Nigeria’s GDP Improves by 3.84% in 2024 4th Quarter
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.84 per cent in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2024, reflecting an improvement from the 3.46 per cent recorded in the same period of 2023. This also marked a slight increase from the previous quarter, which recorded an identical 3.46 per cent growth rate. Latest GDP data […]
Chris Jasper, R&B Icon, Dies at 73
Chris Jasper, a pivotal figure in the sound of The Isley Brothers, has passed away at the age of 73. His son, Michael Jasper, confirmed the news to PEOPLE. The musician died on February 23, 2025, following a battle with cancer that began in December 2024, according to his family’s announcement on Facebook. Jasper joined […]
Price Hike: FCCPC Summons MultiChoice, Warns Against Exploitation
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria to explain its proposed subscription price increase, set to take effect on March 1, 2025. Exercising its mandate under Sections 32 and 33 of the FCCPA, the FCCPC directed the Chief Executive Officer of MultiChoice Nigeria to attend an investigative hearing at the Commission’s […]
Multichoice Raises DStv and GOtv Subscription
Pay-tv operator, Multichoice Nigeria has notified its customers of another price increment across its subscription packages on both DStv and GOtv to take effect from March 1, 2025. According to the company In a notice sent to its customers yesterday, the latest price review will hike the DStv Compact bouquet from N15,700 to N19,000, the […]
IPMAN gives FG Seven days Ultimatum to pay N100bn Debt
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has given the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority a seven-day ultimatum to fulfil the payment of bridging claims amounting to N100bn. Its Chairman, Depot Chairmen Forum, Yahaya Alhasan, who gave the ultimatum during a press conference yesterday, threatened that his colleagues would withdraw their services […]
Sen Akpabio Insists on Unified Tax Reform in Nigeria
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has emphasized the need for a unified approach to tax reform in Nigeria, noting that the challenge extends beyond merely passing new laws. Sen Akpabio who stated this during the opening of a two-day public hearing on tax reform bills, called on Nigerians to embrace the proposed tax reform bills, stressing […]
FIFA U-17 WWC: CAF Appoints Kenyan Referee For Flamingos Vs Botswana
The Confederation of African Football has appointed Kenyan official, Josephine Wanjiku, as referee for next week’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier between Nigeria’s U-17 girls, Flamingos, and their South African counterparts, Botswana. The Flamingos and Botswana will clash starting 2pm Nigeria on Saturday, 8th March for the first leg of a second-round fixture, at […]
DR Congo Halts Cobalt Exports for Four Months
Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended cobalt exports for four months to rein in oversupply of the battery metal on the international market. The measures, according to the President of the Authority for the Regulation and Control of Strategic Mineral Substances’ Markets, Patrick Luabeya, will be reviewed in three months. Congo is the world’s top […]
Lucky Aiyedatiwa takes oath of office as Ondo State Governor
Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been sworn-in as the 7th Executive Governor of Ondo State, marking the beginning of his first full four-year term after replacing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who died in office in 2023. Aiyedatiwa took his oath of office just after his running mate Olayide Adelami around 12:59 pm at the Ondo State Sports Complex […]
Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
The classically trained singer-pianist only belatedly found fame when Clint Eastwood employed her 2-year-old version of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” in his 1971 directorial debut “Play Misty for Me.” Nominated a total of 13 times, she received her last Grammy nod in 1995, for best traditional pop vocal performance, for “Roberta,” […]
