Nigeria’s non-oil export performance in 2024 reached $5.46 bn
Jan. 31, 2025 The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has announced a significant 20.77% increase in the country’s non-oil export performance for the year 2024, with exports reaching a total…
World Bank commits $1.2bn to girls’ education in Nigeria
Jan. 31, 2025 The World Bank has announced that it has earmarked 1.2 billion dollars for investment in girls’ education across 18 states. The states include: Borno, Ekiti, Kebbi, Kaduna,…
Africa floats critical minerals-backed currency plan as new ‘gold standard’
January 31, 2025 Africa development bank is proposing a new ‘gold standard’ style currency arrangement backed by critical minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese and some of the ‘rare…
Alleged N868.4m Fraud: Witnesses Narrate how Former Acting Accountant General Diverted Defence Ministry’s Funds
Jan. 31, 2025 The trial of former Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku began on Friday before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama,…
Military eliminates 358 terrorists, nabs 431 others in January
Jan. 31, 2025 The Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated no fewer than 358 terrorists, apprehended 431 suspects and rescued 249 kidnapped hostages between Jan. 1 and 31. This is…
Nigeria set to begin production of HIV/AIDS test kits, anti-retroviral drugs
Jan. 31, 2025 I Temitope Ilori, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), says plans are on to begin domestic production of HIV commodities before…
NYSC gives date for commencement of payment of N77,000 to corps members
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, on Thursday, said that payment of ₦77,000 to corps members will begin in February 2025 when the…
Mass retirement hits Police as PSC orders retirement of officers above 60 years
Mass retirement looms in the Nigeria Police Force as the Police Service Commission (PSC) has ordered immediate retirement of senior police officers above 60 years of age and those who…
PSC orders immediate retirement of police officers above 60 years
Jan. 31, 2025 The Police Service Commission (PSC) has ordered immediate retirement of senior police officers above 60 years of age and those who had spent over 35 years in…
Drug trafficking generates $400bn annually in Lake Chad – UNODC
Jan. 31, 2025 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Friday said drug trafficking generated an estimated 400 billion dollars annually in Sahel and Lake Chad Basin…