Decades of efforts by various governments and their partners to roll malaria out of Nigeria have not been successful. Rather than mitigate prevalence, malaria has remained high in the country, reports Daily Trust. As Nigerians are grappling with increase in prevalence, a bigger cause of worry for families lately has been the skyrocketing cost ...
•753 duplexes Something truly intriguing unfolded this week in the bustling city of Abuja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken over a massive estate comprising 753 duplexes, sparking widespread curiosity and questions. This situation goes beyond mere buildings; it tells a short tale filled with secrets and suspense th...
•Pastor Tobi Adegboyega Nigerian-born UK pastor, Tobi Adegboyega has addressed recent reports of his impending deportation to Nigeria. The former leader of Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church, which was shut down following allegations of a £1.87 million fraud, has lost his legal battle against deportation despite asserting that the move woul...
•Foodstuff market Nigerians are facing increasing hardship, and foodstuff transporters, under the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN), have warned that food prices will skyrocket in December. In an interview with our correspondent, the National President of AUFCDN, Mohammed Tahir, explained that the rising cos...
Nigerians in urban areas may have returned to the most affordable cooking fuels – charcoal and firewood, due to the increase in the price of cooking gas. Charcoal and firewood were used by mostly the locals and people living in semi-urban areas before the advent of cooking gas, reports Vanguard. However, when cooking gas came […]
•Nigerians As the yuletide season approaches, Nigerians in different parts of the country have expressed fear and worry over the possibility of travelling to their ancestral homes in the South-East, South-West, South-South and northern regions due to the rising cost of transport fares and worsening insecurity. Last year, the federal government...
•Davido Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has claimed that the best doctors in the United States are of Nigerian descent. Davido made this statement during an appearance on the Afric TV programme, where he highlighted the intellectual and creative excellence of Africans. He emphasised that Africans are among the brightest...
•Port Harcourt refinery The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed that the Port Harcourt Refinery in Rivers State has commenced crude oil processing. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the company, Femi Soneye, announced today that the refinery would operate at 60 per cent capacity, processing 60,000 barre...
Two Nigerians, Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, have been sentenced by a United States federal jury to 30 years combined jail term for defrauding some US citizens of $3,500,000. This was contained in a press release made available on the US Department of Justice website and obtained by our correspondent yesterday, reports The PUNCH. Accordin...
•PDP governors The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has expressed concerns about the economic hardship on the nation by policies of the All Progressives Congress-led federal government with a call on President Bola Tinubu to review Nigeria’s macroeconomic and fiscal decisions. Tinubu stopped the payment of fuel subsidy and float...

