The United States has delivered a fresh consignment of military equipment to Nigeria. The equipment was transported to Nigeria aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales arrangement between Washington and Abuja, reports Daily Trust. The US Africa Command disclosed the development today through its offi...
Nigeria’s much-touted 4.43 per cent economic growth in the second quarter of 2026 has come under scrutiny, with the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) warning that the headline figure masks deep structural weaknesses, poor capital budget implementation and declining productivity across critical sectors of the economy. The CSJ, in its review of th...
•Peter Obi with internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Plateau State, yesterday Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has described the killings and attacks in Nigeria as prolonged, saying the situation has turned the country into an IDP camp. He said the government has failed to adequately secure citizen...
•FIFA President Gianni Infantino The world football governing body, FIFA, has disclosed that it has not reached a final decision on the ongoing leadership crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). FIFA said it is still examining the circumstances surrounding the mass resignation of the NFF leadership before determining the appropriate n...
Airtel Africa leads Nigeria’s corporate giants with a $17.9 billion valuation as a handful of companies dominate the country’s equity market. Just eight companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange are now worth more than $5 billion each, together accounting for almost two-thirds of the value of Nigeria’s entire stock market, reports The Guardian...
•Photo (L-R): Minister of Foreign Affairs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and former Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma Nigeria has facilitated the safe return of former Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma to the country, following more than two years of temporary relocation to Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Af...
•Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim Accord Party presidential aspirant, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has described Nigeria’s long-running fuel subsidy debate as “accounting magic,” arguing that the high price of petrol is largely a consequence of how the government accounts for and prices domestically produced crude oil. Hashim, who spoke on Channels Television ...
Drivers and customers of Uber in Abuja have expressed mixed reactions to the decision by the ride-hailing company to discontinue its operations in Nigeria. While some described the development as disappointing and likely to affect their income and transportation costs, others said the exit would provide an opportunity for Nigerians to patronis...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the exit of global ride-hailing brand Uber from Nigeria, alongside the shutdown or scaling down of operations by several major international companies, as further evidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policies are turning Nigeria into a “graveyard of businesses.” In a statement...
The decision by rideshare giant Uber to exit the Nigerian market after 12 years may have reflected the harsh macroeconomic reality facing multinationals and indigenous companies in the country. Uber had played on stronger safety measures to dominate the market estimated at $450 million last year, reports The Guardian. While it was slightly che...
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