The former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has raised a constitutional red flag over President Bola Tinubu’s prolonged absence from Nigeria, warning that the country cannot be run indefinitely from abroad.
A gas resource discovered more than five decades ago has finally received the investment green light, as TotalEnergies and its Nigerian partner, AMNI International, take the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the $800 million Ima Gas Project.
A sprawling US property network worth nearly $271 million has been linked to 61 current and former Nigerian politically exposed persons, their relatives, associates and affiliated companies.
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has launched a fresh and forceful challenge to the 80-year-old global power structure, demanding reform of the UN Security Council and declaring Africa’s continued exclusion from permanent membership “unjust and indefensible”.
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) decision to cut its benchmark interest rate by 350 basis points has opened a new phase in monetary policy, with economists divided over how quickly the reduction will translate into cheaper credit and stronger economic activity.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has tightened its regulatory grip on petroleum marketers, threatening to revoke the licences of fuel stations caught under-dispensing products to consumers.
The US Justice Department has told a federal court that President Donald Trump has the authority to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from parts of the White House.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Olayemi Cardoso said the bank had developed different scenarios for managing the expected increase in money circulation during the election period and would base its response on economic data rather than assumptions.
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has rejected the bribery and corruption findings contained in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award on the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project dispute.
