The Delta House of Assembly on Monday passed the state appropriation bill of N1.729 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year. The budget was approved by voice votes at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Dennis Guwor in Asaba. The passage of the appropriation bill followed the presentation of …

Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Gwarimpa in Abuja has ordered that the former Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige be kept at Kuje Correctional Centre till December 18, when his bail application would be decided one …

Telecommunications giant Glo Mobile Limited, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and indigenous firm Megatech Engineering Limited have been sued before the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged breach of contractual agreement and refusal to pay a consultancy fee amounting to USD 9,578,947. The lawsuit was instituted by Mosakab …

The Senate on Monday expressed concern over the Federal Government’s multiple budget implementations within the 2025 fiscal year. Senators from the Committee on Finance raised the concern at an interactive session with the federal government economic management team on the 2026-2028 Medium Term Expenditure Framework ( MTEF)and Fiscal Strategy Paper …

  A five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Lawal Garba, on Friday ruled in favor of Fidelity Bank in its appeal against Sagecom Concepts Limited. Given previous rulings, this marks a significant victory for Fidelity Bank in a long-running legal dispute.   The judgment brings definitive closure …

Today at the Osun African Democratic Congress governorship primary, history was made as Rt. Hon. Dr. Najeem Folasayo Salaam emerged as the party’s candidate for the 2026 Osun State governorship election. The primary was peaceful, transparent, and well coordinated, allowing party members from across the state to freely express their …

BY BLAISE UDUNZE   It is not only questionable but an aberration that a nation where over 38million Nigerians remain financially excluded, where trust in institutions is fragile, and where citizens are pressured under the weight of rising living costs, the use of Tax Identification Number (TIN) has been specified …

A non-governmental organization, the Funmike Empowerment Foundation is happy with the progress recorded with the transformation of Shittu-Are Atinuke, who grew up under the weight of financial limitations but found solace in the programme of the foundation. Narrating the story, Founder and Executive Director of Funmike Empowerment Foundation, Oluwafunmike Esther …

Stanbic IBTC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has announced the return of FUZE Festival, one of Nigeria’s most exciting year-end celebrations, now in its fourth edition. Holding on Saturday, 20 December 2025 at Tafawa Balewa Square, this year’s festival introduces an all-new outdoor format, offering guests an open-air experience …

BY BLAISE UDUNZE Nigeria today faces a sobering dual reality: a deepening security crisis and an entrenched financial-crime ecosystem that quietly feeds, sustains, and normalises that crisis. Across the North, Middle Belt, and parts of the South, kidnappers, bandits, insurgent cells, political actors, compromised security agents, and a complex chain …