Nigeria – The Nigerian stock market closed last week on a positive note, driven by high demand for MTN Nigeria shares following the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC’s approval of a 50.0% tariff hike for telecommunication services and also Transcorp Power, which recorded impressive earnings in its 2024 financial results. Analysts noted that the market…
Nigeria – Members of the Omoluabi Progressives, a group loyal to Rauf Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun State, have agreed to quit the All Progressives Congress, APC, news learnt. https://www.dockaysworld.comng/afe-babalola-withdraws-charges-against-farotimi/ In a statement signed by Abosede Oluwaseun, the group’s Organising and Publicity Secretary, the decision to pull out of the APC was…
Delta State, Nigeria – A resident of Delta State, Mrs. Gladys Ubogu Okeoghene, has petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 5 Police Headquarters, Benin, seeking justice over alleged exploitation by policemen. According to Mrs. Okeoghene, her family’s two cars, a GLK 350 and a C400, were stolen in 2022 after being handed…
TANZANIA – President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to attend the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, which is expected to kick off on January 27. The president arrived at 10:20 pm (8:20 pm Nigerian time) and was received by the Foreign Minister of Tanzania, Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, and the Chargé d’Affaires…
NIGERIA – Manchester United have never hidden their desire to bring Napoli owned striker, Victor Osimhen to their fold and the Super Eagle has been a long-time target of the Red Devils, but negotiations never materialised betweelln all parties to make the Nigerian’s Old Trafford switch come to fruition. However, with the new carrot dangled…
LEAGUE – Premier League defending champions Manchester City will host Chelsea this Saturday in the marquee match of Matchday 23 of the 2024/25 season. Dubbed the “Battle of the Money Bags,” this encounter features former Manchester City assistant manager Enzo Maresca squaring off against his former mentor, Pep Guardiola, for the second time this…
NORTH EAST – Worried by allegations of complicity in terrorist activities in the North East by some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), the Federal Government has reportedly ordered a comprehensive investigation into the matter. Individuals and groups, including retired senior military and security officers, had raised serious concerns about the possibility of alleged sponsor-ship of terror groups…
AFRICA – Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Nigeria following impactful engagements at the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, where he championed Nigeria’s investment opportunities and advocated for Africa’s economic integration. At the global summit, the Vice President showcased Nigeria’s readiness for sustainable investment at a forum titled “Roadmap to Co-create…
FCT, ABUJA – The two major gladiators in the festering Rivers state political crisis, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara allegedly refused to exchange pleasantries when they met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the Villa on Tuesday. Both Wike and Governor Fubara were part of the delegation…
NIGERIA – The federal government through the Ministry of Steel Development has sought World Bank’s support for the development of Steel Roadmap and other critical areas of the sector in Nigeria. The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shaiubu Abubakar Audu, in a meeting with World Bank delegation at the ministry’s headquarters disclosed that…
NIGERIA – Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has called for urgent action to tackle the alarming prevalence of skin bleaching in Nigeria and across Africa. The minister made the call at the high-level segment of the Regional Awareness-Raising Workshop on the Elimination of Skin-Lightening Cosmetic Products Containing Mercury, held…
ONDO, AKURE…Father collapsed, hospitalized on hearing of children’s death Akure— Two siblings have been roasted to death in a fire incident that gutted their home at Oluwatuyi quarters, in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The toddlers aged three and five, were said to have been locked inside a room by their mother and…
NASARAWA – In the coming months, LOVOL Heavy industries Company Ltd., the Chinese leading tractor and farm equipment producer will be establishing strong presence in Nasarawa State. The desire of the industrial giant with footprints in all over Asia, Europe to invest in Nasarawa State, was anchored on the commitment of Governor Abdullahi Sule…
UNITED STATE – It’s hard to argue when U.S. President Donald Trump says that God saved him to save America. Not only is a rational argument often suspended or lost when God enters the matter, but Trump’s return as the 47th president defies logic. A leader’s job is never done. But how do you rationally…
PREMIER LEAGUE – Manchester City on Thursday announced the signing of Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush for a reported initial fee of around £59 million ($72.6 million). The 25-year-old, whose contract is understood to include a potential further £4.2 million in add-ons, has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the Premier League champions. Marmoush is City’s…
SUPER EAGLES – Super Eagles forward Victor Boniface has reacted to a report that he ended his four-year relationship with Norwegian, Rikke Hermine. Reports alleged Ms Hermine insisted on a legal marriage without a prenup. A prenup is a written contract protecting the assets and finances of both parties in case of divorce or death….
