Latest News in Nigeria Today Thursday 22nd May 2025
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Thursday 22nd May 2025 .
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target=_blank>Trump hosts exclusive gala for top memecoin buyers
Donald Trump on Thursday will host a private event for hundreds of top investors in his crypto memecoin, in an unprecedented melding of US presidential power and personal business.
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target=_blank>2027: Five northern govs, APC leaders endorse Tinubu for 2nd term
Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the North Central have endorsed President Bola Tinubu for reelection.
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target=_blank>Canada discussing joining US ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense plan: Carney
Canada has been holding “high level” talks with its southern neighbor about joining US President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. “We are conscious that we have an ability, if we so choose, to complete the Golden Dome with investments in partnership (with the US). And it’s
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target=_blank>Anambra PDP rejects coalition talks, warns members against anti-party activities
It commended their efforts and aligned fully with their pursuit of peace, unity, and restoration of the PDP as ‘the true hope of the Nigerian people’.
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target=_blank>Bianca Ojukwu, Zik’s widow call for support as Ojukwu varsity honours Mbadinuju, pioneer VC
Iyom Bianca Ojukwu, wife of the late Biafran warlord Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and Prof. Uche Azikiwe, widow of Nigeria’s first civilian President, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, have jointly called on prominent Nigerians to support the development of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State.
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E2%82%A6225bn-fidelity-bank-debt/ target=_blank>Peter Obi denies meeting Tinubu in Rome over alleged ₦225bn Fidelity Bank debt
Peter Obi, former Labour Party presidential candidate, has denied the report that he travelled to Rome to meet President Bola Tinubu over an alleged ₦225 billion debt linked to Fidelity Bank.
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target=_blank>World leaders, others pledge over $170m to WHO ahead US exit
Global leaders have pledged at least an additional $170 million to the World Health Organisation, WHO, amid rising global health challenges.
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target=_blank>Imo, Jigawa, Sokoto pay highest prices for petrol
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday, said Imo, Jigawa and Sokoto States paid the highest retail prices for petrol in April 2025. Jigawa residents paid N1588.50 per litre while Sokoto and Imo States N1567.84, and 1550.00, respectively. This was in contrast with Jigawa, Kaduna and Cross Rivers States who had the highest
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target=_blank>Manufacturers, LCCI in divergent views over CBN’s 27.5% MPR
•It threatens ‘Nigeria First’ policy, manufacturing – MAN •It reflects a balanced economic approach — LCCI By Yinka Kolawole The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed deep concern on the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 27.5 percent since November 2024, warning the stance poses
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target=_blank>Nigeria’s debt service payments rise 49% in 4 months
By Elizabeth Adegbesan Nigeria’s debt service payments rose by 49.2 percent year-on-year, YoY, to $2.01 billion in the first four months of 2025 (4m’25) from $1.34 billion in the corresponding period of 2024. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) disclosed this in its International Payments data for the period . This development reflects the pressure the
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