•Records $48.2m daily stablecoin volume   •Developers account for 4% of global talent •Finance sector dominates with 89% of investments By Juliet Umeh Nigeria’s Web3 ecosystem recorded strong growth in 2025, attracting $43 million in funding, more than double the $20 million raised in 2024. This is according to the latest industry report from a venture capital […]

By David Nnasom Concerns over rising drug and substance abuse in Nigerian universities took centre stage on March 30, 2026, as the Haven of Victory Development Foundation (HOVI) launched the Nigerian University Students Drug Advocacy Club (NU-SDAC) to combat the growing crisis. At a high-level stakeholders’ event marking the launch, HOVI’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, […]

…Conflicting Accounts Emerge By Esther Onyegbula Residents of Iragon community in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State have been thrown into mourning following the discovery of the lifeless body of a middle-aged man, John Kotin, in a nearby forest under circumstances that remain unclear. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, has sparked shock and […]

Reading lists have become mere rituals on the course outline. Students now buy books only when there is an implication. People’s libraries are now on their computers

By Babajide Komolafe & Udeme Akpan  There are indications that Nigeria and oil firms have earned about    $4 billion from the rise in price of crude oil triggered by the US/Israel-Iran war now in its seventh week.   The war that started on February 28th has so far lasted for 52 days as of yesterday.   Vanguard […]

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has dissolved the Chidi Odinkalu-led Governing Council of the state-owned Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University and approved a new council.

Sobbing intermittently, a 63-year-old Abia widow, Mrs. Nkechinyere Ndukwe, narrated her bitter story. It was the painful destruction of the house left behind for her and the children by her late husband.

By Efe Onodjae The Cocoa and Coffee Farmers Alliance Association of Africa (COCEFAAA) has raised an alarm over worsening conditions facing cocoa and coffee farmers across the continent, despite projections that the global markets for both commodities could reach a combined value of over $700 billion in the coming decade. In a statement on Monday, […]

By Efe Onodjae President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated his Senior Special Assistant on Digital Engagement, Strategy and New Media, Mr Otega Ogra, on his election into the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA). Ogra was elected on Tuesday during the organisation’s Annual General Meeting held at the Global Marketing Week Conference […]

In the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the Naira opened the session with a slight adjustment in value against the US Dollar.