…and Awards (LOMA), surveying 1,800 persons across 12 Nigerian cities, including Lagos, Abuja, Asaba, Port Harcourt, and Enugu. Speaking at the unveiling, the Chairman of the survey’s oversight committee and Business Unit Director of +Acuity Ltd, Emmanuel Adediran, said the findings have settled the question of attribut…

…pushing the exchange rate toward ₦3,000 per US dollar. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, October 8, addressing fuel pricing and growing public calls for subsidy reinstatement, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, cautioned that returning to subsidies would de…

A federal high court in Abuja dismissed Nasir el-Rufai's lawsuit against the ICPC and three other agencies over threats to his bank accounts and propertiesPresiding Judge Joyce Abdulmalik ruled that the former Kaduna governor filed similar suits before two different courts within 12 days, constituting an abuse of court…

…sector to notify subscribers of network disruptions. MTN outage: Subscribers in Lagos, Abuja, Rivers, two other states hit by disruption

…to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Ismail Yusuf, at the Hajj House in Abuja, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the commission’s Head of Information and Publications, Shafii Mohammed. The former SGF commended the progress recorded by the commission under Yusuf’s leadership, particularly its…

…Taiwo Oyedele announced the proposal on Thursday, October 8, during a briefing in Abuja, saying existing measures had not sufficiently addressed rising fuel and transportation costs. The proposed ceiling applies to petrol supplied from refineries or imported into the country, rather than the price motorists would pay a…

…Oyedele, on Thursday during a press briefing on fuel prices and the subsidy question in Abuja. The government said the measures were designed to ease the immediate burden of higher petrol prices without returning to a blanket fuel subsidy. Here are the 10 measures announced by the Federal Government: 1. 30-day petrol d…

…prices ranging from about ₦15,000 to over ₦20,000Consumers in some parts of Lagos, Abuja and Rivers are paying among the highest prices, while some locations in Ogun and Lagos have cheaper ratesThe price differences are largely influenced by several factors, making gas prices vary significantly from one location to…

…transporters.Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele made the disclosure at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday,He also said it will negotiate a landing cost for petrol that will be reviewed every month.

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — The National Coordinator of the Safe Schools Initiative, Hajiya Halima Iliya, has called for stronger collaboration between the initiative and the Armed Forces of Nigeria to enhance the security of schools across the country. Iliya made the call on Thursday when she paid a courtesy visit to…

…years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues.FCT, Abuja - Primary and secondary schools, universities, and other educational institutions across Nigeria will not hold academic activities on Friday, December 25, 2026, as the country observes Christmas Day, a federally recognised public…

…in the league before arriving at the decision. The young tactician was invited to Abuja by the NPFL on Wednesday to clarify his statement. Buter has seven working days to pay the fine or face stiffer sanctions. The NPFL further warned coaches and club officials to desist from reckless statements and to use official cha…

…Area of the state. According to Daily Trust, the operation was conducted in the Abuja area of Gadaka town by officials of the commission's Fika Local Government Area command. The Head of Administration of the commission in Fika LGA, Malam Musa Abari Talba, told newsmen that the operation was carried out by operatives o…

…ordered a full investigation and opened a condolence register at NAF Headquarters in Abuja.

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has called on the Federal Government to overhaul Nigeria’s security architecture and urgently reduce the cost of food and transportation. The Council said the twin pressures of insecurity and rising living costs required faster and mo…

…no legally viable channel of appeal.Already, on September 28, the Federal High Court in Abuja halted the enforcement of a ruling by the LPDC that imposed a three-year suspension on a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Joe Kyari Gadzama.The senior lawyer was accused of poaching a colleague’s brief, which led to a c…

…Forensic Engineering Failure Investigator certification programme was launched in Abuja through a collaboration involving the Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria and the Nigeria Building and Road Research Institute. Spea…

…paying a condolence visit to Air Chief Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke at NAF Headquarters, Abuja, following the Ondo aircraft accident.Eyewitness shares terrifying aircraft experience Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Nigerian lady who boarded the Air Peace flight that skidded off the runway at Port Harcourt…

…Department of Justice published visa decisions for applications processed through its Abuja mission for the week of September 28 to October 4, 2026Dozens of Nigerian applicants received decisions, with a significant number of applications either approved or refused during the periodThe published list contains applicati…

…covering politics, elections, public affairs, and governance in Nigeria and Africa.FCT, Abuja - The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) has declared that Nigeria's N70,000 national minimum wage falls far short of what workers need to live with dignity, saying the amount…

—Says govt can pay between N200,000, N400,000 By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to improve workers’ pay immediately, rather than waiting for the next review of the national minimum wage. Briefing journalists in Abuja after its National Ad…

…her last conversation with the co-pilot, saying he had told her he was travelling to Abuja without suggesting that he would not return. “It actually Abuja you told me you are going to and you didn’t mention you will not come back. You left me,” she wrote. The aircraft, with registration number NAF 931, was on a routine…

…said. The Chief Executive Officer of the NESG, Tayo Adeloju, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja ahead of the 32nd Nigerian Economic Summit. Adeloju said the country had reached a point where economic growth must produce tangible benefits for businesses, workers and households. Adeloju said the reforms undertaken over th…

…a decade's experience covering energy, MSMEs, technology, banking and the economy.FCT, Abuja - Donald Duke, the former Cross River State governor and the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate for the 2027 elections, has said he would bring petrol prices down to around N300 per litre if he wins the presi…

…of NCC, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. Asein said the commission was working to measure the current level of piracy in order to determine the impact of the new law on Nigeria’s creative industry. He noted that although there was no empirical basis yet to attach a specif…