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Sallah: Mokwa bridge collapse fuels tomato, pepper price surge
Less than 48 hours to Eid-el-Kabir, the prices of tomatoes, peppers, onions, and other perishables have suddenly soared in the aftermath of the collapse of the Mokwa Bridge in Niger State, which left ...
5th June 2025
Money rituals and our African traditional religions
If an alien is captured in a Hollywood film, the state imprisons it to weaponise its capabilities. Nollywood does not make alien films, but our cinematic representations of contact with non-human forc...
5th June 2025
Assets recovery: How far can Tinubu go?
THERE will be no safe haven for corruption in Nigeria. Our government will take deliberate steps to strengthen anti-corruption institutions, enforce accountability, and ensure that justice is served, ...
5th June 2025
Tinubu inaugurates Sahara Group’s 180MW power plant
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated the 180MW Afam II Power Plant located in Oyigbo, Rivers State. The plant was completed by Africa’s largest private power business, Sahara Power Group, ...
5th June 2025
Nigerian teenager bags six years jail in UK for manslaughter
A court sitting in Old Bailey, United Kingdom, on Monday, sentenced a Nigerian teenager, Nathan Otitodilichukwu, to six years imprisonment over the death of a retired septuagenarian, Robert Price, as ...
5th June 2025
Firms blame fuel, power for high inflation – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has reported that the majority of Nigerian firms identify high energy costs, particularly fuel, diesel, and electricity, as the leading cause of inflation in the country. T...
5th June 2025
FRSC seeks AGF’s support for timely fund releases
The Federal Road Safety Corps has appealed to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation for the timely release of funds to enable the agency to meet its operational obligations across the...
5th June 2025
Investor confidence grows as market hits 111,000 points
The Nigerian capital market has witnessed a transformation under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, with analysts citing growth in both the primary and secondary segments of the market. Key pol...
3rd June 2025
itel Solar inaugurates training centre
Itel Solar Energy has officially inaugurated its first solar energy training centre in partnership with the University of Ibadan to empower Nigerian youth and accelerate the adoption of renewable ener...
3rd June 2025
Telcos back virtual operators for growth
Nigerian telecom executives have called on the Nigerian Communications Commission to strengthen enforcement of regulations that support mobile virtual network operators, aiming to boost competition an...
3rd June 2025
Firm unveils e-SIM
EmoSIM, a Nigerian technology company, has launched a new e-SIM product that allows users to connect to mobile networks in 190 countries without changing SIM cards or paying roaming fees. The technolo...
3rd June 2025
Verve partners firms to deepen payment services
Verve has expanded its footprint in Nigeria’s payment ecosystem through new partnerships with leading financial technology firms, Carbon and PalmPay, it announced in a statement on Monday. The colla...
3rd June 2025
Digital marketing needs strategy – Expert
Digital marketing expert Joel Ozue says African small and medium-sized enterprises must adopt more strategic and realistic approaches to digital marketing, warning that many businesses continue to mis...
3rd June 2025
FG opens sale of short-term bonds
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Debt Management Office, has opened a new window for subscription to its Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bonds, offering attractive interest rates t...
3rd June 2025
Climate adaptation to cost Africa over $100bn yearly – SEC
The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Emomotimi Agama, says Africa requires over $100bn annually to address the financing gap for climate adaptation, calling for the mobilisa...
3rd June 2025
Equity market opens week with N173bn gain
The Nigerian equities market commenced the week on a positive note, gaining N173bn in market capitalisation as investors showed renewed interest in select large- and mid-cap stocks across key sectors....
3rd June 2025
Fidelity Bank gets Fitch upgrade to A+(nga)
International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has upgraded Fidelity Bank’s National Long-Term Rating to ‘A+(nga)’ from ‘A(nga) and affirmed its Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B...
3rd June 2025
Businesses mark six-month consecutive growth – Report
Nigeria’s private sector continued to expand in May, marking the sixth consecutive month of growth in business conditions even as businesses grapple with elevated inflationary pressures and, for the...
3rd June 2025
Experts urge brands to harness data
Marketing professionals and business leaders at the 2025 Africa Marketing Technology & E-commerce Conference have urged marketers to embrace data and artificial intelligence to drive better outcom...
3rd June 2025
When free markets become free-for-alls
Nigerians have long grumbled about the rising cost of cable television. When Multichoice Nigeria recently hiked DStv subscription prices by 25 per cent, public outrage followed. Not just because the i...
3rd June 2025
Tinubu: Beware of the Ides of March
MAY 29 marked two years of the Tinubu administration. It also reminds me of the politics surrounding the June 12, 1993 presidential election. I can never forget my encounter with the then Bauchi State...
3rd June 2025
Nigeria and open banking
Open banking, a revolutionary concept in the financial industry, has recently been introduced in Nigeria. This system allows third-party financial service providers to access customer banking data wit...
3rd June 2025
Katsina gov calls for information to arrest bandits
Governor Dikko Umar Radda of Katsina State has renewed calls for citizens to actively support security efforts by providing actionable intelligence that can lead to the arrest and elimination of bandi...
30th May 2025
Sokoto more secure under Aliyu, says govt
The Sokoto State Government has declared that the state is more secure under the leadership of Governor Ahmed Aliyu, particularly in areas previously overrun by bandits and insurgents. As the administ...
30th May 2025
Nigeria’s health sector needs new energy
NIGERIA’S healthcare sector remains deeply troubled, despite interventions by President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The government must not only acknowledge the sector’s persistent challenges ...
30th May 2025
Drug distributors demand guidelines for smoother operations
The Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to implement the National Drug Distribution Guidelines introduced by the government in 2012 as p...
30th May 2025
Tackling rising costs of passports and driving licences
The costs of passports, driver’s licences, and other essential services have increased significantly over the past two years under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The government attributed...
30th May 2025
Benue IDPs’ children get library, ICT tools
A coalition of non-governmental organisations has donated a library and Information and Communication Technology equipment to children residing in a camp for internally displaced persons in Guma Local...
30th May 2025
How narrow victories can forge great legacies
In the halls of modern political history, few leaders were as underestimated at the start and as celebrated at the end as Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of post-war West Germany. Elected in 194...
30th May 2025
Ex-envoy hails Tinubu, Oborevwori’s two-year milestone
A former Nigerian ambassador to Thailand, Oma Djebah, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu and the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on their two years in office, praising their “visionar...
30th May 2025
Oyo PDP ex-chair backs Makinde for president in 2027
A former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Kunmi Mustapha, on Thursday, backed Governor Seyi Makinde for President in 2027. Mustapha, in a statement he signed in Ibadan, the state...
30th May 2025
