NIGERIA LOSES AGRICULTURAL WEALTH TO NEIGHBOURS OVER EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
Nigeria is losing billions of naira in potential agricultural export earnings to neighbouring countries as restrictions on unprocessed crops, high export costs and delays at Nigerian ports push traders to move their produce through other West African countries. According to…
World Bank, IMF warn of jobs crisis in Nigeria, others
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank have warned that Artificial Intelligence, AI, could worsen the jobs crisis in Nigeria and other developing economies unless governments and businesses take urgent steps to prepare workers and deploy the technology…
Nigeria’s economy to grow at 4.3 % in 2026 — World Bank
Nigeria’s economy is expected to grow by 4.3 percent in 2026 and rise to an average 4.4% from 2027 to 2028, according to the World Bank, in its latest edition of Nigeria Development Update (NDU). This was contained in…
Nigerian Graduates From Unicross Win Scholarships to UK, China, Taiwan
UNICROSS Graduates Win International Scholarships to Oxford, China, Taiwan Graduates of the Department of Medical Biochemistry at the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Okuku Campus, have secured prestigious international scholarships for postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom, China and…
Bolt, inDrive drivers to begin indefinite shutdown over fares, commissions
The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON), Lagos State Council, has called on drivers operating on Bolt and inDrive platforms to withdraw their services from today, over concerns about fares, commissions, welfare and rising operating costs. However, Bolt…
Protest as police barricade venue of anti-Tinubu meeting in Kano
Some members of the ‘Tinubu Must Go’ movement have kicked against blockade of the venue where they were to hold a meeting. Abba Hikima, a lawyer and one of the conveners of the movement, raised the alarm that policemen were…
Over 40 ISWAP Terrorists Killed In Fresh Borno Air Strike — Military
The feat followed credible reports of a concentration of ISWAP fighters preparing to launch coordinated attacks on troops within Sector 3 areas of its operations. More than 40 fighters, including a prominent commander, have been killed in a fresh air…
Ex-FRSC Corps Marshal Dauda Biu dies at 62 in Abuja hospital
Former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu, has died at the age of 62. Biu, who was born in 1964 in Sabon Gari, Zaria, Kaduna State, reportedly died on Sunday evening at a hospital…
NDLEA arrests 83-year-old convicted grandma, South African lady
An 83-year-old ex-convict has again been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with methamphetamine and Colorado, barely a year after her previous arrest and conviction. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in…
Nigeria’s Oma Esele records historic win at Miss Continental World 2026
Nigerian model Oma Osele has emerged winner of Miss Continental World 2026, securing an international pageant crown at the grand finale held in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Osele defeated contestants from different countries to clinch the title, while India’s Shreeya Panda…