Latest News in Nigeria Today Wednesday 21st May 2025
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Wednesday 21st May 2025 .
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target=_blank>Systemic corruption root cause of Nigeria’s food insecurity – NYF
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Nigeria Youth Forum (NYF) has identified systemic corruption as the primary driver of Nigeria’s worsening food insecurity crisis, warning that without urgent action, over 25 million Nigerians could face acute hunger in the near future. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Comrade Toriah Olajide Filani, the national president of
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target=_blank>PDP S/East Caucus renominates Udeh Okoye as national secretary
He said that the zonal committee met on May 14 at the Enugu State Government House and unanimously nominated Udeh-Okoye as its nominee for the position.
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target=_blank>Users to pay toll on Lagos-Calabar Highway from December — Umahi
“It is more than a road; it is an economic corridor and a catalyst for regional growth. We have completed 30 kilometres of Section 1”
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target=_blank>CIBN reaffirms stability of the banking sector
The Chartered institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has reassured the public that the Nigerian banking sector remains stable, sound, resilient, and safe. President and Chairman of Council, CIBN, Prof Pius Olanrewaju, stated this in a statement, saying, “The attention of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has been drawn to misleading publications making
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target=_blank>How ambitions, fear of anti-graft clampdown are driving defections to APC — Sources
“Nobody is defecting because his friend is on the other side. Politicians will defect because of what they can get”
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target=_blank>CBN retains interest rate at 27.5%, cites global uncertainties
Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 27.5 percent, citing uncertainties fueld by ongoing global trade war. The Governor of the bank, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed this at the end of the 300th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting at the bank’s headquarters, in Abuja. He
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target=_blank>Why women don’t break kolanut in Igboland — Monarchs, leaders
KOLANUT is vital to Igbo tradition and culture. It is needed in any social gathering of Ndígbo.
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target=_blank>7 inmates escape from Osun prison, FG launches manhunt
FG has launched a manhunt for seven inmates, who escaped from its Medium prison in Ilesa, Osun State, on Tuesday morning
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target=_blank>Nigeria records $2bn trade deficit in cereal — World Bank report
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The World Bank yesterday said Nigeria recorded a $2 billion trade deficit in cereal in 2023. The World Bank disclosed this in a Report titled: “Transport connectivity for food security in Africa, Strengthening supply chains”. The report, which examines how four major staples: cassava, maize, rice, and wheat, move across the continent noted
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target=_blank>DisCos’ performance in power supply disappointing — FG
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Federal Government has lamented the poor performance of electricity distribution companies in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, describing it as disappointing. The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu who expressed this position at a two-day retreat organized by the Senate Committee on Power, noted the DisCos have been frustrating the
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