Food and beverage imports increased to N677.3bn in the first half of 2025, a 44.48 per cent rise from N468.76bn in the same period of 2024, prompting renewed calls for stronger government support to enhance local industry capacity and reduce dependency on imports. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that while the value […]
US officials said the scheduled capacity for flights was being cut by 10 percent in 40 busy air traffic areas nationwide on Friday, as the longest government shutdown drags on. Federal agencies have been grinding to a halt since Congress failed to approve funding past September 30, with some 1.4 million federal workers, from air […]
The Chinese government has said Nigeria must be allowed to handle its own internal challenges without undue foreign interference. In a statement, the Chinese foreign ministry said that as Nigeria’s strategic partner, Beijing is against any country using religion and human rights as an excuse to interfere with and threaten the West African nation with […]
