2025: Investors gain N35.72trn as reforms fuel stock market surge
•Market capitalisation nearly N100trn in value •Foreign portfolio transactions up 178.8% YoY in 11months By Peter Egwuatu, Assistant Business Editor After years of volatility driven by macroeconomic instability, foreign exchange distortions and policy ambiguity, the Nigerian capital market staged a powerful comeback that was anchored on reforms translating to wealth, confidence rebuilding, and renewed domestic and foreign […]
Lagos First Lady receives Baby Oluwadere, first baby of 2026
By Chioma Obinna Baby Oluwadare on Thursday emerged as the first baby of the year in Lagos State. The male baby, weighing 2.9kg, arrived exactly at 12:00 midnight on January 1 to become Lagos State’s First Baby of 2026, setting a hopeful tone for the new year as the First Lady, Dr. Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, […]
2026: Employers warn against by-passing labour institutions
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Today marks the first day of the new year, 2026, and as Nigeria steps into another economic cycle, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has outlined its priorities for the year, with a strong focus on industrial relations and labour harmony. Less than 48 hours to the New Year, the umbrella body for […]
Erelu Adeleke Welcomes 2026 ‘First Baby’ in Osun
Wife of the Osun State Governor, Amb. Erelu Ngozi Abeni Adeleke, FEL. Nig. Book of Records (NBR), FEL. CIML, has welcomed the ‘first baby of 2026’ born in Osun State as the most precious gift from God for the new year.
One feared killed, 5 trapped as Kebbi rice mill collapses
By Haruna Aliyu Birnin Kebbi: A section of a private rice mill in Birnin Kebbi metropolis collapsed on Tuesday, leaving one staff dead and five others trapped under the metal wreckage. Upon receiving the report, Kebbi State Deputy Governor, Senator Umar Abubakar Tafida, visited the site and ordered immediate rescue efforts, which are ongoing. The […]
Gunmen abduct ex-Ogun lawmaker
Gunmen have abducted Maruf Musa, a former member of the Ogun State House of Assembly. Musa, who represented Ogun Waterside constituency during the sixth assembly (2007–2011), was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday night in Ibiade, Ogun Waterside LGA. The assailants allegedly fired shots to disperse residents before abducting the former legislator during prayers at a mosque […]
