The Nigerian Army on Tuesday announced the deployment of 171 troops to Abyei, in the border between South Sudan and Sudan for Peacekeeping mission.

Two prominent members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Ayo Afolabi and Mr Wale Oshun, yesterday, urged Nigerians, especially the party faithful to dismiss speculations that former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, was part of the ongoing coalition of politicians aiming to oust President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

With President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday, March 18, the Renaissance consortium—a group of local investors that recently acquired Shell’s onshore oil and gas assets in Nigeria for a staggering $2.4 billion—now finds itself in turbulent waters.

The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has apologised to former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, who engaged in a heated exchange with Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi (Ebonyi North) on Tuesday. During the exchange, Nwaebonyi told Ezekwesili, "You're an insult to womanhood," after the latter told him to shut up. The exchange took place at…

The rally the naira had enjoyed since the beginning of the year seems to have ended, perhaps in the short run as the domestic currency falls closer to N1,600/$ at the parallel market.