Nigeria’s inflation rate has moderated further, easing to 18.02 per cent in September 2025, according to data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This marks a continuation of the downward trend from August, when headline inflation stood at 20.12 per cent. In its monthly inflation report, the NBS disclosed that the month-on-month headline inflation for September was 0.72 per cent, slightly lower than August’s 0.74 per cent. On the food front, the month-on-month...

The unprecedented, dramatic move of the majority of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State on Tuesday was a clear application of the military strategy, ‘ Capture the leader to get the whole army.’ Enugu State formerly known as a strong force for PDP now sings a new song as the Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, led all members of the National Assembly, the State House of...

The Federal Government has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shelve its industrial strike in the interest of students, warning that it will not hesitate to invoke the “No Work, No Pay” rule should lecturers proceed with the action. In a joint statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, and the Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Sa’id Ahmad, said the government has...

President Bola Tinubu departs Abuja today, Sunday, 12 October, for Rome, Italy, where he is slated to attend the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government Level Meeting beginning on 14 October. According to a State House press release, the summit has been convened with “special focus on the security crisis in West Africa.” The meeting will draw together heads of state, senior intelligence and military officials from across Africa, and representatives of intergovernmental and...

A political group, Kogi West FGYB Legacy Group, comprising stakeholders from the seven Local Government Areas of Kogi West Senatorial District, has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for a second term in office. The endorsement was made in a Communique issued at the end of a strategic meeting held in Kabba, Kogi State, on Saturday, October 11, 2025. The communique was jointly signed and read by its Drafting Committee Chairman,...