By Progress Godfrey The Federal Government has signed a cooperation agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to speed up the delivery of bankable infrastructure projects and mobilise private capital critical to Nigeria’s economic transformation. The agreement, signed in Abuja on Wednesday, had the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; the Minister […]

The Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,446 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,450 per dollar on Wednesday. However, the naira recorded its first depreciation this week in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM, to N1,368 per dollar.

Nigeria’s compact SUV segment is witnessing intense competition, and one model fast emerging as a standout is the Jetour Dashing

With Afrobeat now formally recognized by the Recording Academy, the focus is no longer only on where the sound came from, but on who is shaping where it goes next

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), in collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has hosted a Food Safety Summit in Lagos to promote improved food safety practices across Nigeria’s agricultural and food supply chain.

The National Youth Council of Nigeria NYCN has declared support for the ongoing reforms at the Energy Commission of Nigeria ECN, describing them as youth-friendly.

When President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja a month ago after a prolonged holiday in Paris and brief stopover at a summit in Abu Dhabi, a newspaper headline sardonically announced that the “Nigerian Ambassador to France pays his first official visit to Nigeria in 2026”. Tinubu, frequently criticised for his frequent sojourns in foreign locations, France […]

By ABDULMALIK ADAMS Imagine a man who rises from the bustling streets of Ibadan, Akure and Abuja armed with nothing but unyielding determination and a passion for justice, to become a beacon of hope for the oppressed across Nigeria. This is the electrifying story of Olukayode Abraham Ajulo, OON, SAN—better known as Kayode Ajulo—a trailblazing Nigerian […]

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States, AES, to resist external pressure from ECOWAS on military rule – have just won the biggest diplomatic jackpot beyond their wildest imagination.  Not even a sorcerer would have guessed that, as a reward for their delinquency, this trio would […]

By OTEGA OGRA On the surface, the 2026 World Customs Organisations Technology Conference in Abu Dhabi in the last week of January 2026, followed a familiar script. Flags, formal sessions, carefully worded speeches. But beneath the choreography, something more consequential was unfolding. As Customs chiefs and trade officials compared notes on the future of borders, Nigeria […]