Stakeholders, including the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, and former Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, have called for urgent reforms to Nigeria’s budgeting system, warning that persistent disconnects between planning and implementation have left thousands of projects abandoned across the country. The ca...
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, has visited the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Ogun State chapter, congratulating its newly elected leadership on a peaceful exercise. During the visit to the IPAC Secretariat in Abeokuta, the state capital, Obasanjo emphasised the nee...
•An estate Stakeholders in the real estate industry have stated that rents will not reduce in the housing sector despite the removal of the Value Added Tax (VAT), as the move is not capable of addressing the issue of the exponential rise in the sector. In the recent period, rents payable by tenants of houses […]
•Cotton farmers Nigeria’s cotton, textile and garment (CTG) sector remained under severe strain in 2025, with stakeholders warnÂing that without urgent, coordinated and long-term reforms, one of the country’s most job-rich industries risk further deÂcline despite its proven capacity to drive industrialisation, conserve foreign exÂchange and su...
•Acting National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Nenadi Usman The Senator Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party, LP, has released a timetable and schedule of activities to herald its preparations for the 2027 general elections. This was contained in a document dated November 17, 2025, which the party submitted to the Independent National El...
Stakeholders of the Accord Party, in a widely attended meeting held in Keffi yesterday, have announced the suspension of the facÂtion led by Barr. Maxwell Mgbudem and formally recognised the leadership of Prof. Chris Imumolen, whose position is backed by a Federal High Court order. The meeting, which drew participants from all 36 state chapter...
•Pregnant women in IDP camp Borno traditional rulers, lawyers and government officials have decried alleged rampant child pregnancy and unsafe abortions in Internally Displaced (IDP) camps in Maiduguri, Borno. This was revealed at a two-day stakeholders’ dialogue, organised by the Grassroots Researchers Association (GRA) with the support of We...
•German Ambassador to Nigeria, Annett Günther Human rights advocates, legal practitioners, and international partners have urged the federal government to end the death penalty, as over 3,500 inmates remain on death row. The stakeholders made the call during an event marking the 2025 International Day Against the Death Penalty in Abuja, co-org...
•Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa The directive by the federal government for full transition of all examinations conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB), from paper to Computer Based Examinations by 2026 has attracted div...
•Palm fruits The price of palm oil in Nigeria is reaching record highs, and stakeholdÂers say the reasons are far more comÂplex than seasonal trends. At the heart of the issue are foreign policy shifts in Indonesia, soaring globÂal demand, a weakening naira, and chronic underinvestment in Nigeria’s domestic production, reports Daily Independen...
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