In today’s economy where billion-dollar tech fortunes emerge overnight, another quieter reality exists: millions of workers across low-income nations survive on salaries that barely cover food and transport. Despite working full-time, they remain trapped in poverty. For many, salaries run out before the month begins, for others, survival means choosing between transport fares and meals. …
Western nations have begun moves to evacuate their citizens from Mali as a deepening fuel blockade threatens to paralyse the country, ignite public anger, and weaken the ruling military junta’s grip on power. The United States on Thursday ordered non-essential embassy staff and family members to leave the country, joining Germany, Italy, and other Western …
Former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa (retd.), on Friday declared that he is exiting military service with pride, honour, and a clear conscience after decades of service to Nigeria. Speaking during his Pulling Out Parade in Abuja, Musa said he gave his “all” to the defence of the nation and expressed gratitude …
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed that Nigerians have lost an estimated N300.2 billion to Ponzi and illegal investment schemes in recent years, sparking intensified enforcement and heightened investor-protection efforts. AbdulRasheed Dan-Abu, Head of Fintech and Innovation at the SEC, revealed the figure during the Commission’s 2025 Journalists Academy in Abuja on Thursday. …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has decorated the newly appointed service chiefs with their elevated military ranks, formally empowering them to take full command of the nation’s Armed Forces. In the ceremony, held in Abuja, Gen. Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede was elevated from lieutenant general to general and confirmed as chief of defence staff. Chief of Army …
An early-morning fire on Thursday damaged part of the popular Jabi Lake Mall in the Federal Capital Territory, sparking panic among security personnel and responders. The fire, which reportedly started around 3:00 a.m., gutted the Adidas sports store within the complex. Firefighters from the Federal Fire Service, the Berger Fire Department, and the FCT Fire …
The United States and China have struck a fragile truce in their long-running trade war, with President Donald Trump announcing tariff reductions in exchange for renewed Chinese cooperation on fentanyl control, agricultural trade, and rare earths supply. Speaking to reporters after face-to-face talks with President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, Trump hailed the meeting …
Nigeria’s newly appointed service chiefs formally assumed office in Abuja on Thursday, pledging renewed determination to tackle terrorism, banditry, and other security threats confronting the nation. Their assumption of duty follows unanimous confirmation by the National Assembly on Wednesday. Those now taking charge include: READ ALSO: Senate Begins Screening of Newly Appointed Service Chiefs Lt.-Gen. Olufemi …
A new wave of hope is sweeping through Nigeria’s public schools as the Create That Change Development Initiative (CCDI), in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland, on Wednesday commissioned new toilet and library facilities at LEA Primary School, Sheritti, Kabusa, in Abuja, marking a fresh push to restore dignity, hygiene, and learning standards among pupils …
The city of al-Fashir, the historic heart of Sudan’s Darfur region, has descended into a nightmare. Once a hub of culture, trade, and education, the city now stands as a stark symbol of the human cost of Sudan’s ongoing war. Over the past week, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group led by General …
