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Enugu Assembly Moves to Regulate Rent, Scrap Caution Fees in New Bill
The Enugu State House of Assembly has introduced a bill seeking to regulate rent and address arbitrary housing charges. The Landlord and Tenant...
Navigating Nigeria’s Job Crisis, Stories From A Generation In Limbo
Nigeria’s youth unemployment crisis is a paradox of numbers and lived realities. While official statistics suggest a slight improvement, youth unemployment fell to...
Subscribers Lament as Airtel Increases Data and Call Price by 50 per cent
Subscribers have expressed outrage following Airtel Nigeria’s decision to increase its data and call tariffs, raising the cost of various data bundles and...
Commuters Say Niger Republic Has Begun Restricting Travellers with Only ECOWAS Passport
Niger Republic has started imposing restrictions on Nigerians using the ECOWAS passport, requiring a valid international passport for entry. The restriction follows its...
Chaos in Lagos Assembly as Speaker Meranda Presides Over Plenary Amid Heavy DSS Presence
Armed officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) sealed the office of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt....
Public Outcry as MTN Raises Weekly 15GB Data Price from N2,000 to N6,000
Nigerians have criticised MTN Nigeria over a sharp increase in data prices. The cost of a 15GB weekly plan has risen from N2,000...
Senate President Akpabio Faces 24 Corruption Allegations With No Convictions – Knowdemwell
Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, is facing corruption allegations, many of which date back to his tenure as Governor of Akwa Ibom...
Nigeria Falls to 100th Out of 121 in Global Digital Quality Ranking, Slipping 12 Spots in Just One Year
Nigeria has fallen to 100th place in the 2024 Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index by cybersecurity firm Surfshark. This decline is notable,...
Shettima Promises to Fight Corruption, Fix Economy, and Security Despite Spending on VP Residence and Recent Killings in Borno
Nigeria’s’ Vice President, Kashim Shettima, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration is committed to combating corruption, revitalizing the economy, improving national security, and...
Tinubu Names 6 Public Institutions After Himself In Under 2 Years As President, What is Next?
Since assuming office in 2023, Nigeria’s 16th President, Bola Tinubu, has named six public institutions after himself. On May 29, 2025, Tinubu will...
Telecom Subscribers to Sue NCC Over 50% Telecom Tariff Hike
The National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) has announced its intention to sue the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the recently approved 50...
Death Toll in Niger State Petrol Tanker Explosion Reaches 98
The death toll from Saturday’s petrol tanker explosion in Niger State has risen to 98. Sixty-nine people were injured, and 20 shops were...