Hurricane Melissa has unleashed catastrophic destruction across Jamaica, making landfall as a powerful Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded, hit the island nation. Torrential floods swept through southwestern communities on Tuesday as winds reaching 185 mph (295 kph) tore roofs from buildings and sent boulders crashing onto major roads. Landslides, …
Kenyan authorities have seized more than one tonne of methamphetamine in a major Indian Ocean drug bust carried out with support from INTERPOL. Six suspects were arrested during the high-seas operation. The interception took place on October 21, when the Kenyan Navy stopped a suspicious dhow about 340 nautical miles east of Mombasa. The action …
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has explained that he turned down an invitation from the United States Embassy for a visa re-interview because the date fixed, September 11, made him uncomfortable. Speaking on Tuesday at a media parley titled “Unending Saga: Idi Amin in Whiteface” at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos, Soyinka said the …
The United States Embassy in Mali has told all American citizens to leave the country immediately. The warning follows growing terror threats and a crippling fuel crisis caused by a jihadi blockade. In a statement, the embassy urged Americans to take commercial flights out of Mali. It said travel by road is unsafe due to …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that four serving governors elected on the platform of opposition parties are in advanced discussions to defect to the ruling party before the end of 2025. According to the APC, the move is part of its broader political strategy to consolidate its hold on power and expand its …
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 former director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arunma Oteh, has called for urgent action to mobilise long-term capital, accelerate infrastructure development, and decentralise the management of Nigeria’s mineral resources to unlock sustainable growth. She made the call at the Oxford Global Think Tank Leadership Conference on Tuesday, October 28 in Abuja. Oteh, …
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) …
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) have pledged to continue taking practical steps towards overhauling downstream infrastructure to boost energy sector growth. The agencies made the pledge at the ongoing 2025 Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL) Africa Downstream Energy Week in Lagos. Delivering his …
