The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has demanded that the federal government substantially increase funding for security operations and take urgent steps to strengthen the naira. The labour centre argued that insecurity and exchange-rate pressures continue to undermine investment, food production and workers’ living standards. TUC president-general, Comrade FestusContinue Reading

  The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has unveiled the Women’s Share Subscription Grant Initiative, a pioneering financial inclusion programme aimed at increasing women’s participation in Nigeria’s capital market through the ongoing Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE (DPRP). The nationwide initiative is designed to supportContinue Reading

Too costly for most, too large for UK car parks, and wheels bigger than a warlord’s pickup truck. But it does come in ‘London red’ Jaguar targets young Americans with Type 01 EV The cutting-edge car du jour, even while very few will ever buy one, is a good indexContinue Reading

Monthly pension payments to retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) have risen to N14.83 billion, up from N12.15 billion, benefiting more than 241,000 retirees nationwide. The director-general of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Ms Omolola Oloworaran, disclosed this at the 2026 Media Conference in Lagos, where she outlined recentContinue Reading

  The federal government has released eight months’ salary arrears owed members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), less than 48 hours after the union threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over the implementation of the 2026 FGN/SSANU agreement. SSANU president, Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim whichContinue Reading

  The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has disclosedbthat the yet to be identified passenger who died onboard a Kenya Airways flight after reportedly exhibiting unusual behaviour in the air had earlier been declared inadmissible and denied entry into Madagascar. The passenger was subsequently deported back to Nigeria through Nairobi,Continue Reading

NIGERIA must shift its economic policy focus from macroeconomic stabilisation to accelerating broad-based growth, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) needing to expand by at least seven percent by 2030, the NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies, has said. The post Nigeria must shift from stabilisation to seven per cent growthContinue Reading