By Providence Ayanfeoluwa Nigeria would require a minimum annual growth rate of 21.9 percent at an exchange rate of N1,500/$ or stronger exchange rate at a slower growth rate to attain $1 trillion economy valuation by 2031, Afrinvest West Africa Limited has predicted. Afrinvest projected this in in its 20th Nigeria Banking Sector Report 2025 entitled, […]

By Evelyn Usman The eldest son of the late former Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate in Ondo State, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, Samuel, has demanded a thorough investigation into his father’s death, describing the circumstances as “shocking and inexplicable.” Samuel, who said he saw his father a day before his passing, explained that he opened […]

By Providence Ayanfeoluwa The Importers Association of Nigeria, IMAN has declared that the 4 percent free on-board, FOB levy is estimated to add N4 trillion annually to freight costs-burden that would be transferred directly to consumers. Speaking at its National Executive Committee meeting, National President/Board of Trustee Chairman, Chief Gilbert Obi, warned that the levy would […]

By Peter Egwuatu   The Nigerian stock market rebounded last week, as investors’ portfolio value increased by over N986 billion in the five trading days. A major performance indicator, Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX All Share Index, ASI closed higher, Week on Week, WoW, in four of the five trading sessions, thereby ending a four-week losing streak.   The […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched RenewHER — the Presidential Women’s Health Transformation Initiative — reaffirming his administration’s commitment to improving the health and well-being of Nigerian women and girls.

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi, Arts Editor Recently, Florence Eshalomi, MP and the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria, visited Kokopelli Art Gallery during her trip to Nigeria. As UK Trade Envoy to Nigeria, her role includes promoting trade and investment between the two countries, removing trade barriers, boosting exports, and attracting investments. Florence Eshalomi is also […]

Mr. Idris Aregbe, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts, and Culture, recently addressed journalists covering arts, culture, and tourism in Lagos, emphasising the state government’s commitment to making Lagos a global competitor in tourism and cultural vibrancy.

LEGACY announces itself into Lagos like weather breaking after weeks of humidity—charged, inevitable, impossible to ignore. Opening at 1952 Africa Gallery, the exhibition gathers former winners of the Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF), the long-running platform that has scouted and nurtured Nigeria’s emerging artistic voices since 2007.

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi, Arts Editor A group known as Wiki Niger Delta Heritage Collective has announced a new partnership with the Thought Pyramid Art Centre (TPAC) to groom young creatives from the Niger Delta in the art of storytelling, creativity, and cultural documentation. Through this collaboration, TPAC will open its gallery spaces in Abuja, Lagos, […]

Barely two years after her third album, gospel singer Mercy Oseghale’s newly released Extended Play (EP) is currently making waves in the music space.