ECOWAS targets 2027 for single regional currency

In a counter-affidavit, Hayatu Hassan Hadejia has individually and collectively, on behalf of Seltrix Limited, denied holding in trust the controversial 43,000,000 (Forty-three million) ordinary shares of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Service (EMTS), the holder and operator of 9Mobile Telecommunication licence for Abubakar Funtua Isa (referred to in the application as Abubakar Ismaila Isa) as claimed…

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is set to hand over yet another set of projects to Lagosians on Thursday, with the commissioning of Demurin Road in Kosofe Local Council. Also to be commissioned are two other roads—Agidi and Church Street—in the Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA). In a statement on Wednesday, the Commissioner for…

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists launched an attack on Malari Police Station in Borno State early Wednesday but were repelled by a combined team of police officers and soldiers. Local sources said the insurgents stormed the station around 1:00 am, targeting an Armoured Personnel Carrier and attempting to infiltrate the facility. However, security forces engaged them…

The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, on Tuesday announced the launch of its "Knowledge is Human. Knowledge is Her” campaign. Coinciding with International Women’s Day, the campaign celebrates the human contributors - including those from Africa - who are working tirelessly to ensure that more content about women appears…

The umbrella body of Ijaw youths worldwide, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), has joined forces with other Ijaw groups in their threats to make Rivers State ungovernable if Governor Siminalayi Fubara is impeached. In a strongly worded statement, the youth body warned that the Ijaws will not stand idly by and watch political and ethnic…

The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has dismissed the sexual harassment allegations made by Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, calling them part of a politically motivated scheme by opposition parties. The Forum further warned that the protests calling for Akpabio’s resignation were part of a broader effort to destabilise…

As Christians all over the world begin the 2025 Lenten season, the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday urged Nigerians, especially the Christian community, to use the period to draw closer to Christ, show kindness to others, and deepen their commitment to serving humanity. Mrs. Tinubu, in her Lenten message to Nigerians,…

Stakeholders in the health sector have been called upon to intensify and extend the measles-rubella vaccination campaign to the grassroots. Head of Mission for the Advocacy Project at the Centre for Well-Being and Integrated Nutrition Solutions

The recent judgment of the Supreme Court that nullified the council election in Rivers State is generating apprehension in Kano, particularly where the ruling of Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court would swing.

Turkey plans to build an 8.5-kilometre (5.2-mile) wall on its western border where neighbours Greece and Bulgaria have already erected their own fences, a local governor said. The barrier is aimed at preventing migrants crossing into EU member states. Turkey has in the past built walls on its border with Iran and Syria. "For the…