A new national study has revealed a marked decline in girl child marriage in Nigeria, with the average prevalence across the country falling from 44 per cent to 28.6 per cent. The findings are contained in The State of the Nigerian Girl Report II 2025, compiled by consultant Austine Mamedu and supported by Save the …
The tax credit to Oando Plc rose by 303 per cent to ₦181.85 billion in the third quarter of the year amid the company’s poor financial performance over the past years. A review of its financial statement for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, released on Thursday, October 30, revealed that the tax credit …
Lagos and four other highest-debtor states account for 50.32 per cent of the total subnational debt in 2024. The four other states are Kaduna, Edo, Ogun, and Bauchi, a review of the report released by BudgIT on Tuesday, October 28 has shown. According to BudgIT, a Nigeria’s leading civic-tech organisation promoting fiscal transparency and accountability, …
Anambra has emerged as the best-performing state in the federation, surpassing Lagos and 33 other states, according to BudgIT’s 2025 fiscal performance ranking. The ranking is contained in BudgIT’s 2025 edition of the State of States Report, released on Tuesday, October 28. The flagship report, themed, 'A Decade of Subnational Fiscal Analysis: Growth, Decline and …
A latest report by BudgIT has shown that Lagos and Ogun states accounted for half of the average Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from the 36 states in Nigeria over the last decade. The report released on Tuesday, October 28, put the two states' average IGR at ₦643.21 billion, approximately. It revealed that the average IGR …
The outcomes of key events taking place this week will determine the direction and performance of the global stock and crypto markets in the fourth quarter of the year. This is in terms of rates, liquidity, earnings, and global trade - four forces that decide how money moves in the market. The Federal Reserve (FED) …
Bitcoin’s $116K Blast: October’s Epic Crypto Revival Is Here! That heavy dread from this month’s biggest crypto shakeup is melting away. Bitcoin just rocketed nearly 4% in the past 24 hours, hitting a jaw-dropping $116,031 peak on October 21, 2025, before settling below $115,000, a stunning comeback from its October 10 tumble to $98,000, when …
The crypto world got its plot twist at 08:04 AM WAT on October 27, 2025, following the presidential pardon granted by the United States President, Donald Trump, to the Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), who served four months for anti-money laundering violations. Observers say the development feels like a Hollywood redemption arc with real-world stakes. …
Wall Street’s Ethereum bet goes Big: BitMine immersion buys $252 million in ETH, boosting 2.7% of the total supply! BitMine Immersion Technologies, the Ethereum treasury powerhouse chaired by Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, scooped up 63,539 ETH worth $251.6 million from Kraken and BitGo, pushing its holdings to 3.24 million tokens or 2.7% of Ethereum’s circulating …
SpaceX’s Sudden Bitcoin Shuffle: $268 Million Moved to Dormant Wallets—“Internal Reorg” or Bigger Play? SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket powerhouse, executed a stealthy transfer of 2,395 Bitcoin worth $268 million at a time into two long-dormant wallet addresses, its first significant on-chain BTC activity in three months. As a crypto enthusiast who’s followed Musk’s crypto whims …
