the court that he personally delivered $15 million in cash to the former agency boss. The witness, Captain Ezekiel Bala-Agaba, a former Executive Director of Maritime Safety, Shipping Development, and Marine Operations at NIMASA, testified before Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos. Agaba, who appeared as the 15th prosecution witness, told the court that funds meant for pipeline surveillance were withdrawn from NIMASA’s accounts, converted into dollars, and handed over…