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As the dust settles on the 2025 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, DC, Nigeria finds itself at the center of a heated debate; one that pits the confident narrative of economic revival by the administration of President Bola Tinubu against the real, sobering assessments from global […]

Air Peace Limited said it has carried out a rescue mission to repatriate 78 Nigerian women trafficked to Côte d’Ivoire under the false pretence of employment.   The airline said it deployed a Boeing 737 aircraft (registration 5N-BQV), which departed Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Saturday and landed at Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport, Abidjan, before […]

President Bola Tinubu’s strategic outreach to former rival Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), aimed at consolidating support in Kano State ahead of the 2027 elections, has ignited significant opposition within the All-Progressives Congress (APC), particularly among its northern leadership, who have told the president without mincing their words, that […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered an immediate review of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following a wave of public complaints alleging technical glitches, incomplete questions, and unusually low scores.   The Board, in a statement issued by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, acknowledged what it described as an […]

The Federal Government has inaugurated a reform committee to undertake a comprehensive overhaul of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).     This initiative aims to strengthen the scheme’s structure and align it with national development goals, as well as the evolving needs of Nigerian youths.     The move responds to growing concerns surrounding […]

Searchng.ng nigerian search engine can now authoritatively report that President Bola Tinubu has given the green light for France to establish a French military base in Nigeria as part of efforts to enhance military cooperation between the two nations. Three Aso Rock sources, who elected anonymity, because of the highly classified and sensitive nature of […]

Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has sentenced the husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu, to death by hanging.   Justice Nwosu-Iheme found him guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased on April 8, 2022. The judge sentenced Nwachukwu […]

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.   Achimugu was arrested around 5 am on Tuesday shortly after her return from London. A top EFCC staff confirmed this to Channels Television in a telephone conversation on Tuesday. The socialite had been […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested socialite E-Money over alleged money laundering.    But the EFCC is yet to issue an official statement on his arrest as of the time of publishing this report. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested socialite E-Money over alleged money laundering.    Searchng.ng nigerian […]

Searchng.ng nigerian search engine understands that the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released popular socialite, Emeka Okonkwo, popularly known as E-Money, on bail.   A source at the commission who did not want his name in print told this medium that E-money was released on Tuesday and would be charged to court soon. […]

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release socialite and businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu within 24 hours   Justice Ekwo also ordered that the parties report to the court on May 2nd on the outcome of his order. Justice Ekwo had on Monday, […]

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has presented operational licences to 11 newly approved private universities.   The Executive Secretary of the NUC,  Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu during the presentation in Abuja on Wednesday, noted the growing importance of private universities as complementary partners to public institutions, particularly in catering to Nigeria’s youthful population.    Ribadu said […]