By Etop Ekanem As Nigeria grapples with a deepening economic downturn in the fourth quarter of 2024, fresh data indicate that the mortality rate of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has reached alarming levels. Industry statistics now suggest that nearly 80% of small businesses in the country fail within their first five years, a […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) and the Northern Awareness Network (NAN)have said that the action taken by the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd), was aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and strengthening its position in the global oil and […]

Ever wondered how the poorest of the poor are coping with the current hunger pandemic sweeping through Nigeria? With about 160 million Nigerians now living in multidimensional poverty, and the middle class drastically eroded due to the harsh economic policies of the Bola Tinubu administration, the very poor and vulnerable have largely lost their fall-back, […]

By KEHINDE OKUNOMO Just recently, an individual who by my unbiased assessment could be considered one of the best intellectuals that this country has ever produced became disillusioned in his utterances probably due to age. He became, unceremoniously, a proponent of Sharia in the South-West obviously lending his voice to another garrulous Professor whose major preoccupation […]

As the five-day TETFUND Research and Exhibition Fairs opens on Sunday at the Eagles Square in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of TETFUND, Arc. Sonny Echono has challenged Nigerian inventors to come forward to showcase their talents with the possibility of being supported by the Fund and other anticipated investors. In a chat with newsmen, Echono […]