... Signs $14bn MOU with 42 companies For six years, Kebbi State counted its losses in silence. Before the festival’s suspension in 2020, the Argungu Fishing Festival drew between 30,000 and 50,000 visitors per edition. Hotels filled up weeks in advance. Traders recorded their best annual sales in four days. Transporters doubled fares and …
A Nigerian computer engineering graduate, Oluwagorom Smyth Alasonye Nosike, has recounted a harrowing five-year imprisonment for crimes he insists he did not commit. He shared his story on Facebook, highlighting how a single night in 2019 changed the course of his life. After relocating to Lagos in 2019, Nosike moved in with a former schoolmate …
The 2026 football calendar is barely underway, yet the managerial carousel is already spinning at full speed. Across Europe’s elite leagues, impatience has become the dominant currency. Reputation offers no shield. Silverware provides no immunity. Even long-term “projects” now operate on short-term tolerance. In just weeks, five high-profile managers have lost their jobs, each exit …
The recurring cases of national grid collapse in Nigeria have highlighted the need for a reliable power source to meet electricity demands by households and businesses across the country. This quest has reignited calls for the development and integration of nuclear power into Nigeria’s energy mix as one potential solution to resolving longstanding electricity challenges. …
Competition in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector has intensified once more following a drop in the landing cost of imported Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, below the ex-depot price offered by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The Widening Price Gap According to the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) Competency Centre Energy Bulletin, …
The protracted electricity metering crisis in Nigeria has taken a fresh turn with an ongoing standoff between the Federal Government and Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). This friction over meter installation has left millions of unmetered consumers trapped in a cycle of "arbitrary" estimated billing. The $500 Million Metering Dispute At the heart of the dispute …
Nigeria’s already fragile healthcare system is facing a silent but deepening crisis: the rapid disappearance of its doctors. New data from the Federal Ministry of Health reveal that the number of practising doctors in Nigeria fell sharply from 66,241 in 2024 to about 55,000 in 2025, a staggering 16.9 per cent decline in just one …
The push for a decentralized power system in Nigeria has intensified in recent times as the collapse of the national grid persists, becoming a major crisis for the country’s electricity sector. Multiple collapses in recent times have plunged different parts of the country into prolonged outages, disrupting homes, businesses, hospitals, and industries, with the attendant …
The United Kingdom is set to implement new passport and entry rules for dual citizens beginning February 25, 2026, a move that will significantly affect millions of British nationals living abroad. The changes are part of the government’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) rollout, which is designed to enhance border security and streamline visa-free travel procedures. …
For more than a decade, Nigeria’s small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), the country’s largest employers and backbone of the real economy, have remained largely excluded from formal bank financing, despite repeated policy pledges to support them. An analysis of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin covering 2014 to 2023 reveals a troubling reality: …
