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  The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has lowered the country’s benchmark interest rate to 26.5 per cent.The decision was announced on Tuesday by the Governor...

  Bayelsa State has a new deputy governor following the nomination and approval of Pastor (Hon) Peter Pereotubo Akpe.   Governor Douye Diri announced the nomination of Akpe, who currently...

  Muyiwa Adekeye, media aide to former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that his principal suffered a nosebleed while in detention and is facing restricted access to family...

    Six final-year nursing students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) lost their lives in a road accident on Sunday, the university’s elegant nurses forum has confirmed.“They...

  Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi has been included in the Premier League Team of the Week, Prompt News reports.   Iwobi was recognised for his superlative display in Fulham’s...

      Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev, has presented the Ministry’s 2025 Budget Implementation Report and defended a proposed ₦98,105,051,341 budget for the 2026...

    Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have raised alarm over a growing wave of mosquito infestation across several districts, resulting in an increase in reported malaria cases....

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Mohammed Kasim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Gwagwalada Area Council Chairmanship election.   Prof....

  Results of Saturdays’ local elections in the six council areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have started trickling in after voting ended at 2.30 p.m. in many units...

  By Peter Adelowo         The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Professor Abubakar Gombe, has expressed confidence in the party’s candidates for the forthcoming...