Vice-President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians in the Diaspora of robust engagement in the policies and programmes of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Mr Shettima said this was with a view to positioning Nigeria in its rightful place among the comity of nations. He spoke during a meeting with members of the Nigerian community […]
China will build Africa’s first insulin production plant in Nigeria, Chinese state media reported, in a landmark deal that would allow the west African nation to enter the booming insulin industry as diabetes rates surge across the continent. The initiative also marks a deepening of China-Nigeria ties. Beijing’s ambassador to Nigeria Yu Dunhai said Chinese […]
Thirteen people have been confirmed dead, while two others remain missing, following the collapse of a mining pit in Kadauri village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, confirmed the incident on Sunday, stating that federal mines officers had been deployed to coordinate ongoing rescue […]
The Economic Community of West African States has restarted efforts to finalise its long-pending Regional Blue Economy Strategy, beginning with a high-level consultative workshop held on Monday in Abuja. The workshop gathered key representatives from ECOWAS member states, regional economic bodies, and continental institutions to review and validate the draft strategy, which has been inactive […]
British pharmaceutical giant GSK on Monday said longtime chief executive Emma Walmsley will be replaced by its chief commercial officer in January, as the company navigates US tariffs on the sector. Luke Miels will take over on January 1 from Walmsley, who will have been at the helm for almost nine years, GSK said in […]
Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneur, Femi Otedola, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the full report by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede panel carried out under the Goodluck Jonathan administration on the controversial fuel subsidy regime. In a statement yesterday, Otedola insisted that Nigerians deserve to know the truth about those who looted public funds under the […]
A Chinese court sentenced to death on Monday 16 members of a family-run criminal gang that established deadly scam centres in Myanmar’s Kokang region on the border with China, among other crimes. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners — many of them Chinese — who say they were trafficked and […]
Amid growing concerns over the misuse of artificial intelligence in financial fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a stern warning to Nigerian investors, urging them to exercise heightened caution against a new wave of AI-generated scams sweeping through the country’s digital space. According to the SEC, the deceptive schemes often disguised as […]
The trade dispute between the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and Dangote Petroleum Refinery has put Nigeria’s ambition of becoming Africa’s refining hub to the sternest test. This comes just as the shutdown of the refinery may plunge the country into a N14.7 billion daily loss, triggering force majeure with […]
Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to integrate estate lakes, canals, and pumps into a comprehensive flood management system within the next 24 months, aiming to reduce flooding across the city. Tokunbo Wahab, Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, shared the details via his official X account, emphasizing that the initiative targets areas […]
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, recently suggested that arming FRSC personnel may be the only way to enforce traffic laws on Nigerian roads. The statement is alarming. It is dangerous. And it reveals a deeper crisis in governance in our country: the normalisation of militarisation in civil life. How, […]
Nigerians may face tougher days ahead as the nationwide strike declared by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, beginning from today (Monday), threatens to unleash a twin blow of soaring petrol prices and widespread electricity blackouts. The union’s directive to halt crude oil and gas supplies to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery […]