9+ hour, 22+ min ago   (501+ words) The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has raised the alarm over inadequate funding and non-release of capital funds, saying the situation has hampered the implementation of several projects and programmes in the sector. The Director of Information and Public Relations,…...

9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (397+ words) The African Reinsurance Corporation recorded an 8.5 per cent year-on-year increase in insurance service revenue to $664.8m in the first half of 2026, driven by new business and improved renewal retention. The Nigeria-domiciled reinsurer said revenue growth was achieved across most of its…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (337+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that no Palestinian state controlled by Iran will be established in Gaza or the West Bank for as long as he remains prime minister. Netanyahu made the declaration in a series of posts…...

9+ hour, 30+ min ago   (411+ words) Nigeria should answer hardship with targeted relief and transparent public spending – not by reopening an open-ended price subsidy that rewards consumption, invites arbitrage and converts every oil-price shock into a budget crisis. I, therefore, reject this proposal unequivocally. Yes, compassion…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (481+ words) A 23-year-old Omaha, Nebraska man who used ChatGPT to plan a bank robbery has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison after he robbed a bank at gunpoint and threatened two employees with death. Deron Lewis-Payne was sentenced on August…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago   (861+ words) The Central Bank of Nigeria has been urged to expand its oversight of financial institutions to cover risks from cloud providers, telecom networks, fintechs and other technology partners. Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, said traditional…...

10+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1072+ words) The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to disclose whether it has prescribed limits on political contributions ahead of the 2027 general elections. SERAP, in a Freedom of Information request dated August 22, 2026, and signed by…...

9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (873+ words) Retirees under the Federal Government’s pension scheme have given the government 21 days to pay their outstanding N150,000 palliative allowance, threatening a peaceful protest if the payment is not made by September 10, 2026. The pensioners, under the aegis of the Coalition of Federal…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (274+ words) In other news, the 36 state governors are facing growing pressure to account for how they have spent public funds disbursed as revenue by the Federation Account Allocation Committee in the last three years, The PUNCH reports. These and many more…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1352+ words) Prof. Farooq Kperogi’s article on Atiku Abubakar’s proposed petrol subsidy is eloquent and politically entertaining, but its central argument is economically unconvincing. Kperogi appears delighted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his supporters are supposedly “squirming in discomfort like cats…...