To ensure single-digit interest loans  •Seeks prompt implementation of industrial policy   By Yinka Kolawole  The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called for the creation of a Manufacturing Refinancing and Rediscounting Facility (MRRF), among other sweeping financial and policy interventions, aimed at reviving the country’s manufacturing base in 2026. In a report on 2026 manufacturing outlook, […]

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Chief Benjamin Omale, has declared that the re-election of Governor Hyacinth Alia for a second term in 2027 is “non-negotiable,” citing growing unity, loyalty and grassroots mobilisation within the ruling party across the state.

The gross failure of emergency response in Nigeria’s healthcabre system, stood exposed once more, this time to the global audience, last Monday, when heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua and his friends suffered a horrific crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Social media videos captured voluntary bystanders pulling Joshua from the wreckage and seating him in a police […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar An indigenous manufacturing firm, Ifere Manufacturing Company, has announced plans to establish a cocoa processing factory in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, a development expected to create up to 100 jobs for youths in the state. Founder of the company, Mr. Kebesobase Onen-Ifere, made this known on Monday while speaking […]

The Ajiran community in Eti-Osa Federal Constituency has once again expressed gratitude to Honourable Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro (IBO) for constructing and handing over a fully equipped block of six classrooms during his tenure as a member of the House of Representatives. The project, completed and delivered while he represented the constituency, has continued to serve […]