Nigeria’s food crisis demands urgent action
AgroEknor CEO Timi Oke has sounded the alarm on Nigeria’s escalating food insecurity crisis, calling for immediate investment and comprehensive reforms. Speaking at the GTR West Africa 2025 conference, Oke warned that the nation’s agricultural sector is on the brink…
Economic Hardship: Nigeria’s poverty rate hits alarming 54% – World Bank
The World Bank has revealed that a staggering 75.5% of Nigeria’s rural population lives in poverty, highlighting the country’s deepening inequality and economic hardship. According to the World Bank’s latest Poverty and Equity Brief, rural dwellers are disproportionately affected by…
Enugu Traders Face Heavy Losses as Bean Prices Crash
Traders in Enugu who stored beans hoping for higher prices are now suffering heavy losses after the price of beans dropped sharply. Many traders who bought a 100kg bag of beans for about N160,000 last year are now finding the…
Global health funding faces ‘greatest disruption’ in memory, says WHO director
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022…. Trump administration withdrew from WHO in January US has been WHO’s biggest financial backer Agency…
“I Cried When Women Mocked Me For Not Having Husband” – Funke Akindele
Award-winning Nollywood actress and filmmaker Funke Akindele has opened up about a deeply emotional experience that pushed her to seek therapy for the first time in her life. In a candid interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, the Battle on Buka Street star recounted how…
How MTN Nigeria returned to profitability in 2025
How MTN Nigeria returned to profitability in 2025 After two years of navigating some of the most turbulent macroeconomic headwinds in its operating history, MTN Nigeria appears to be stabilizing and more importantly, profitable again. Between 2022 and 2024,…
AfDB President Candidate Advocates Tapping Middle East Finance
The African Development Bank should do more to tap finance from oil-rich Middle Eastern nations and access the money held by pension funds on the continent as development needs grow, a contender for the institution’s presidency said. Africa’s biggest multilateral…
Gtbank Increases SMS Transaction Alert Fee
Guaranty Trust Bank (Gtbank) has announced an increase in the fee for SMS transaction alerts. The new charge will take effect from Thursday, May 1, 2025. According to a message sent to customers on Wednesday, the SMS alert fee…
Power outage: Spain and Portugal grapple with fallout of massive blackout
Power has been restored to tens of millions of people across almost all of Spain and Portugal, but disruptions to transport services were expected to stretch into a second day as questions mount over what caused a massive blackout. …
FIRS To Banks: Close All Unauthorised Tax Collection Accounts Now
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed banks to immediately identify and close any FIRS tax and levy collection accounts not authorised under the TaxPro Max system. The TaxPro Max is a homegrown tax administration platform that facilitates tax-related…