47+ min ago   (393+ words) Nigeria’s vast resources, large consumer market and youthful population have yet to translate into broad-based industrial prosperity, as the country remains trapped in a pattern of exporting raw materials and importing finished products. The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) said…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (341+ words) Tension has gripped Ile-Ife, Osun State, following the killing of Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as Ajagungbade Emir, who was reportedly shot dead on Sunday by suspected hoodlums in a dispute over control of a garage in the ancient city. The…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (306+ words) Motorists in Abuja are paying more for petrol as several filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory have raised their pump prices following an increase in the wholesale cost of the product. The latest adjustments came after Dangote Petroleum Refinery…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago   (308+ words) LEADERSHIP Newspapers Petrol Hits N1,400/Litre in Abuja Amid Dangote Refinery Ex-Depot Increase The pump price of petrol in Abuja has climbed to as high as N1,430 per litre, as marketers adjust their prices following an increase in the ex-depot price by…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (522+ words) The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), has been indicted by auditors for procurement violations, unretired cash advances and poor record-keeping involving over N1.97 billion in 2023. This is contained in the 2023 annual audit report covering the Agency’s activities…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (204+ words) A 54-year-old Greek woman has given birth to a baby girl using an embryo that had remained frozen for more than 22 years. Christina Rapti-Tzelepi delivered the child at a private clinic in Athens on Wednesday, September 9, after the embryo was…...

10+ hour, 52+ min ago   (376+ words) At least three herders tending to their cattle around the Aloghom area of Mangu local government area of Plateau State were on Saturday killed while others were declared missing. Members of the herding community in the area also said 50 cattle…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (440+ words) FIFA’s intervention in the Nigeria Football Federation crisis will only be considered successful if it produces concrete steps towards restoring stability, constitutional governance and an acceptable electoral process. These are five key outcomes that would define a successful FIFA visit:…...

11+ hour, 21+ min ago   (161+ words) Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has highlighted seven priority sectors and investment opportunities to drive industrialisation and economic development in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Otti made this known at the Nigerian-British Chamber of…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago   (659+ words) As the federal government intensifies efforts to diversify the economy and increase non-oil exports, APM Terminals Apapa has unveiled an aggressive logistics strategy to tackle bottlenecks hampering Nigeria’s export trade, targeting the evacuation of 60 per cent of export containers by…...