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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has directed multichoice Nigeria to maintain its current pricing structure for DStv and GOtv pending the conclusion of an examination of its proposed price hike. The commission has gone ahead to institute legal proceedings  against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and its Chief Executive...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) on Thursday said there is hope for Nigeria despite the worsening socio-economic hardship and insecurity.  They urged leaders and citizens to take responsibility for driving positive change. According to a communiqué following their first Plenary Meeting of 2025, the bishops outlined their concerns and recommendations for...

Rivers-based activist Jake Epelle on Thursday warned former governor Nyesom Wike to stop issuing impeachment threats against his estranged successor Siminalayi Fubara. Epelle said Wike cannot advocate peace and yet spur his loyalists in the Martins Amaewhule-led legislative body to impeach the sitting governor of the oil-rich state. “Let them...

Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has lifted the suspension of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Samson Osagie, with immediate effect. It was reported that the governor had in February suspended Osagie alongside the chairman of the state Local Government Commission, Damian Lawani over alleged financial infractions. His...

The Isale Eko Descendants Union has expressed satisfaction with the court ruling ordering producers of the movie ‘Gangs of Lagos’ to apologise to the union for how Eyo masquerade was portrayed in the popular movie. A Lagos high court approved the settlement terms between the IDU and the producers of ...

The Nigerian prisons, has revealed that the number of prisoners on death row had risen from 3,590 in September 2024 to 3,688 in March 2025, representing a 2.73 per cent increase or 98 prisoners within six months. The prisons also sought strategic collaboration with the Nigeria Police, Department of State...

Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has said young farmers that participated in the state’s farming scheme made over N200million last year from the sale of their produce. He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to improving food security through aggressive infrastructure development capable of turning the state into an agricultural hub in...

Aggrieved people of the Uduophori community in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday barricaded the East-West road in protest against the amputation of a 28-year-old resident by suspected killer herdsmen said to have besieged the locality. For several hours, the protesters halted vehicular movement from Bomadi and...