By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor Local refineries and gas processing plants, led by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and NLNG Limited, supplied 87% of Nigeria’s domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, in 2025, significantly reducing the country’s dependence on imports. Findings by Vanguard showed that the sharp rise in domestic supply marked a major […]

Melah faulted the installation of Danladi Sanusi as Mai Tangale, claiming the decision did not reflect the wishes of the majority of the Tangale people.

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has described the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria as a major strategic milestone in Nigeria’s economic transformation agenda. Recall that UAE and Nigeria recently has signed the CEPA deal which is aimed at eliminating tariffs on […]

The Nigerian Naira maintained a stable trajectory against the United States Dollar during the mid-week trading session, reflecting the positive sentiment surrounding the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) 2026 macroeconomic outlook.

The federal government has unveiled the Nigerian Industrial Policy (NIP) aimed at driving value addition, industrial growth, employment creation across the country, and ensuring that the manufacturing sector contributes up to 25 percent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Enoh, stated this at the soft launch of the […]

By Yinka Kolawole The federal government, through the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, has highlighted some of the incentives in the new tax laws aimed at boosting the manufacturing sector in Nigeria. Speaking at a stakeholders engagement with the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) themed, “From Legislative Assembly to Factory Floor: What the […]

Entire households were abducted. Families such as the Jonathan household had 12 members kidnapped; the Amos family 13; Markus/Makudi 10; Ishaya and Danisa seven each

By Babajide Komolafe Businesses across key sectors of the   economy are grappling with prohibitive borrowing costs as maximum lending rates charged by banks rose   to as high as 46 per cent. Vanguard analysis of banks’   deposit and lending rates published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)   show that while prime lending rates largely hovered between […]

•Represents 19% increase;   highest in 4yrs  By Babajide Komolafe In spite of the high exchange rate and inflation-induced cost of living crisis across the country, Nigerians   increased spending on   foreign education and health services by 19 per cent to $1.73 billion   in the first half of 2025, H1’25 representing the highest in four years, since 2022.   Vanguard […]

Klinsmann expressed concern over what he described as a growing wave of enforcement actions by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeting Nigerian students.