The announcement was made by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, during the inaugural flight ceremony of Overland Airways from the Minna airport. The Nigerian government has officially designated the Bola Tinubu International Airport in Minna, Niger State, as the alternative airport to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International …

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has announced the recovery of ₦1.58 billion from defaulting employers through enhanced enforcement efforts. This information was shared by the Director General of PenCom, Ms Omolola Oloworaran, on Wednesday in Kano during the First Run 2025 Consultative Forum for States and the Federal Capital Territory …

The Zonal Chairman of Abia Arise in Abia North, Chief Chidiebere Asonye, has lambasted the stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for claiming that the party is poised to reclaim power in the 2027 governorship election in Abia State. Speaking with newsmen in Umuahia on Tuesday, Chief Asonye dismissed …

Ejiofor, who made the demand in a post he shared Wednesday on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle, cited recent statements by the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia. Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has asked President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government to officially designate …

The leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) escalated on Tuesday as the party’s Zonal Working Committee (ZWC) announced the sacking of the State Working Committee Committee (SWC) in Bayelsa and Edo states. The ZWC took the decision during its meeting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The …

The industrial action officially commenced at 7am, with NiMet staff and members of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) seen staging peaceful demonstrations at various agency locations, including airports. Operations at the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) came to a standstill on Wednesday …

      Following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive to harmonize exchange rates and the subsequent spike in the dollar-to-naira rate—reaching over ₦1,600/$1 in official markets— Nigeria’s commercial banking, ride-hailing, and telecommunications sectors demonstrated media resilience in Q1 2025. This is the key insight from a comprehensive sentiment audit by P+ …

Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has figuratively torn the membership cards of defectors from the People’s Democratic Party while welcoming them to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The gesture, accompanied by strong remarks from Namadi, was seen as a blow to the PDP’s relevance in the state. Speaking while receiving …

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Segun Sowunmi, has called on former Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to return to the PDP to boost his chances in the next presidential race. Sowunmi, a former spokesperson for Atiku …

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has revealed that Federal Government collected N6,957,826,200 mining fees and registered 118 new private mineral buying centres in the first quarter of this year. Alake who revealed this at the second Annual Mining Conference organised by Businessday newspaper in Abuja at the …