UNITED STATE – Trump announced the firings early Tuesday in his first post on Truth Social since taking the oath of office, signalling a rapid shake-up of government personnel. “My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not…
UNITED STATE – Donald Trump cast himself both as a peacemaker and fierce defender of US interests in a mercurial return to the White House on Monday, vowing to seize the Panama Canal but also imploring Russia to make a deal on Ukraine. In only his first hours back as president, Trump also moved…
UNITED STATE – The newly inaugurated 47th president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has announced an executive order heralding the establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency. This was confirmed in a White House statement on Tuesday providing details for the presidential action. Accordingly, the executive order noted that DOGE…
UNITED STATE – A coalition of civil rights and immigration rights groups have sued the newly inaugurated Trump administration on Monday over an executive order signed to end birthright citizenship in the United States. The administration was sued over President Trump’s bid to end automatic citizenship for children born in the US whose…
UNITED STATE – United States President Donald Trump has began erasing Joe Biden’s legacies immediately after taking office as the nation’s 47th president on Monday. Trump pardoned nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, issuing a blizzard of executive orders that signal his desire to remake…
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NIGERIA – Telecom operators’ demand to adjust tariff rate has been granted as the Nigerian Communications Commission approved their request in response to rising operational costs. This development, which allows for a maximum of 50% adjustment to current tariffs, was announced in a statement signed by Reuben Muoka, the NCC’s Director of Public Affairs,…
ABUJA — THE Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has arrived in Davos, Switzerland, where he is representing Nigeria at the 2025 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The WEF meeting brings together global leaders, business executives, and development partners to address pressing global and national economic challenges and identify strategies for…
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA – The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN), says Nigeria estimated over two billion dollars on carbon market activation programme by 2030. Prof. Nnaemeka Chukwuone, Director, Resource and Environmental Policy Research (REPRC), UNN, Environment for Development (EfD) initiative, Nigeria, disclosed this at a one-day workshop in Abuja on Monday. The…
UNITED STATE – US President Donald Trump said in his inauguration speech Monday that his government’s official policy would only recognize two genders, ending the current practice of providing a third gender option in some settings. “I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect…
UNITED STATE – TikTok resumed operations in the United States on Sunday after president-elect Donald J. Trump announced his intention to issue an executive order delaying the enforcement of a federal ban on the social media platform. The abrupt turnaround came just hours after major app stores removed TikTok from their…
FCT – Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike on Sunday night said debts owed by property owners with regard to Certificates of Occupancy C of O in the territory was over N300 billion before he took steps to get them to pay. The minister spoke at a media parley held at his official…
FCT, NIGERIA – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday declared that he is not an Igbo man. He disclosed this during a media chat in Abuja on Sunday while responding to the emergence of John Azuta Mbata as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. https://thepinpointnews.com/tensions-flare-in-national-assembly-as-igp-egbetokun-presents-police-2025-budget/ Azuta Mbata was elected…
NIGERIA – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Muiz Banire, has described the removal of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly as an inevitable outcome of his actions and political missteps. Speaking on Channels TV’s Hard Copy, Banire mentioned key instances of discord that led to Obasa’s fall, including…
NIGERIA – Dangote Refinery has clarified that “the recent adjustment in our ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) is directly related to the significant increase in global crude oil prices.” In a statement on Sunday, the refinery noted that “any fluctuation in its international price inevitably impacts the cost of the finished product.” …
