Former Imo State Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, was arrested in Abuja on Monday night by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force over an investigation into alleged criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation arising from the disputed All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary for Imo West.
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has adopted technology from Transactility to develop its National Payment Stack (NPS), a next-generation instant payments platform designed to strengthen Nigeria’s digital payment infrastructure.
The Presidency and the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar on Sunday renewed their public dispute over the latter's proposal for production fuel subsidy
Officially, the APC began preparations to mobilise nationwide support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, with the party fixing October 24 for its presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. ADC officially inaugurated its campaign council, while the presidential candidate of the NDC has since taken the lead with a solo campaign effort.
Wema Bank’s H1 numbers reveal an institution that is growing rapidly, but whose growth is accompanied by falling earnings per share, a sharp contraction in fee income, rising loan-impairment charges, deteriorating cost efficiency and loan expansion that is running considerably faster than deposit mobilisation.
The Federal Government set up the NYSC in 1973 to foster cultural diversity, patriotism driven by shared values and orientation, as well as solidarity that breeds mutual trust, especially among a nubile and virile population still burning with generational zeal.
The warning was contained in the group’s first-half 2026 Economic Report, which identified tight external financing conditions as a major risk to the continent’s economic outlook despite continued resilience in economic activity.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, asserted on Sunday in response to Atiku’s criticism of NNPC Retail’s 30-day petrol price discount and the Federal Government’s price-modulation framework.
Universities in the United Kingdom are withdrawing admission offers already made to Nigerian students as a tightening of immigration rules forces institutions to scale back recruitment from countries experiencing high study visa refusal rates.
