African governments look to Islamic finance after Benin sukuk success
Benin’s Islamic bond sale is encouraging other African states to consider sharia-compliant financing, after robust demand highlighted the potential to diversify funding and attract a broader investor base, advisers and…
Drone-backed ISWAP militants attack Nigerian army base, several soldiers dead
Islamist militants backed by armed drones raided an army base in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, killing several troops in the early hours of Thursday, the military said, in the second…
The fall of Kano and the battle to save democracy, by Abraham Ogbodo
The battle is not finished. But enough of it has been fought to take stock of the casualties. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been killed. It is awaiting a…
Troops rescue kidnapped cleric, neutralise gunman in Enugu
Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army/JTF South East, Operation UDO KA, have rescued a kidnapped cleric in Enugu State following a swift, intelligence-led operation. A credible military source disclosed this…
Atiku Abubakar’s Cognitive Dissonance, By Sunday Dare
For a man who once occupied the office of Vice President under a constitutional democracy, Atiku Abubakar’s persistent inability—or refusal—to distinguish between democratic governance and military dictatorship is no longer…
Nigerian App Developers Hit $1m sales milestone in 2025 – NOTAP
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) says Nigerian software developers have reached significant milestones with locally made applications generating over one million Dollar in sales across domestic…
Standard Bank arranges $250 million finance facility for Nigerian energy firm Aradel
South Africa’s Standard Bank has reached financial close on a $250 million strategic financing facility for Aradel Energy Ltd, which the Nigerian oil company will partly use to fund its…
Army, Police rescue 8 kidnap victims in Kaduna forest
Troops of Sector 7, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), in collaboration with the Zango Kataf Police Area Command, Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), Forest Guards and local hunters, have rescued eight…
Festus Agas @66: He’s a consummate leader – Oborevwori
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has showered praises on the former Secretary to the State Government, Rt. Hon. Festus Ovie Agas, on the occasion of his 66th birth…
Nigerian Army arrests suspected human traffickers in Calabar
The Headquarters 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), arrested seven suspected human traffickers during an intelligence led operation…