Across Nigeria, anger is mountÂing over rising electricity tariffs as households and businesses complain that they are paying significantly higher bills without any meaningÂful improvement in power supply, raising fresh concerns about enerÂgy poverty and the survival of small enterprises. The backlash has been particÂularly intense among Band ...
•Hoodlums Residents of Kawo in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State have raised the alarm over renewed violence linked to suspected gang activity, as clashes entered a third straight day on Tuesday. They said that the unrest has disrupted business activities and heightened fear among traders, commuters, and residents, reports Chann...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State government has intensified efforts to eliminate open defecation and improve public sanitation, revealing that 1,710 functional public toilets are currently in place across the state for residents and visitors. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, sa...
Nigeria is once again facing widespread electricity disruptions as reduced gas supply to thermal power plants has forced the national grid to operate far below capacity, deepening power outages across the country and placing fresh pressure on households and businesses. The Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) had confirmed that schedule...
•Blackout As widespread blackout and load shedding on the national grid persist, Nigerians across major cities are counting losses, with many small businesses shutting down and households forced to abandon bulk food purchases due to their inability to power refrigerators. It was gathered that the electricity supply crisis intensified in early ...
•Tinubu and loans The federal government’s domestic borrowings from financial market operators rose sharply in 2025 despite high interest rates, widening the gap between public and private sector access to credit, according to data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday. An analysis of money and credit statistics showed that credi...
Some businesses and traders may be taking advantage of the newly introduced tax laws to arbitrarily increase the prices of goods and services in different parts of the country, findings have shown. Since the commencement of the new tax laws in January, the federal government has maintained that the laws would reduce certain taxes and […...
•Tinubu presenting budget to the joint session of the National Assembly last year The delay in the presentation of the 2026 budget is making it difficult for businesses to plan for the new year, stakeholders and experts have said. They said many businesses rely on the annual budget to make projections, hence the delay in […]
A new survey by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that Nigerian businesses and households are still grappling with high interest rates, multiple taxation, and poor infrastructure, even as optimism about the economy continues to rise. According to the CBN Business Expectation Survey for September 2025, the confidence index stood at...
•Police The Imo State Police Command, in synergy with other security agencies, has deployed watertight security to forestall any breakdown of law and order. The Command said it has uncovered following intelligence report, plans by certain groups to stage protests demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial for treasonable felon...
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