The manufacturing sector continues to groan under the weight of multiple grid failures and high energy costs, resulting in N1.11 trillion in alternative energy bills last year. The figure, as disclosed by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Economic Review for the Second Half of 2024, is a significant increase (42 per cent) from N781.7 […]
This is as Nigerians accounted for one in 30 UK asylum claims over the period, ranking 11th on the Home Office’s newly released year-end Asylum and Resettlement statistics. According to the Home Office, nearly twice as many Nigerians (2,841) applied for asylum in 2024 as in 2023 (1,462). Overall, 2024 saw the highest number of […]
Tributes continue to pour for the late Pope Francis as the Vatican announced yesterday that the Pope died of stroke that led to coma and heart failure. A death certificate which was published by the Vatican noted that the cerebral stroke led to a coma and irreversible heart failure. Noted for his very simple and […]
Imports of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) have plunged from 44.6 million litres a day in August 2024 to 14.7 ML by 13 April 2025—a fall of roughly 30 ML, or 67 per cent, according to the latest Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority supply tracker. The Authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Farouk Ahmed, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday during the sixth edition of the Meet-the-Press […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders’ meeting in Ojokoro LCDA, Lagos State, ended in chaos on Monday over alleged imposition of a chairmanship candidate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting began peacefully at 7, Ijaoye Street, at 4:00 p.m. before aggrieved members stormed the venue in protest. Protesters chanted “Ole!” (thief), […]
Minister of Power has pledged to address N4tn electricity debt owed by GenCos, which saw the electricity distribution companies threatening a shutdown on Monday. Weighing in on the development, the special adviser to the Power Minister, Bolaji Tunji, said the government is aware of the development and is making concrete steps to resolve the lingering […]
Amnesty International relaunched its Hong Kong branch “in exile” on Tuesday, more than three years after the rights group quit the Chinese finance hub citing risks from a sweeping national security law. Beijing has remoulded Hong Kong in its authoritarian image after huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019, imposing a security law that […]
Virgil van Dijk says he expects a “big summer” for Liverpool in the transfer market as he reportedly closes in on a deal that will secure his future at Anfield. Arne Slot’s men are on the brink of a record-equalling 20th English league title after Sunday’s 2-1 victory at home to West Ham, in which […]
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has urged education stakeholders to redesign the curriculum of secondary schools, stressing the need to prepare future leaders for the journey ahead. Hamzat made this call while speaking at the 80th Anniversary of Olivet Baptist High School in Oyo State. He said, “To prepare leaders who […]
The Lagos State Government has revealed plans to complete the 68-kilometre Green Line rail project in a single phase, marking a departure from the phased implementation approach adopted in earlier metro rail developments. Stretching from Marina to the Lekki Free Zone, the Green Line is designed to boost public transportation, reduce dependence on private vehicles, […]
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to visit Moscow this week to discuss recent nuclear negotiations with the United States held in Oman, the foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday. On Saturday, Araghchi held talks with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Muscat, the highest-level Iranian-US nuclear negotiations since the collapse of a […]
Hundreds of women in Rivers State marched on Monday in Port Harcourt in support of the state’s declaration of a state of emergency. The women, all dressed in white, gathered at the Garrison Bus Stop in the city centre at 8 a.m. to begin the rally. As of the time this report was filed, the […]