By Yinka Kolawole,  with agency report The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has cited Nigeria  as an example of how market-based de-risking mechanisms can help mobilise pension capital for infrastructure investment without enforcing rigid allocation mandates. This was revealed in the 2025 State of Africa’s Infrastructure Report, titled ‘Mobilising Domestic Capital’, with a call to redirect Africa’s  $1.1 […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan  The Central Bank of Nigeria,  CBN,  report has indicated that economic activities expanded for the sixth consecutive month at 52.1 index points in May 2025.   Disclosing this in its Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) Report for May 2025, CBN also noted that the industry (51.6 index points),  service (51.7 index points) and Agriculture (53.4 […]

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY—TWO persons have reportedly died of diphtheria, popularly called whooping cough, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Ugbowo, Edo State, amidst growing concerns over a nationwide shortage of vaccines. The death of the two out of five reported cases is attributed to alleged immunization gaps, surveillance lapses and lack […]

Scientists at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, have called for a national maternal and infant mortality audit system, backed by a legal framework mandating autopsies for all maternal deaths in Nigeria.

The President, in his felicitations to the Muslim faithful, said the period is a time to show gratitude to God for his countless mercies.